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    St Ives High School Literary Journal
    St Ives High School Literary Journal
    St Ives High School Literary Journal
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    St Ives High School Literary Journal

    By Darren Stein

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    Welcome to the introductory and experimental first edition of the St Ives High School Literary Journal.
    Everyday, mIllions of high school students around the world create works of literary brilliance; poems and short stories that should be shared and published, but which remain buried between the barred lines of exercise books and entombed in the growing pyramids of garbage heaps. The reasons for these tragedies are twofold; firstly, overworked English teachers often lack the resources to guide their students towards a proper expression of their work, and secondly, adolescent self-esteem and inertia inhibits any independent effort to seek-out publication through alternative means.
    The St Ives High School Literary Journal aims to take one step closer to resolving this dilemma. St Ives High School is a public high school on the North Shore of Sydney, Australia. The poems and short stories in this eBook represent a fraction of the emerging talent and capability present in the students and it is hoped that the publication of this journal will inspire future students to embrace the opportunity to share their work.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDarren Stein
    Release dateDec 10, 2018
    ISBN9780463604069
    St Ives High School Literary Journal
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    Darren Stein

    Darren Stein is an Australian writer and poet. He teaches English and the vicissitudes of life at a public high school on Sydney's North Shore. His work has been published in a variety of publications, most recently, the Foreign Literary Journal, CultureCult Magazine, Quadrant and Going Down Swinging. He has written three books, including "Stop all the clocks", "Storage Space: A collection of contemporary poetry" and "The Nut House Poems", all available on Amazon and Kindle.

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      St Ives High School Literary Journal - Darren Stein

      Preface

      Welcome to the introductory and experimental first edition of the St Ives High School Literary Journal.

      Everyday, millions of high school students around the world create works of literary brilliance; poems and short stories that should be shared and published, but which remain buried between the barred lines of exercise books and entombed in the growing pyramids of garbage heaps. The reasons for these tragedies are twofold; firstly, overworked English teachers often lack the resources to guide their students towards a proper expression of their work, and secondly, adolescent self-esteem and inertia inhibits any independent effort to seek-out publication through alternative means.

      The St Ives High School Literary Journal aims to take one step closer to resolving this dilemma. St Ives High School is a public high school on the North Shore of Sydney, Australia. The poems and short stories in this eBook represent a fraction of the emerging talent and capability present in the students and it is hoped that the publication of this journal will inspire future students to embrace the opportunity to share their work.

      This project would not have been possible without the support of our principal, Mr Mark Watson, and Head of English, Ms Rebecca Smith. I would especially like to thank our associate student editors, Cate Meijer and Portia Sinclair for their hard work and dedication to the publishing process as well as the assistance of Lauren Chessell and Kurt Tikoft. I would also like to express my gratitude to those students who had the courage to submit their work and to the reader who has taken the time to view them.

      Darren Stein (Senior Editor)

      I was born into a world

      Tamika S (Year 7)

      I was born into a world

      When children had no say.

      When recycle, reuse, reduce

      Was the only way.

      If we don’t act quickly

      Then the Earth will disappear

      We can make a change

      With the world’s atmosphere

      I just wanted to say

      I hope the Earth will not fade.

      I want to leave the Earth

      Knowing a change has been made.

      Poem

      Arantza S (Year 7)

      The vibrant highlighted homes

      Shimmer in and out

      But now you can only see them on your phone

      And their bones are scattered about

      Everything is nearly dead

      It was told be true

      That’s what they all said

      In 2050 the corals would be through

      Now here we are in 2018

      The coral has started to shrivel

      Their brightest colours no longer seen

      Forever stained by wrinkles

      But it hasn’t always been this way

      Once upon a time

      There was a beautiful reef

      That saw no evil and felt no crime

      A kaleidoscope that knew no grief

      Rows and rows of tropical paradise

      An underwater heaven

      But all beauty comes with a price

      (Can you guess what happens next?)

      The fish stopped swimming

      The crabs said goodbye

      The jellyfish never blooming

      Showed that they were shy

      We all wonder who and what

      Might have broken this peace

      The bad guys who demolished this

      Were said to be beasts

      Everyone wondered

      Everyone whispered

      Who might have done this?

      Who might have done this?

      Litter and pollution

      And a lack of respect

      Filling the ocean

      Until it’s the only thing left

      Toxic starfish

      In a toxic sea

      The corals are crying

      "Please comfort me!’’

      Humans are building bruises

      Across the rainbow reef

      What are our excuses?

      And what do we believe?

      We must find a solution

      It’s time to reduce plastic

      Don’t throw garbage into the oceans

      Reusable bags aren’t drastic

      It’s a necessary motion

      Toxic fish can be retrieved

      From the reefs that they have poisoned

      And finally, the corals can feel relieved

      By the way that we have chosen

      We must protect our environment

      To the coral, we are guards

      We do not answer with violence

      But with awareness, thought and heart

      In just a few years

      There will be tears

      For the fallen corals

      And all that they feel

      They are yelling for help

      Can you hear them?

      Can you feel it too?

      Holes

      Hana J (Year 8)

      Holes.

      There are holes in the sky.

      There are holes in the sky, and no one knows why.

      They’ve been there for years.

      They’ve been there for years and years.

      They’ve been there for years and years, before any of our ancestors.

      Before the sky shed it’s very first tears.

      Their size as small as the tip of a needle.

      So pure with hope. So pure with light.

      The rest of the world thinks it a star.

      They say my imagination is real bizarre.

      But where do these holes, these gateways lead.

      What kind of world will I see. What kind of dreams will there be.

      Are the holes a door or a key. All these questions are eating me.

      And if I blink I fear the holes might flee.

      There are holes in the sky!

      You’ve wished upon a star before.

      But have you ever wondered where these wishes go?

      Do the holes let them in word for word.

      To a hall, stacked with wishes high and low.

      Categorised by importance and relevance.

      Filled with cases and dozens of evidence.

      Where do these wishes go!

      So I keep my eyes open and wide, to drink the milk of the starry night.

      I’ve spent every penny of my waking moment on ponder.

      Thinking of the world left in wonder.

      Such naive nostalgia these holes evoke, it’s no surprise that when light comes I groan

      Day has come, light is here, and it is exactly what I fear.

      A disgusting being.

      The sun.

      A thief.

      Stolen my joy and handed me grief.

      Why!

      Why is it like this!

      Why is it like this, I wish to know!

      For the sun is undeserving and an unfriendly foe!

      So beautifully the holes rebel.

      Against the darkness and the light that fell.

      Such violent red motivation mixed with earthy brown determination.

      Their efforts shine times more and more.

      So tell me why don’t they shine

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