March 2012
4 posts
Oh, I didn’t realise that you wrote poetry
I didn’t realise you...
– The Smiths.
Pumpkins and seashells.
A shell by the sea
once held a poem.
A poem about
an oyster.
This oyster,
from the poem
held by a shell from the sea
wrote a story
about a pumpkin.
This pumpkin had never heard
of an oyster
or a shell
or a sea.
Although it was the subject
of an oyster’s story,
which was the topic of a poem
held by a shell from the sea.
The story was never finished.
Nor was the poem.
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Wearing black for a week. Day One.
Dear Jimmy,
Before I came to university I use to wear a lot of black. It wasn’t me rebelling or being an emo or goth, I just wore a lot of black. Black dresses, jumpers, jackets, tights, even hats! But coming to university I decided a change was necessary and I began to accumulate colour into my wardrobe. I wear bright coloured tights, floral dresses, I only own two pairs of black shoes,...