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complete [Poem]
words are only half of me,they cannot represent the whole,the shadow of the self that lingersand says nothing at all.i’ve spun a narrative a thousand timesof who i think i am,trying to poeticise it, manipulate it, –trying to convince you all.there’s who i see and who i am,who i am, and who i miss.who i…
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How young people are suffering due to the cost of living crisis
[This is a piece I wrote for UEA’s Student Newspaper, Concrete] Rising prices of petrol and the weekly food shop might not be the kind of news young people would immediately rush to read, but as the cost of living crisis continues to affect households around the country, young people’s attitudes have arguably shifted. It…
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Blackout [Poem]
I don’t sing this way all day. I wait a while until the world falls asleep and imagine I’m swimming through houses underwater, the doors unlocked and unafraid. Eyes closed, humming lyrics to songs you’ve played that feel so far away. I hear your song, but it never hits the same. Because it used to…
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howl 2021
The best minds of my generation were torn apart by anxiety-inducing social media platforms. People who, desperate to show how many followers they had, desperate for fulfilment in a world based on visuals, a world that revolves around how you look and not what you think, a world in which politicians refuse to pay for…
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Paper Garden [short story]
PAPER GARDEN by Eve Attwood I paint a daffodil onto the ceiling on Wednesday when I hear it raining outside. The roof window here remains blocked off so that you cannot open it, nor can the light escape through it. It is repeatedly hit with the tip-tapping of rain, the water pelting it in a…
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life lines
You’re seeing and then you’re crying,smiling and then you’re laughing;Innocent and hopeful, beautiful and vulnerable.You’re walking and stumbling,dancing and prancing;All smiles and daydreams, all day long.You’re jumping and climbing,Not looking back now;Still a way to go but getting closer, one step at a time.You’re questioning and wandering,Looking beyond the surface;Being alone isn’t so tricky any…