The Old Mossy Staircase | Jack Morhen-Romero
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2nd place for Prose category in the school creative writing competition in October 2023 The old mossy staircase was a relic of forgotten...
- Apr 22
- 1 min
Defining Love | Anonymous
Ambitious task, isn't it? I don't presume to have the answer. If anything I have the question. What is that thing that happens when I...
- Apr 20
- 1 min
Tangents Meet | Sophia Verai
(written with the narrative voices of 'The Gun' by Vicki Weaver and 'Chainsaw Versus the Pampas Grass' by Simon Armitage in mind) A...
- Mar 12
- 4 min
The Vessel | Danny Andrews
It’s been thirty days since the attack. I have not left the reactor core since then, but every morning I awake to the thrumming of...
- Feb 27
- 6 min
How Do You Spend the Last Morning of Your Life? | Danny Andrews
Dawn rose slowly that morning. The violet Sun shone across the desert, the sands shining bright with the purple light of a dying star....
- Feb 5
- 2 min
Power in The Tongue | Chadae Labeach
Her eyes were a love letter. Their sweet chocolate encapsulated everything that I loved about her. That passion that somehow never...
- Jan 22
- 1 min
In the Eyes of a Beholder | Sophia Verai
I'd draw him if I knew how - Trace the line of his back and his brow Touch him lightly with a pencil Frame him by a windowsill...
- Dec 12, 2023
- 1 min
Misleading Pleasantries | Sophia Verai
With her clear gaze and soft little smile she shows you the same good-natured indifference she'd show everyone in the world. She's...
- Dec 5, 2023
- 2 min
Ageing Beside Stones in Bloom | Milo Ghandai
O soft speaking stones frustrated by time, Show me the gentle hand encased in frigid stone. O Green-plagued, yellow-speckled face, your...
- Dec 5, 2023
- 1 min
Staircase | Sophia Verai
You’ve found your way up, now find it back down. Turn to see what’s gone before The light behind a closing door A newly pressed footprint...
- Dec 5, 2023
- 2 min
Hands Shaking with Adrenaline | Eve Franklin
Hands shaking with adrenaline, I turned the page. Halfway down, below a regimented paragraph of words in Calibri and a short, instructive...
- Dec 5, 2023
- 1 min
Whispers in the Abyss: Embracing Life's Paradox | Kayleigh Coulibaly
Each step a sigh, a fleeting breath, In the spiral's dance, where life meets death. Pointless whispers in the cosmic air, As we move...
- Dec 5, 2023
- 2 min
Temple | Hasan Jubril Alao
Nestled amidst a thick enigmatic forest were the remnants of an antiquated temple, a testament to the bygone eras of old. Its strange...
- Dec 5, 2023
- 1 min
Changes | Shaheera Kuchai
In the heart of the tower, where plants held sway, A father and daughter, in their own special way. Amidst the greenery, in that secret...
- Feb 23, 2023
- 5 min
Silver | Melodi Dogru
It was the day the Moon fell. He started down in haste as if the scale had been tipped off by the flick of a finger. The clouds moved...
- Feb 4, 2023
- 1 min
The Teary Eyed Boy | Milo Ghiandai
There is a teary eyed boy, they're big and brown they taste, lick and breathe the watery sigh of the world. He lives for autumn orange...
- Jan 24, 2023
- 1 min
The Linoleum Headquarters | Mia Spiller
Straight backed and tight lipped, She commands her office. Constant ringing, conversing on the Kremlin-Whitehouse hotline Seeping through...
- Dec 7, 2022
- 1 min
The Baby (Celia) | Willow Jopp
How does such a simple, innocent face Paint one thousand colours with a smile? She had as well a smile to be seen: Soft as a willow tree,...
- Dec 7, 2022
- 7 min
A Man and a Woman | Melodi Dogru
Once upon a time, there lived a beautiful man and a handsome woman. They had not known each other for long but had already developed a...
- Nov 20, 2022
- 5 min
The Unavoidable Walk | Melodi Dogru
He began climbing the steps of the escalator. There seemed to be so many at first, but he took his time with them. The upside was that...
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