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MistakenMagic

My name is Rebecca, I'm twenty-one and I'm an English Literature undergrad at Durham University, where I'm the President of the University Poetry Society and Creative Editor at The Bubble student magazine. My poems have been featured in the Raving Dove, YM Poetry, and Cadaverine online magazines. In 2009 I was commended in the Foyle Young Poet of the Year Award. My writing brings me so much joy and I hope it brings joy to other people :) Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/Mistaken_Magic

I have 200 stories in 6 collections on the site. My stories have been read 183385 times and 127 of my stories have been cherry picked

My Collections

Birds, Bees and Butteflies
Conversation With My Thirteen-Year-Old Self
Do Poppies Grow at Auschwitz?
The Poet Who Fell in Love
The Shadow Cycle
Who's Afraid of Pablo Neruda?

My Stories

The Retreat

First published on January 30, 2013 - 16:16  | 167 reads

The Obligatory Snow Poem

First published on January 20, 2013 - 19:05  | 254 reads

So it goes.

First published on January 10, 2013 - 17:29  | 347 reads

Yellowing

First published on January 2, 2013 - 20:58  | 247 reads

Ithaca

First published on November 19, 2012 - 19:41  | 188 reads

Games People Play

First published on October 14, 2012 - 11:58  | 293 reads

Notes on a Long-Haul Flight

First published on October 1, 2012 - 13:58  | 220 reads

My Family and Other Animals

First published on September 23, 2012 - 18:18  | 455 reads

Footnote For A Dissertation (3)

First published on September 2, 2012 - 11:06  | 331 reads

Footnote For A Dissertation (2)

First published on August 23, 2012 - 16:26  | 412 reads

Footnote For A Dissertation (1)

First published on August 12, 2012 - 19:25  | 421 reads

On Leaving

First published on July 15, 2012 - 20:17  | 326 reads

Cambiare

First published on June 27, 2012 - 12:58  | 296 reads

Espresso Martini

First published on June 17, 2012 - 17:13  | 260 reads

Electra

First published on May 18, 2012 - 18:14  | 418 reads

Requiem

First published on April 26, 2012 - 16:56  | 374 reads

A Supermarket in Keighley

First published on April 11, 2012 - 13:43  | 336 reads

Epigraph

First published on March 29, 2012 - 14:52  | 346 reads

Don Paterson Didn't Eat His Venison

First published on March 18, 2012 - 18:30  | 334 reads

The Secret Life of Dragonflies

First published on February 29, 2012 - 19:02  | 574 reads

My Bookcase, 4am

First published on February 12, 2012 - 15:28  | 365 reads

Smoking in the Bath (A Pantoum)

First published on January 27, 2012 - 15:48  | 422 reads

I read Bukowski and Neruda in the early hours

First published on January 22, 2012 - 16:33  | 615 reads

The Underground Is So Mainstream

First published on January 8, 2012 - 15:50  | 382 reads

The Immaculate Accident

First published on January 1, 2012 - 15:43  | 457 reads

And Other Acts of Masochism

First published on December 29, 2011 - 14:26  | 351 reads

The Last Liberal Democrat

First published on December 12, 2011 - 16:15  | 482 reads

Misanthropist isn't in my predictive text.

First published on November 29, 2011 - 17:42  | 520 reads

Thank God I Didn’t Inherit My Father’s Nose

First published on November 22, 2011 - 17:59  | 504 reads

A Study in South Street

First published on November 6, 2011 - 16:48  | 376 reads

Pour A Little Salt, We Were Never Here

First published on October 20, 2011 - 18:16  | 468 reads

On Turning Twenty

First published on October 7, 2011 - 16:28  | 489 reads

A List of Things I Would Do to James McAvoy

First published on September 22, 2011 - 22:26  | 717 reads

Unexpected Intrusions of Beauty

First published on September 9, 2011 - 22:02  | 759 reads

Dali's Clock

First published on August 21, 2011 - 17:43  | 841 reads

Alors, On Danse

First published on August 4, 2011 - 17:50  | 679 reads

Bad Writing Prize (Inspiration Point)

First published on August 2, 2011 - 23:02  | 379 reads

There Will Be No Other End of the World

First published on July 10, 2011 - 20:43  | 562 reads

Wind Chimes in North America

First published on June 26, 2011 - 19:03  | 999 reads

Lindsay

First published on June 9, 2011 - 19:26  | 496 reads

Learning Curve

First published on May 22, 2011 - 19:59  | 1100 reads

Our Conspiracy of Flightlessness

First published on May 2, 2011 - 16:53  | 1087 reads

Who's Afraid of Pablo Neruda?

First published on April 10, 2011 - 16:12  | 791 reads

Always Summer

First published on March 29, 2011 - 11:57  | 712 reads

Reading at the Lowe Library

First published on March 22, 2011 - 19:19  | 752 reads

Miles to Go Before I Sleep

First published on March 7, 2011 - 14:02  | 872 reads

We're All Mad Here

First published on February 28, 2011 - 21:19  | 597 reads

Hide and Seek

First published on February 21, 2011 - 17:44  | 858 reads

Postscript

First published on January 20, 2011 - 13:05  | 684 reads

Homesickness

First published on January 7, 2011 - 00:31  | 634 reads

A Home-coming

First published on December 28, 2010 - 19:59  | 630 reads

Coming Home

First published on December 19, 2010 - 16:57  | 624 reads

Full Stop.

First published on December 9, 2010 - 17:54  | 661 reads

First Snow

First published on November 30, 2010 - 11:18  | 666 reads

After You

First published on November 17, 2010 - 11:57  | 818 reads

Anniversary

First published on November 12, 2010 - 02:30  | 617 reads

Hall of Mirrors (Durham Ramblings)

First published on November 7, 2010 - 15:39  | 574 reads

Donnian

First published on November 2, 2010 - 16:53  | 716 reads

Simon Armitage at the Gala Theatre

First published on October 24, 2010 - 19:14  | 742 reads

Foreign Country

First published on October 17, 2010 - 18:00  | 801 reads

Relic

First published on October 11, 2010 - 16:03  | 723 reads

First Letter Home

First published on October 5, 2010 - 13:45  | 687 reads

Le Grand Départ

First published on September 29, 2010 - 21:34  | 706 reads

These Are The Days

First published on September 26, 2010 - 17:36  | 679 reads

Unbreakable

First published on September 14, 2010 - 14:32  | 772 reads

Our Love

First published on September 6, 2010 - 10:24  | 1008 reads

Unclaimed

First published on August 29, 2010 - 21:00  | 765 reads

Simplicity (Inspiration Point)

First published on August 18, 2010 - 10:49  | 842 reads

Forgetting

First published on August 15, 2010 - 22:01  | 767 reads

Disenchanted

First published on August 10, 2010 - 18:03  | 812 reads

End Point

First published on August 3, 2010 - 12:53  | 831 reads

Warning

First published on July 5, 2010 - 14:35  | 1092 reads

Shadowless

First published on June 29, 2010 - 15:15  | 800 reads

Libra

First published on June 21, 2010 - 11:41  | 752 reads

Maladaptive Coping Behaviour

First published on June 14, 2010 - 15:47  | 807 reads

Amnesia

First published on June 8, 2010 - 14:57  | 986 reads

Lucid Dreams In Moscow

First published on May 26, 2010 - 16:30  | 757 reads

Ton Autre Amour

First published on May 19, 2010 - 16:10  | 805 reads

The Prodigals

First published on April 27, 2010 - 18:43  | 817 reads

"Verboten"

First published on April 15, 2010 - 10:45  | 805 reads

Ritardando

First published on April 7, 2010 - 21:15  | 844 reads

Summer

First published on March 30, 2010 - 13:58  | 911 reads

Supernova

First published on March 24, 2010 - 20:24  | 811 reads

Captive

First published on March 15, 2010 - 11:55  | 824 reads

An Insomniac's Dawn

First published on March 8, 2010 - 16:57  | 947 reads

Block

First published on February 15, 2010 - 15:04  | 807 reads

Dreaming Spires

First published on February 8, 2010 - 16:42  | 923 reads

Post-Trauma

First published on February 1, 2010 - 17:29  | 1023 reads

Inner Demons

First published on January 25, 2010 - 16:34  | 892 reads

Clean Slate

First published on January 19, 2010 - 17:58  | 759 reads

Untouchable

First published on January 12, 2010 - 19:34  | 887 reads

Losing It

First published on January 5, 2010 - 13:42  | 915 reads

Dream

First published on December 27, 2009 - 22:17  | 900 reads

The Muse Transplant

First published on December 10, 2009 - 16:14  | 944 reads

Othello (Inspiration Point)

First published on November 27, 2009 - 00:19  | 1113 reads

Remainders

First published on October 26, 2009 - 16:37  | 997 reads

Paper, Scissors, Rock

First published on October 19, 2009 - 15:49  | 948 reads

Wound

First published on October 5, 2009 - 15:06  | 928 reads

Eva

First published on September 30, 2009 - 16:16  | 997 reads

You Are

First published on September 23, 2009 - 21:52  | 1021 reads

Abomination

First published on September 14, 2009 - 15:37  | 1034 reads

Perpendicular

First published on September 9, 2009 - 15:04  | 1225 reads

Meaning

First published on August 28, 2009 - 12:43  | 946 reads

Anticipation

First published on August 19, 2009 - 10:48  | 919 reads

Blossoming

First published on August 4, 2009 - 11:21  | 1226 reads

Something to Say

First published on July 29, 2009 - 15:44  | 953 reads

Diminuendo

First published on July 7, 2009 - 20:22  | 1151 reads

Aftermath

First published on July 2, 2009 - 19:41  | 911 reads

Une Nuit Blanche

First published on June 28, 2009 - 13:38  | 1244 reads

I Remember

First published on June 23, 2009 - 18:55  | 912 reads

Growing Apart

First published on June 15, 2009 - 15:31  | 1208 reads

Spoils of War

First published on June 1, 2009 - 16:16  | 905 reads

Talking About The Weather

First published on May 21, 2009 - 17:51  | 983 reads

Wordsworth's Secret

First published on May 12, 2009 - 13:01  | 1112 reads

Quarter to Zero Hour

First published on May 7, 2009 - 17:34  | 1103 reads

When You Left

First published on April 27, 2009 - 18:37  | 962 reads

Drummer Boy

First published on April 21, 2009 - 14:13  | 1030 reads

The Radio

First published on April 8, 2009 - 09:57  | 983 reads

Writing Poetry

First published on April 2, 2009 - 12:10  | 1006 reads

This Poet's Hands

First published on March 30, 2009 - 21:33  | 976 reads

The Equinox Parade

First published on March 25, 2009 - 18:15  | 1382 reads

Demands

First published on March 23, 2009 - 18:21  | 970 reads

The Cuckoo's Nest

First published on March 18, 2009 - 17:15  | 910 reads

We Rowed

First published on March 16, 2009 - 18:04  | 964 reads

Body Language

First published on March 9, 2009 - 17:06  | 1094 reads

Friendly Fire

First published on February 26, 2009 - 12:21  | 1325 reads

Tuesday's Child

First published on February 23, 2009 - 16:03  | 1006 reads

Intensive Care

First published on February 18, 2009 - 15:49  | 1007 reads

Seventeen Going On Twenty-Five

First published on February 12, 2009 - 16:44  | 1239 reads

February

First published on February 9, 2009 - 16:06  | 1055 reads

Birds, Bees and Butteflies

First published on February 3, 2009 - 14:57  | 1019 reads

Writing Home

First published on January 28, 2009 - 17:20  | 1059 reads

Peter Pan Poems

First published on January 26, 2009 - 16:30  | 3881 reads

Until Spring

First published on January 22, 2009 - 17:22  | 1002 reads

Resolutions

First published on January 19, 2009 - 16:58  | 1020 reads

Acceptance

First published on December 6, 2008 - 11:06  | 1225 reads

Ritual

First published on December 6, 2008 - 11:05  | 1049 reads

A History Student Speaks About the Holocaust

First published on December 3, 2008 - 16:52  | 1089 reads

Poet, Heal Thyself

First published on November 29, 2008 - 11:43  | 1153 reads

A Little Dream of Me

First published on November 24, 2008 - 21:38  | 1239 reads

Dark Orchid (A Poem for Baby P)

First published on November 21, 2008 - 16:06  | 1491 reads

No Evil

First published on November 15, 2008 - 14:42  | 1089 reads

Do Poppies Grow at Auschwitz?

First published on November 15, 2008 - 14:16  | 1326 reads

Remembrance

First published on November 9, 2008 - 10:01  | 1085 reads

Conversation With My Thirteen-Year-Old Self

First published on November 6, 2008 - 10:28  | 1098 reads

Lipstick On Your Collar

First published on November 1, 2008 - 19:14  | 1130 reads

Henryk

First published on October 27, 2008 - 10:51  | 1084 reads

What was it like?

First published on October 24, 2008 - 19:59  | 1053 reads

The Survivor

First published on October 20, 2008 - 15:03  | 1031 reads

Guardian Angel (Revised)

First published on October 18, 2008 - 10:15  | 1104 reads

Siren

First published on October 15, 2008 - 17:34  | 1138 reads

Icarus

First published on October 13, 2008 - 20:20  | 1143 reads

Pear-Shaped

First published on October 6, 2008 - 21:45  | 1124 reads

Pandora

First published on September 26, 2008 - 15:05  | 1095 reads

Flatliner

First published on September 25, 2008 - 20:08  | 1083 reads

The Fortune Teller

First published on September 20, 2008 - 21:50  | 1157 reads

Indigo and Gold

First published on September 20, 2008 - 21:33  | 1143 reads

Queen of Hearts

First published on September 18, 2008 - 21:39  | 1136 reads

Under My Skin

First published on September 17, 2008 - 21:28  | 1119 reads

Before I say I Love You

First published on September 15, 2008 - 18:15  | 2733 reads

Perfection

First published on September 7, 2008 - 10:33  | 1139 reads

Flashbacks

First published on September 7, 2008 - 10:18  | 1092 reads

The Poet Who Fell in Love

First published on September 2, 2008 - 17:54  | 1170 reads

The Day the Poetry Stopped

First published on September 2, 2008 - 17:53  | 1136 reads

The Condemned

First published on September 2, 2008 - 17:51  | 1095 reads

Anything to Forget

First published on August 29, 2008 - 11:08  | 1056 reads

This Prison

First published on August 29, 2008 - 11:06  | 1194 reads

The Pianist

First published on August 22, 2008 - 12:50  | 1201 reads

Rain in July

First published on August 20, 2008 - 12:01  | 1108 reads

Bittersweet

First published on August 20, 2008 - 11:58  | 1178 reads

Beauty?

First published on August 20, 2008 - 11:54  | 1137 reads

Unidentified Falling Object

First published on August 13, 2008 - 21:09  | 1344 reads

i miss u.

First published on August 13, 2008 - 21:07  | 1321 reads

Juliet

First published on August 13, 2008 - 21:05  | 1077 reads

Love is Blind

First published on July 31, 2008 - 09:41  | 1036 reads

Through the Bars

First published on July 31, 2008 - 09:38  | 1110 reads

Fallen Angel

First published on July 28, 2008 - 17:33  | 1107 reads

Infatuation

First published on July 22, 2008 - 11:34  | 1187 reads

Writer's Block

First published on July 19, 2008 - 11:42  | 1097 reads

Harvey

First published on July 18, 2008 - 11:21  | 1122 reads

Murphy's Law

First published on July 18, 2008 - 11:19  | 1043 reads

The Softest Music

First published on July 18, 2008 - 11:17  | 1185 reads

The Bully

First published on July 12, 2008 - 17:34  | 1120 reads

Loosen My Grip

First published on July 8, 2008 - 11:19  | 1406 reads

Moving On

First published on July 8, 2008 - 11:18  | 1160 reads

This Business

First published on July 7, 2008 - 12:29  | 1109 reads

Euphoria

First published on July 7, 2008 - 12:27  | 1112 reads

Enigma

First published on July 4, 2008 - 11:47  | 1134 reads

Revelation

First published on July 2, 2008 - 15:08  | 1137 reads

Cursed

First published on July 2, 2008 - 15:05  | 1275 reads

A Cautionary Tale

First published on July 2, 2008 - 15:03  | 1117 reads

Hospital Bed Diaries

First published on July 2, 2008 - 15:01  | 1188 reads

Curiosity and the Cat

First published on July 2, 2008 - 14:59  | 1170 reads

Guardian Angel

First published on July 2, 2008 - 14:57  | 1155 reads

Insomnia

First published on July 2, 2008 - 14:54  | 1175 reads

Erin

First published on July 2, 2008 - 14:52  | 1184 reads

Somewhere Only We Know

First published on July 2, 2008 - 14:49  | 1138 reads

Eden

First published on July 2, 2008 - 14:47  | 1320 reads

Half-Light

First published on July 2, 2008 - 14:43  | 1298 reads

Star Struck

First published on July 2, 2008 - 14:41  | 1211 reads

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