Young Writers

 

Some Thoughts

A heart broken by misconception Thought to have been a malicious eye Cradles itself towards a new direction To forget a love that might have survived...

Preface

Preface for The Year in the Big, Blue House

Ian, 1980

I am tired of this winch Drawing me up the hill On a rusted chain. The axel turns With the demonic click-click-click Of a second hand. The chain...

A Morning in the Life of Many Ordinary People

Four - Annabeth I turn over and I am awake. I'm facing the big window and the sun is only just beginning to rise. I know its summer now because my...

A Morning in the Life of Many Ordinary People

Three - Isla I open my eyes and all I see is light, and for the first time in so long I feel okay. I didn't have the dreams. I don't feel exhausted...

A Morning in the Life of Many Ordinary People

Two - Noelle I awaken to brilliant sunlight streaming onto my face through the golden tinged leaves of the enormous oak tree that lives in my garden...

My Barbiography

Throughout plenty of my formative years, Barbie was my idol. Along with many other girls my age, there was something deeply appealing to me about a...

A Morning in the Life of Many Ordinary People

A Morning in the Life of Many Ordinary People is exactly what it sounds like - each chapter is a snippet of someone's morning, a small insight into their life. All of the characters are from different walks of life, different ages, different backgrounds, different personalities. I hope you can find a little of yourself in some of them.

Centralian

The soil is boiling. Noxious fumes rise from fissures. Ice cubes and air-fresheners Are thrown down from the mansion windows And we are expected to...

The Weight of The World

The weight of the world is on your shoulders, Because someone whispered that you were chosen. Nonetheless you feel that their wrong because in the...