the first thing I wrote (Remove filter)
The Essay
Nineteen nighty five
Nominally fourteen;
I was sitting in the sports hall
pen in hand
the desks apart
a teacher I didn’t know
patrolled the aisles
The English paper said ‘write a story
include a river
and an allegory’
The clock at the front clicks
thin hands jerk and tick
I spin my pen
study the air vents above me
there’s a dusty shuttlecock
caught up in the pipework
there’s a br...
Thursday 16th April 2020 2:02 pm
Recent Comments
Bethany Sallis on Bethany Sallis
1 hour ago
Bethany Sallis on Psychiatric Hospital
1 hour ago
Bethany Sallis on Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
1 hour ago
Graham Sherwood on Bethany Sallis
2 hours ago
Bethany Sallis on Graham Sherwood
3 hours ago
Manish Singh Rajput on You
3 hours ago
John Marks on FOG at SEA
4 hours ago
Holden Moncrieff on Is it?
5 hours ago
Bethany Sallis on Graham Sherwood
7 hours ago
Bethany Sallis on Graham Sherwood
7 hours ago