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Tag: teenagers

Liberteens

“Located in a peaceful and secluded part of Southgate, Priory Hospital North London is set within a striking Grade I … More

addiction, alcohol, childhood, drugs, memories, mental illness, nostalgia, overdose, poem, poetry, teenage, teenagers, teens, youth

Tracks

This CNF piece, a mash-up of two old works of mine, was a runner-up in Dead Fern Press‘ Valentine’s Content … More

love, memoir, mental illness, prose, relationships, romance, short prose, suicide, teenagers, Valentine's, writing, youth

Needles (1)

[Part of the Body Series] PIERCINGS Left ear: 4 on lobe: 3 cartilage: rook, anti-tragus, helix Right ear: 6 on … More

body, experience, experimental, growing up, life, memory, pain, piercings, self, self portrait, series, style, teenagers, writing

2504

A poem for the 25th day of NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo based on the prompt to write a poem “specific to a season.” … More

chaos, city, danger, GloPoWriMo, life, London, NaPoWriMo, poem, poetry, prompt, psychosis, summer, teenagers, writing, youth

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

Other Girls

Once, during the summer of our confusion, you told me that you loved me because I wasn’t like other girls. … More

crime, Hijacked Amygdala, identity, life, London, love, memory, relationships, short prose, teenagers, 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

One Tenth Of A Memory

The bus pulled up and I looked out of the window and thought, “I’ve been here before.” Well of course … More

autobiographical writing, creative writing, depression, fuckkk, homeless, journeys, life, memories, memory, past, pseudodementia, real life, remembering, short story, teenagers, thinking, 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

NORMAL?!?!?!

Something just happened. A minute or two ago. I have just run indoors to write this down so that I … More

abnormal, ahhhhhhhhh, art, beauty, bipolar, blah, borderline, boring, BPD, depression, different, existentialism, existing, expectations, girl, life, madness, magic, memory, mental health, mental illness, NHS, normal, perception, philosophy, society, spiders and flies, teenagers, what is this, wtf

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