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Tag: school

Pipe Dream

Shakespeare House, Chaucer Court, Wordsworth House, Coleridge Court… The only way I’ll ever know that I’ve truly “made it” as … More

Britain, dreams, education, fame, literature, London, poetry, prosetry, school, teenagers, tradition, writers, youth

050219

Father, I know you blamed yourself when Cambridge rejected me. I’d spent the months prior to my interviews falling in … More

academia, books, college, education, existentialism, family, grief, letter, life, literature, love, reading, school, university, writing

Hair

It is possible to exist in a place that you’ve never been to. You’ve never been here, to my flat, … More

death, family, grief, hair, life, love, memory, miss you, pain, school, short prose, writing

Skool

I am still here, in this town that I’ve spent so long trying to leave. I love this city, the … More

alcohol, career, death, diary, dreams, drunk, education, failure, football, fuckup, I'm sorry, life, memories, mental health, mess, school, shame, teachers, teenagers, writing

The Transformation of Passion

At the bus stop outside my godawful girls’ secondary school, where I have stood waiting for so many minutes, for … More

addiction, blah, blast from the past, breakups, change, drugs, drunk, ex's, fuck up, I'm sorry, kids, life, London, love, memories, mental health, mental illness, nostalgia, observations, prose, psychosis, relationships, reminiscing, safe, school, teenagers, teens, time, writing

Spring Teen Queen

Everything was always better in the Spring. No more sitting around at the ice rink for hours on end, too … More

alcohol, childhood, city, drugs, drunk, education, exams, fashion, friends, fun, growing up, happiness, laughter, London, memories, north London, parks, parks and rec, school, seasons, secondary school, smoking, sport, spring, teenage, teenagers, teens, trends, UK
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