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Foreword During the academic year 2021-2022, St Mary’s creative writing scholars worked with the theme '<strong>Inspiration</strong>'. Each term, they attended a workshop run by our Year 12 Ambassadors for Writing, Amelie and Emma. In the Autumn Term, the scholars explored music as a form of inspiration and each scholar produced a piece of writing inspired by a piece of music of their choice. With responses to Persian music, Vivaldi, Billie Eilish, and much more, the scholars have created a symphony of styles, bringing narratives and experiences to life through both poetry and prose. The second workshop was held during Children's Mental Health week, in the Spring Term, with each scholar investigating the role of writing in understanding our mental health and exploring an array of emotions. In this second section of our magazine, you can dive into a range of emotions, from love to despair. Each piece of writing in these first two sections of the collection features incredible artwork by St Mary’s Art and Photography students. We hope you enjoy exploring the links between the writing and the art. A huge thank you to Sofia A, Masha I, Olivia B, Daria S, Irina E, Albany G, Laura C, Julia M, Frankie R and Ms Conroy! The Summer Term saw the scholars delve deeper into the links between the visual and verbal: in their third workshop, our scholars considered art as inspiration. Each scholar chose a piece of art to consider, and, using this artwork as inspiration, they either produced poetry and prose in a descriptive style, or they used the artwork as a springboard for a narrative perspective. As the workshop developed, several scholars decided to see what would transpire if they all chose the same painting, and they have selected this collaborative approach to writing as a focus for next year’s endeavours. Our scholars have also had great success in recent competitions. Imogen C (Year 7) entered her poem 'The White Daffodils' in the Stepping into Stories competition 'Bouncing Back'; she was awarded third prize in the 8- 11 category and received a £10 National Book token. Grace P (Year 9) received Highly Commended in the HART Prize for Human Rights competition, for her piece of writing ‘Dead White Man’s Clothes’, which explored the impact of fast fashion mountains in Ghana. Eloise S (Year 9) was awarded Highly Commended in the GSA national competition ‘Dear Earth’, using her creative voice to address environmental issues. Furthermore, Emma B (Year 12) and Eloise S (Year 9) were awarded first and second place respectively in the CISC National competition ‘Growing up’, Emma for her poem ‘Not Yet‘, and Eloise for her poem ‘Growing up’. Both received book tokens and certificates from CISC. All these winning pieces of work can be read on our website. Emma has also had several poems selected for publication in magazines, such as ‘We Are’ and ‘The Beginning’, which were both published with Wingless Dreamer in January; her poem ‘My Ability’ was selected by the Young Writer’s competition. Internally, Eva G (Year 8) won our Autumn Term Evolution competition, and Niamh C (Year 10) won the Spring Term Revolution competition. In addition, Karla C (Year 10) was awarded Highly Commended in the Eco Committee’s World Ocean Day competition. Whether it be matters connected to inclusion, politics, diversity, wellbeing, the environment or relationships, our scholars have shown how powerful the creative voice can be in tackling a range of challenging issues, both personal and political. We hope you enjoy reading their work. Ms Cottingham
Never Mind About Us Inspired by ‘Back to Black’, by Amy Winehouse Never mind about us. Maybe if you keep yourself busy enough You could try to forget Maybe you will. I hope you will. You know you can’t regret What you forget. Back to abiding familiar arms Patiently waiting, never giving up hope. They would never forget. Go on, I dare you, Try. Replace up your Twisted ugly Empty heart With a fresh page. Maybe if you fill up your existence With clean pages till you have a whole unwritten book You could forget. By Sofia A Let me slip into smudgy shadows. You can banish me back into the inky depths of your conscience. Can't you? I won’t tell anyone what you did. But I know. That you know, with whatever pathetic scrap of soul you have left, That you could never forget. By Solveig S (Year 9)
Page 1: INSPIRATION by St Mary’s Creative
Page 5 and 6: Happier Than Ever Inspired by ‘Ha
Page 7 and 8: Dress torn, Cigarette sought, Night
Page 9 and 10: Now, I fall (excerpt) Inspired by
Page 11 and 12: The creaking sound of floorboards s
Page 13 and 14: The light has never shined as brigh
Page 15 and 16: I suppose what I’m really wishing
Page 17 and 18: Storm Inspired by ‘Storm’ by Vi
Page 19 and 20: Renya Inspired by ‘Smells Like Te
Page 21 and 22: “I beg your pardon?” Malachys
Page 23 and 24: Comfort, Nowhere The misery drenche
Page 25 and 26: Regret Kicking curbs when the ticki
Page 27 and 28: “Once out there, she was living i
Page 29 and 30: Grief A deep black hole awaits us.
Page 31 and 32: Despair In stories or in novels, or
Page 33 and 34: crowds of people who take one look
Page 35 and 36: Hate My eyes stung with fire, my he
Page 37 and 38: Russian Doll: (loosely inspired by
Page 39 and 40: A Revolution Against Hate Revolutio
Page 41 and 42: Twilight Lovers The music poured ou
Page 43 and 44: The 12 tasks of the Nemean Lion I w
Page 45 and 46: And that is the end to a glorious c
Page 47 and 48: Darwin England, 1813 “Charley!”
Page 49: Emma Brown, First Prize, CISC Natio

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