Poetry and Creative Writing for All

Christina Earl

Winner of our Top 5 Poets of August 2004 Online Competition

I've lived in Suffolk all my life. I'm 18 years old and have been writing poems for many years. Writing poems is like an escape. I just put pen to paper and I let the ink make its mark. In poems it feels like it's easier to make myself heard.

It feels like if I were to keep writing I would leave my mark on the world, would have tried to connect, tried to explain, to make people understand and be proud of it.

I've never actually won a competition for any of my poems and I was really surprised to win this one. I'm very proud to have my poems on the same website as everyone else who has won a competition with Forward Press because they're all brilliant.

Smile

you sit and laugh,
sit and listen,
succeed to smile,
and heal a frown.

you laugh,
instead of cry,
you help,
instead of lie.

you listen to,
my troubles,
and help me through,
now i wish,
to help you.

i always remember,
the way you,
burst into song,
and heal the frowns,
even when life,
gets so dark,
you still hold on.

so when you read this poem,
i wish for you to smile, grin and laugh,
and when you return,
we can have that coffee in norwich!
so keep on fighting little one,
cause everyone's waiting!

My Magic World

my magic world,
it sparkles bright,
my magic world,
a phenomenal sight,
my magic world,
love fill the streets,
my magic world,
that no evil meets,
my magic world,
a dream of tears,
my magic world,
i watch while it disappears.

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