There were some dark times
this morning as I went to the Demon Crew reading. I sat and listened to
beautiful and captivating monologues, short stories and poetry created by staff
and students alike. Rape, drinking, self-harm and mental health
were just a few of the topics.
This was my first visit to
a reading of creative work, so I wasn’t sure what to do – should I take notes
or just listen? At first I looked around to see what everyone else was doing –
some had their eyes closed, appreciating each spoken word like in blissful
ecstasy.
The first reader, Paige,
had a few poems to read. My personal favourite was “Feeble Ties”. Some lines still stick in my head, such as “faces
Hades and his sea of souls”. Afterwards, I had a chance to tell Paige how much I like
that poem of hers – it was great.
Kathleen Bell read ”Skulls and
Roses,” a short story with a Gothic twist on the fairy tale “Sleeping Beauty”,
whilst Niki Valentine read “Babysitting”, a story from her book The
Night Lingers while Simon closed the event with a reading from his book, Archilochus
on the Moon, which is about Greek’s first lyrical poet.
Needless to say, with the amount of talent in that room, I walked out of
there feeling inspired to write something, anything, on the spot - and that's
exactly what I did!
Lauren Raybould
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