The Maker The Charles Causley Literary Blog

June Musings by Sue Wallace-Shaddad

The poet Clare Best, who moved from Sussex to Suffolk five years ago, has a new book, Beyond the Gate...

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June 16, 2023

Forgetful Gran, by Eve Clark

My brain is working very well. But my grandma’s is very slow. She remembers old thoughts. Her dad leaving to...

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June 14, 2023

Is it just me? by Simranraj Kahlon

Two houses, two homes From monday to sunday i’m moving from home to home To be honest, I don’t know...

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June 14, 2023

Maggi Noodles’ by Aparajita Gupta

One day, my dad promised me He’d cook Maggi Noodles for school lunch. He said he’d wake up extra early...

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June 14, 2023

The House with the Once Blue Door by Ella Haines

Here she stands again A note of happiness in her stomach She’s been here many times before Every day the...

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June 14, 2023

Sunday Roast by Charlie Jolley

We eat rain-soaked Steak Bakes on an alley down Canal street, cold meat gravy spilling out like a treasure chest....

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June 14, 2023

Slide by Alice Hudd

Trekking up the iron steps, Waiting in the queue, My turn.   Heart beating against my chest, Crouched on the...

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June 14, 2023

Memories of an Orange Tree by Charlie Harrison-Chu

I remember being a seed, A small hard waterdrop shape, Put in some soil, buried, and watered, And put into...

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June 14, 2023

Season’s Shedding by Mathias X

I’m looking for my bowl of roseleaves stained by Development. Static. Run your fingers through lighter petals as they unhinge...

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June 14, 2023

A Candle for Oma, by Emma Kurr

The reach of sun, attempt to Sleep deter In this golden, shadow’d basilica. Mother and me—for once we stay quiet,...

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June 14, 2023

My Memories of Burnside’ by Travis Surgeoner

Let this be home the house we forever had A box of lights, a jar of nails Cat’s bones and...

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June 14, 2023

Where do my memories go by Maya Pal

where do my memories go When I forget them?   Are they sucked up into my mouth And to they...

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June 14, 2023
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