Crossroads Anthology 2018
By the students on the NTU MA Creative Writing course
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Enjoy an exclusive look at some of our poems!
Stuck, Part 1
Liza-Jane Bowling
there are diamonds stuck in my pen and I’m stuck just like the diamonds stuck in my pen not moving but formed and brilliant but stuck in the sprite in the metal can that the diamonds are made out of cans in a stadium where people are stuck like the diamonds stuck in my pen am I stuck anymore diamonds stuck around a neck like the diamonds stuck in my pen stuck like eyes of fish welcome to the fish tank where the fish and the pebbles are stuck like the diamonds stuck in my pen can’t get a pebble out you’re stuck pebbles across a pond aren’t stuck they move like you move when you’re sitting on a bus waiting to get off except you don’t know when to get off so you’re stuck just like the diamonds stuck in my pen
Stuck, Part 2
Liza-Jane Bowling
you’re stuck stuck in the mud you’re a stick in the mud not wanting to get unstuck you’re not a deer standing waiting for blind execution you’re just stuck. grab that bullet right before it punches you in the face before I punch you in the face you’re not stuck you’re lazy you have no motivation and motivation doesn’t even want you who wants you no-one how could anyone ever want you you’re just a stick stuck in the mud hardly anyone wants a stick and absolutely no-one wants one covered in mud you’re stuck