Mercy College Coolock, Co.Dublin.
Art by Christina O’ Donovan: Not The Same To be different Not the same as others Individual, unique, peculiar Those are just some words for different I hope i can make a difference, In this world full of resistance…
Steve Murray
Ardscoil Mhuire, Limerick.
Art by Barry Quinn: Reflection Past the violence, worry and no choices Past the sleepless nights and silent screams Far after the exhaustion and helpless witness Long after the insanity with aggressive delusions I live in happily with the…
St. Declan’s College, Dublin.
Art by Rob Stears : The Classroom In a classroom I sit With Siberian hands And Baltic winds Blow in arctic strands. A crinkled coat To block out the frost And bouncing rubbers That’ve just been tossed. And the…
Christ King Girls Secondary School, Cork
Art by Pat Byrne: Invisibility Invisibility is not a superpower The silence that follows shushed stutters Eyes diverting your own, cut deep Deeper than the thorn pricks piercing you from behind Coarser than the sharp-tongued taunts Invisibility is not…
Mountrath Community School, Laois.
Art by Christina O’ Donovan: Trepidation Trepidation behind the façade Of smile lines and sound minds, Beneath the shiny surface, And fast pace is a feeling Of trepidation’s great wave, Something i could never quite shake, A certain uncertainty…