‘Are you for Real?’ by Samuel, Year 10, Fallibroome Academy

Get back before dark, those were the rules, the rules that had been hammered into our heads since the day we learnt to talk and every day after. Never forget. Never question. Never be outside at night. These rules formed the backbone of our choices, our decisions and for good reason following the rules is …

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‘Them Navy Boys’ by Noam Sebastian

And see that Yankee with his belt undone and his shirt unbuttoned. Talking to some Trinis, look at all of them around his lap like he was recounting a world far, far in the distant future.   The echoes under the tropical lights and his hand in her hair, her hand on green glass Solos, …

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‘Past and Present’ by Shriyan Kar, age 15, Year 10

Art thou truthful in your serpent tongue The one that writhes on a silly pun For thy soul hurts each time When thyself spurts a crime   Mystery endeavours to find Thy instrument of reality Of every note that sings To thou truth of people.   How thine lives are intertwined With the string of …

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‘Unfinished symphony’ by Karolina Bundyra, age 14

Praise, praise until that’s all you know Until the blood dries Until they sharpen their knife’s Until they slit your throat Until you beg for it again Until you vote for your decease Until your eyes go grey and your skin turns blue Again, again, again Die, die, die Again, again, again   Lie, lie …

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