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The English and Media Centre: Let Them Loose! A National Writing Day Event

Story?

Poetry?

Autobiography?

Reportage?

Travel writing?

Play or film script?

You choose!

Thou shalt not

All the bones pure white and dry, and chalky

the dusk begins to creep

I remember peeping in

As I was walking all alone

The English and Media Centre: Let Them Loose! A National Writing Day Event

I burst in the other day; kicked the door out of its warped frame

A voice said: ‘Stay’.

The vacuum cleaner sulks

I can half hear you John Or write

about anything, in any way that

you want!

When the door Scraped shut,

Often he wondered

a creature wakes from slumber

and emerald boots

His breath was hot upon my brow

2 o’clock: strong moonlight, few stars.