Young Writers
Twenty Five Years
A few days ago, my son Daniel asked me, “Can I buy a programme for £25 that I would like to watch on Saturday 18th on the telly, When I get paid, I...
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In This House IV: Final Chapter
It’s funny, really, the fight or flight response. Once it is triggered and the adrenaline is dumped into the bloodstream in a last ditch effort to...
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In This House III
In the darkness, she dreamt. She saw the village in which she lived. Elm trees, which lined the roadside of her culdesac, shed their leaves, floating...
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In This House
It was the wind outside which finally roused her. If not for the storm, cascading sidewards in howling waves, she’d have remained in slumber. Perhaps...
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I MIGHT MARRY RHEA
I MIGHT MARRY RHEA I might marry Rhea: she’s got something in her smile, Life between her teeth, Acrobats inside her eyes. I might marry Rhea, but it...
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Literacy
When I was young, we had a picture on our refrigerator of a young girl named Katarina held up by a magnet. She was about 13 years old with long dark...
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MAURICE
MAURICE “Rest your tiny mind On my reconstructed chest And know you’ll be okay. This life’s a test: I’ve wrestled it through compromise And you can...
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PLATO (AND HER BABY STEPS)
Plato (And Her Baby Steps) “Do you still find me beautiful?” She asked from in my life, As she put her book of poetry Down by the bedside light...
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Like One Of Your Flowers
LIKE ONE OF YOUR FLOWERS Will you press me Like one of your flowers, And keep me inside your little book? If you get lonely And you're running on...
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ADAM & STEVE
ADAM & STEVE We're running out of firewood And we've only got the Holy Book left in the pile - It's been there for a while. Through windy streets...
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