2017 2nd ed

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'Is this all there is?' - Tessa Hill (Year 13)

“I’m just touching base about the report you’re working on.” I stare at the stray hair trying so hard to escape her tight bun. “It will...

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'The Man, Woman and Me' - Asha Barr (Year 12)

There was an man lived in our apartment, an old man, a quiet man. My girlfriend and I didn’t quite notice when he moved in. He was just...

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'Winter's Kiss' - Henry Williams (Year 11)

Can you feel it? The cool, crisp, bite of A cold winter's morning Sun creeping its way Up behind the desolate apartments Rows and rows...

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'A letter to Jacinda Ardern' - Sienna Williamson (Year 10)

(editor: We don't normally publish letters like this, but it has been an election year, and this was a great letter) Dear Jacinda Ardern,...

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'The Hills' - Kate Mills-Workman (Year 13)

Let me go to the hills They stand so clear against the sky. Let me run against the currents Across the harbour, The waves will scald my...

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'Prison' - Elsie McAlpine (Year 9)

She used to have freedom She was free Of all the things that poison her brain But she is older She has responsibilities And she is no...

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'Virtual reality' - Finn Culver (Year 10)

I'm standing there, really standing there. Those are my feet standing on the curb, my fingers curling and uncurling in front of my...

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'Small Talk' - Amit Noy (Year 12)

Today I am on the bus at dawn, moving slower than the fog staggering dreamily up Dizengoff Street. From my window I see mothers, laden...

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'The Illusion' - Alexander Quinn (Year 10)

“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” - H.P. Lovecraft...

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