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When the rain comes, She is there to comfort. When the pain hurts, She is there to heal. When the sadness fills me up, She is there to wash away the pain. Like a river, Flowing, graceful, Who always finds her way back to the ocean, Just as she finds her way back to …
I opened the door, and a bell rang a cheerful tune above me. Artificial white light flooded my eyes and the crescendo of whirring ovens and men shouting to one another echoed in my ears. A man sat covered in a thick coat just to the left of the door, all sign of his humanity …
As an English teacher, it’s quite common to hear a student say something along the lines of, “but sir, why is English even important? What can you do with an English GCSE?” Besides it being a common qualification requirement for many jobs you might not expect, the skills you learn in an English lesson …
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Love is hard to define. Love is the way you look at someone, to not only see the good, but see the stars, the stretch marks, the tears that dried years ago. To see each and every part of them, to see all the demons, and still think that person is beautiful; not because …
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The wind is always listening, tapping at your window, playing with your hair. You may sometimes forget, but the wind is always there. When you whisper a secret, the window grabs it and holds on tight; it knows things you have already forgotten, like the first time you laughed, or the first time …
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When did my feelings get so deep? And why did this cause me to be so distraught? Why was I viewed a creep? Just because of these feelings I caught From his contagious smile to his marvellous eyes he has me under his spell. But I am just filled with lies as he …
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The emerald summer leaves, start to detach from trees all around. They flow gently in the breeze, coming to rest on a thick'ning mound. The carpet of orange vibrance, where summer leaves lay content. The rich pumpkin fragrance, cleanses the air with a familiar scent. The beauty of Autumn sunsets, blends of …
Music is all around us. It comes in every form, in every language, from everywhere. It's one of the most versatile and varied forms of expression to exist. But where did music come from? The simple answer is that music, or a primitive version of music, has always existed. But the music we know today …
The following three chapters of text come from a fantasy/dystopian novel that Claire McLeod in Year 11 is busy writing, and has written for most of the last calendar year. Enjoy. Chapter x Alex woke up and groaned. When you get a knock on the door at 2am in the morning, it almost certainly …
Many see the Brooklyn 99 series as “that one Andy Samburg cop comedy”; however, it's so much more than that. You may be thinking that this series is far too long winded to be interesting and comedic although having taken the time to watch it, I can assure you that it only gets better. With …
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