Poetry

  • Of Grief

    Of Grief

    Vanessa Li

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    Desperately clutching a hope that proved false, face contorted into a smile like a  wilting lycoris as words landed  with a heavy blow to the gut…    Organs were…

  • Morning Orchestra

    Morning Orchestra

    Vanessa Li

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    You sang a sonata of serenity. Each note a soft hum / kissed my eardrums. Morphed from the abyss of the night, where the stars shone so brilliantly, but…

  • Rebirth

    Rebirth

    Julya Yang

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    I close my eyes as I recall Our last moments together It’s only been a month since I                   lost  …

  • The Smell

    The Smell

    Oliver Dai

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    The smell. It comes from nowhere, no origin For whether it was being or illusion, Even metacognition offers no solution. But even a whiff transports my soul, To an…

  • Lament of a Fading Past

    Lament of a Fading Past

    Oliver Dai

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    A Tour of Great Passing Red glares of flare enclose the browning sands, To sketch evenings with shades of swarthy light. Shadowless smoke clears blood from tainted lands, Where…

  • From The Archives: Climate Climax

    From The Archives: Climate Climax

    Collegian Writers

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    Originally published in the College NZ Herald in August 2008, written by then Year 9 Macleans student Linus Goh.  As the years go by, we hardly care, Knowing that…

  • Stiff.

    Stiff.

    Annika Lee

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    Stiff. Cold; teeth chattering, a filler of sound for the air of silence enveloping your surroundings. Stiff. Hiding in the dark, anticipating the moment you’ll be found. Stiff. As…

  • In the laboratory

    In the laboratory

    Josephine Law

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    blue flame danced under a beaker unknown it sends us mere molecules on a journey which lasts a lifetime. in this chemical adventure we are all impure substances energised…

  • OCD

    OCD

    Ermina Tajik

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    Five swipes on house tables. Four sprays on doors. Three wet floors. Two vacuums. Unstable. Insane. Whispers heard. Inside and out. Never clean, never free. Trapped in a constant…

  • How To Smile

    How To Smile

    Nancy Qiang

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    Did you know The art of smiling is much more complicated Than what we think it is. It requires Dedication, strength, Time and practice. It’s the most intricate art…