Oh earth, oh earth, how can you be,

So perfect in your geography?

Your mountains tower, your rivers run free,

Your wondrous terrain is a sight to see.

Your incredible beauty is truly divine,

With oceans of blue and forests of pine,

Atop every hill, there is a view,

Representing nature, proud and true.

You have many natural features to boast,

Like the beaches that stretch across your coast,

And ...

Fredrick yawned as his eyes gradually flittered open, allowing him to focus on the room around him. A calm wallpaper covered the walls, with green patterns and swirls. A lovely racing-green sofa waited patiently for someone to enjoy the comfort it provided to everyone who sat on it. Picture frames hung from the walls, each one a painting of places he’d been before, however, the most beautiful scen...

It is the year 3055, a year of new discovery, innovation, and advancement. The 7 deadly sins have gathered round an oak table to discuss their current state, as they do every few hundred years.

The seven ancient figures sit awkwardly, staring at each other cumbersomely yet with malice.

There was pride, shoulders wide with an arrogant grin, an overconfident narcissist with a crown adorning his hea...

To those who don’t listen, words are a waste,

You realise when you see the look on their face,

Staring into nothingness, so nieve,

Tell them what you want but they won’t believe,

To them, words are a waste of time,

Because they think that they’ll be fine,

They’ll do no good, make no progress,

Without the knowledge they could possess....

I gripped my oar as I pushed it through the pristine water. It was clear and calm, and it spread out ahead as far as the eye could muster to see. Mountains lay out for miles beside me, coated with luscious forest. The silence was like a magical song that tickled my ears with its peaceful and soundless tune.

Before me, two Lanterns floated, each one a bright beacon, testaments to the stars twinkli...

Lifty felt the cool breeze gently stroke his face, a soothing sensation. He felt the uneven rocks beneath his feet. He was exhausted.

With prompt haste, he took off his flowing wizard’s robe and shoved it into his bag. He sat down and breathed a sigh of relief. Some well earned rest, he thought.

Lifty admired the view, setting his staff on the floor beside him. A quarry, but no ordinary one. It wa...

Dravina woke with a start. Her entire body ached. She felt the cloth tied over her mouth, the shackles that pinned her down onto the bumpy and uncomfortable wall, and especially the sense of dread that spread across her body like a virus, making her tremble. As her vision refocused, she analysed her surroundings.

The cave was a freezing wasteland of endless rocky formations, reaching jagged tenta...

Clouds cover the skies, rain pulls at my eyes,

But nothing hurts more than little words turned lies,

My breath heaved, I felt my happiness leave,

But nothing caused more pain than how I was deceived,

I had been fully robbed of glee, but I think we can all agree,

That the worst of it all was the lies that were told to me,

I felt the rain patter, tiny freezing splatters,

But the falsehood that I suf...

I brought the lighter closer to my face and felt the fire’s heat softly toast my face, the warmth landing on my cheeks. Carefully, I lit the cigarette that poked precariously out of my mouth, watching it burn at the end with a subtle red glow. I inhaled. And exhaled. I watched the smoke erupt from my mouth in a satisfying grey puff, just like I had before so, so many times.

The smoking had always...

“You look like you have a shaky dentist” Samuel bellowed, after being angered by another boy: Grubert, who was a general obnoxious idiot. He had an ugly piggy little face with buck teeth that stuck out of his face like he was constantly trying to bite someone. After the statement, Grubert stared in disbelief at Samuel.

“Say that AGAIN!?” Grubert demanded.

“No, I’ll carry on.” Samuel said calmly. “...