Issue February 2013
The Lesson by Hannah Sauer
The Lesson by Hannah Sauer If a rose by any other colour would still smell as sweet and a bird by any different feathers would still fly free Please, please, please tell me Why can't we take a lesson from the true blue sky I looked up t...Winter by Sophie Jacome
Winter by Sophie Jacome Drying skin peels from lips, ripped and torn, pulled from the trembling flesh, coated in liquid rubies, scraped by ivory giants identical to the flakes that fly all around. Flames rush from breathless lungs to dissol...A Death Wish by Sorcha Beirne
A Death Wish by Sorcha Beirne The wind is crawling with hate My hands, they won't paint My lips, won't speak I light a cigarette and I weep "Light a cigarette on my name" You said occasionally So I stand by grave And light it shamelessly ...Pen by Samantha Lucchetta
Pen by Samantha Lucchetta Pen What have I to share? What do I own that interests people? A quality of personality or creativity? I assume everyone would Pen My mind is running blank My thoughts lost at the back of my head What must my subcon...Untitled by Kathleen Olds
Untitled by Kathleen Olds What is Red? Red is the color you see when You dip her on the ballroom floor, She kisses you goodnight, Her lashes bat against your cheeks, The left corner of her lip curls, Her heart beats against yours, The summe...Found by Cherry Zhi
Found by Cherry Zhi She is perfectly lost in a bellicose world of Ulterior motives and turbulent desires. She wanders the winding roads, no companion Except an invisible shadow already swallowed cold By the night and yet she smiles; In vain be...Untitled by Hannah Hosein
Untitled by Hannah Hosein What would he be without his masculinity? And whom would she be without her femininity? And what would they say if they even knew That they do no stand straight? Would they bruise them with scorn if the secret was let...Dawn by Dania Bajwa
Dawn by Dania Bajwa The grass gently crunches beneath my feet As I walk towards a different world And I look around me Astounded by what I see Streaks of rosy pink and fiery red illuminate the dim sky And a shimmering golden sun shines on t...Schizophrenia by Heather Comeault
Schizophrenia by Heather Comeault They’re back Those awful voices The ones only you hear The ones that make you go crazy They scream at you Tell you to do something dangerous You don’t want to You don’t want to listen to them You try t...Just Imaginary by Lynette Furtado
Just imaginary by Lynette Furtado I can hear you but I can’t see you You’re telling me to find you but I don’t know where you are You help me through my tough times, but people tell me you’re not real Just imaginary In my head you’re m...Untitled by Janosha Indrakumaran
Untitled by Janosha Indrakumaran Imagine No one looks beyond their eyes Eyes their tool not their mind They don’t see the magic in the sunrise To me they are blind Looking at things in one way Always in the same point of view Their life is...Words that Deface by Angelica Poversky
Words that Deface by Angelica Poversky Hurricane of thought, why you deface thy maim Like the forsaken sliced shame of the unknown The words surround like smog the words, dubbed “pain” Shall they be stung like wasps proclaimed “under-grown...Flows Like Water by Vicky White
Flows Like Water by Vicky White Essential for life It's nature's gift You take it for granted You can sink or just drift You can find calm rivers Tranquil and serene While there's also raging seas Where things can intervene Love flows li...
