Archives for the ‘Creative Writing’ Category

A Discovery

By Rose Morris • Jan 26th, 2010 • Category: Creative Writing

I always thought the plants in here were fake.
They just look a little
too perfect. The leaves

shine in a suspicious manner
that’s reminiscent of my green
plastic water bottle.

The tree on the left is shaped
exactly how you might want a
tree to look, but not how trees

actually are.
I always thought the plants in here were [...]



A Photograph of My Parents’ Wedding

By Rose Morris • Jan 26th, 2010 • Category: Creative Writing

They are twenty six years old. They sit
at the base of a huge oak
tree, each holding a glass of champagne.

His long hair is pulled back
into a ponytail. The sneakers on his feet
clash perfectly
with his cheap grey suit. A wide,
somewhat dumbfounded grin spans his unshaven face.

Her small feet are hidden
by the skirt of [...]



Identity

By Chelsea Sweeney • Oct 13th, 2009 • Category: Creative Writing

Like that whimsical moment in captivity
Or turning your back on eternity
Like the empty space between predator and prey
Or finding no difference between night and day
One on one we count the minutes from the womb
While I hear each shallow breath you leave in this room
I bow my head and whisper a song that you can [...]



B & W

By Melia Campos • Oct 13th, 2009 • Category: Creative Writing

I can see textures, shades of grey, shadows, and crisp refreshing edges.
Sometimes I can see smiles, laughs, and cries of anger;
and virtually anything imaginable.
But my favourite visions are those of people themselves.
“Snap.”
This light’s too dull; it doesn’t show the grains of this person’s skin.
It doesn’t show what their really thinking.
It doesn’t show what is [...]