Introduction The concept of human dignity is of paramount importance to society and individuals. Thanks to our ability to recognise our neighbour’s innate worth, we can cooperate with others even when we disagree with them. We do not resort to …
Better Than Bad
Darkness and light enchant one anotherAs they dance through the endless daysOf glory and love, and of hatred and angerThat are found not below nor above.This is the world that we humans have madeFor our purposes and for our needsThat …
Anything For Gerald: A story of love, friendship and deception
Any similarity between this work of fiction and real events or people is entirely coincidental. The portrayal of a particular action or belief does not imply the writer’s endorsement of said action or belief. I would be lying if I …
The Intruder’s Ring: A Short Story
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. Any similarity between real events or people is entirely coincidental. The portrayal of a particular action or belief does not imply the writer’s endorsement of said action or belief. Why was my back …
Peculiar Roads
When peculiar roads intertwine into rivers And butterflies land on the shoulders of sinners When the sky shares its colour with sweet marmalade And takes on the texture of a frothy milkshake When butterflies land on the shoulders of sinners …
Transactions of Love: A Short Story
This story is fictional. Any resemblances to any real events or people are entirely coincidental. How utterly frustrating it was! I desired to arrive at the conference before its commencement, for how important a character trait punctuality is. Particularly in …
The Raven: A Prose Retelling
This poem is by the writer Edgar Allan Poe, and is now in the public domain. I hope you enjoy my prose adaptation of it. The original text of the poem as written by Poe can be found on the …
To Provide and Receive Advice and Feedback
To provide and receive advice and feedbackTo prevent others from falling into that very same trapThe trap that prevented you from being able to be freeThe roadblocks that stood in the way of your being happyThe obstacles that forced you …
A Character of Our Own: A Short Story
This story is fictional. Any resemblances to any real events or people are entirely coincidental. Collecting dust in a dim, warm room, sat a small, portable digital piano. Despite that it was nothing but a glorified speaker replaying pre-recorded sounds, …
A Letter to a Primary School Graduate
It’s getting hard to be someone But it all works out.It doesn’t matter much to me Strawberry Fields Forever, The Beatles, 1967 It’s getting hard to be someone But it all works out.It doesn’t matter much to me — Strawberry Fields Forever, …