Ever since I became part of the school, disaster ensued. Yes, you in the front seat, you know what I’m talking about. And Vanessa, I know you are dating two guys at once. Hey, just because I’m staring at you and pretending to talk with my mind, doesn’t mean…ouch! Hey, here comes Mr. Evans? Evermore? Oh, he said it was Edson. Hang on, I’ve got the Geography textbook in my backpack…oh, that’s right,...

Leila could feel her heart beating at hundred miles a minute, running in one direction, then the other, then covering her face with her hands in resignation to the face she was alone and lost. She cried loudly, scaring a group of pigeons into the air. As she slowly removed her hands from her face, a translucent but recognisable woman was floating in front of her. Leila gasped, too terrified to mov...

Everything, on the Earth we know, Starts as a single seed, And when it begins to grow, We rejoice knowing it’s needed, For each generation will one day, Replace the previous one that came, Before us, with new ideas, part of Human history and it all starts, With a single (or double or triple) First bloom in the Spring of existence....

The relentless blizzard was blowing outside Santa’s cabin, venting its frustration on unsuspecting reindeer. Thankfully, the elves had rounded up most of them, although some collapsed in exhaustion. At Santa’s command, the one with the brightest crimson nose was tied up by the legs and dragged into Mrs Claus kitchen.

“Our protein serve, honey.”

“You want me to cook Rudolf?”

“Oh, he has a name?”...

Hello, everyone. thanks for nominating me for this fantastic award…cough… it shows me great consideration, though I though McTinny would have been a good choice, yes, you. Cough…while I may beat myself up when I…cough, ugh…get home with Best Effort in Sports. I came last and was forced to the sidelines, ironic, huh? Oh, sorry, did I hear a gasp? Stutter? Maybe let me on the team next time, not giv...

Having done this before, I convinced myself that nerves were unusual but not unexpected. I practice for hours on end, hoping for the part, but usually behind the wings while the Acrobat King shined. But the Acrobat King, who was not the type to shy away from the stage, had called in to say he was sick with a tumour on the backside.

The Acrobat King was not human. Well, he was half human at least...

Phoebe was colouring in her book, taking care to get the picture just right. She held her fantastically perfectly pencilled artwork up high. As she did, she could see Mr.Goldfish and Mrs. Kranky Crab chatting away, as though they weren’t just marks on paper. Giggling excitedly, she ran into the kitchen to show her grandmother her art.

“Nanna, nanna, see what I did! Mr.Goldfish and Mrs Crab are at...

We don’t know how it will take us, That cold, relentless grip, That calls us into darkness, yes, As our last breath becomes, The end of an incredible earth mission, Hopefully, a trip

While we may not know what lies beyond, Our mortal realm until it is our, Time to join our ancestors’ souls, As we, each generation left behind, Are the legacy, that see the rose, Which grows on the tomb soil....

“I hate safaris.”

George - the largest lion with the largest mane in the safari zone - turned to Naomi, one of his nine lioness companions. She continued to lick the buffalo bone and did not answer. He echoed a roar that scared a flock of toucans in the distance.

“ We’ve been through this, George, we are here to stay. It took us this long to adjust, why go through the pain again?”

Naomi was the...

Some paint it as a spiritual half, Circle across the great beyond, Some say it’s the day’s end, when we’ve had enough, Of toil and play and life’s problem pond.

But we know it will set, it happens everyday, That is life’s experience, whether on land, Or over an expanse of sea, as though it wants to say, Time to rest, I am the midpoint grand,

Between time to do and then to sleep....