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Childhood

Posted on December 10, 2018

Big Boys Don’t Cry

Colin Hicks

Big Boys Don’t Cry, said Dad
when I fell from the swing,
fell on my head at his feet

Continue reading “Big Boys Don’t Cry”
Posted on April 9, 2018

Internal Debate

by Tahera Mayat

I want to go to the funfair

But aren’t you a bit old?

I could go to the dodgems

Or you could dodge the fair?

Continue reading “Internal Debate”

Posted on May 31, 2017

The Importance of Finding Magic In This World

by Shreya

As a child I liked Harry Potter,
I waited to find out that I was a wizard,
The day never came,
yet my faith never shook. Continue reading “The Importance of Finding Magic In This World”

Posted on May 26, 2017

Turning 19

By Krinza Momin

Love, likeness, lust and attraction.
Jealousy, hatred, grudges, depression.
Dating, relations, heartbreaks and tension.
That’s how she wasted some years being teenager. Continue reading “Turning 19”

Posted on February 19, 2017

My Batley

by Anas Daji

My home town, my beautiful town

The special place where I was born

Where I learned to tell the truth

Where I learned to love the world

Continue reading “My Batley”

Posted on February 19, 2017

Smile

by Ammaarah Mayet

Smile and the world smiles with you

And I promise you, they will do

Don’t waste your life by doing wrong

Those happy times won’t last for long

Continue reading “Smile”

Posted on February 19, 2017

Batley Wilton Park

by Safiyyah Patel

Oh park, oh park! What joy you bring

Making beautiful birds tweet and merrily sing.

Delighted children, happy and screaming

Whilst the scorching sun is blissfully beaming.

Continue reading “Batley Wilton Park”

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