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    St Ives High School Literary Journal Volume 2
    St Ives High School Literary Journal Volume 2
    St Ives High School Literary Journal Volume 2
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    St Ives High School Literary Journal Volume 2

    By Darren Stein

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    Welcome to the second edition of the St Ives High School Literary Journal. St Ives High School is a public high school on Sydney's North Shore in Australia. The journal is edited and published by students from St Ives High School, and its poems and short stories represent just a fraction of the emerging talent that is so often hidden away in school exercise books and journals.
    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 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 1, 2019
    ISBN9780463934401
    St Ives High School Literary Journal Volume 2
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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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      Book preview

      St Ives High School Literary Journal Volume 2 - Darren Stein

      St Ives High School Literary Journal

      (Volume 2)

      Copyright 2019 Darren Stein (Senior Editor)

      Published by Darren Stein at Smashwords

      Associate Editors

      Cate Meijer

      Portia Sinclair

      Aiden Kwon

      Mia Skjellerup

      Cover Art

      Hana Jamali

      Smashwords Edition License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your enjoyment only, then please return to Smashwords.com or your favorite retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Table of Contents

      Preface

      Poetry:

      Jessie B (Year 10) - The Early Hours

      Jessie B (Year 10) - In Storage

      Elizabeth M (Year 10) - Ma Yang Xu Ling

      Charlotte M (Year 10) - Confused Girl

      Nathan C (Year 8) - The Beach

      Rohan W-B (Year 8) - The Outback House

      Annabel C (Year 7) - Beat of My Heart

      Jamie H (Year 7) - The Dragon

      Julianne G (Year 7) - The girl who sat near the Sea

      Katie X-L (Year 7) - Ana

      Riley W (Year 7) - When will I see you again?

      Short Stories:

      Libby D-S (Year 7) - Short Story

      Max M (Year 8) - A Night of Frights

      Hana J (Year 9) - This girl I once knew

      Noah T (Year 9) - Short Story

      Claire R (Year 9) - The undeniable trouble with socks

      Rhona C (Year 11) - My Mum

      Rose C (Year 12) - Tea isn't sticky

      Kelsey J (Year 12) - Short Story

      Rojina P (Year 12) - Short Story

      Preface

      Welcome to the second edition of the St Ives High School Literary Journal.

      St Ives High School is a public high school on Sydney's North Shore in Australia. The journal is edited and published by students from St Ives High School, and its poems and short stories represent just a fraction of the emerging talent that is so often hidden away in school exercise books and journals. It is hoped that as this project moves into future publication, the honesty and creativity of the students who had the confidence to contribute this year will inspire future students to embrace the opportunity to share their own 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 student editors: Cate Meijer, Portia Sinclair, Aiden Kwon and Mia Skjellerup for their hard work and dedication to the publishing process, and to Hana Jamali for her wonderful cover art. 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 read them.

      Darren Stein (Senior Editor)

      The Early Hours

      Jessie B (Year 10)

      There’s something in the air when it’s 3 am.

      When I can breathe crispness,

      When I inhale my words.

      There’s something about the air

      that troubles my waking mind

      and sleeping eyes.

      It’s the time when people

      like fireflies

      go searching in the darkness like dappled lights

      for a dream,

      (and for a way out of their nightmares,)

      for something

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