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Category: Poetry

Lost in London by Georgie Hart

December 17, 2015

‘The city is a storm of life that bubbles and roils/and I have been cast adrift.’ … More Lost in London by Georgie Hart

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A Hundred Tastes of Me by Jhilmil Breckenridge

December 17, 2015

‘I am the flutter of a butterfly against the white honeysuckle so sweet.’ … More A Hundred Tastes of Me by Jhilmil Breckenridge

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Silly in Spitalfields by Amanda Fuller

December 17, 2015

‘Lissome youths in skinny black jeans loiter by stalls,
/ Selling things that no-one needs.’ … More Silly in Spitalfields by Amanda Fuller

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Visible by M.E. Rolle

December 17, 2015

‘In Green Park, a boy kicks at a pigeon that has no toes on one foot / ‘Fucking garbage,’ he says, aping the voice of his father.’ … More Visible by M.E. Rolle

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‘The only cool place is there in that sapphire blue that reflects the sun in every direction, light flashing off it like fireworks.’ 💙 Say hi to Vruchi who's come to @uniwestminster from Mumbai in India 🇮🇳 In Spring, buds bloom, new life begins, Maharsh, who's fave colour is blue 💙, is an aspiring writer, proud Netflix enthusiast, and connoisseur of coffee & croissants 🥐 "A rich mysterious purple for Terrible Lies, recognisable from a mile away as one of our company’s, which I’m very proud of." Meet Emily 💕 Based in London, her fave colour is pink! 'Sherry enthusiasts dazzled by the electric signs and fluorescent lamps somewhere between Bethnal Green and Shoreditch. Watching the city move in all its separate stories, we step on broken beer bottles and call it a fright night.' Meet the team 🤗 say hello to Alexie! When even your dinner matches the theme for Issue 19 😋🌈 Well they do say we should eat the rainbow!

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The Wells Street Journal (ISSN 2055-3676)  is a London anthology of writing published biannually in April and December by MA Creative Writing students at the University of Westminster. Founded in 2014, it is named after the street in which the department of English, Linguistics and Cultural studies was previously hosted.

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