Read the poems Progress by Osbert Sitwell The city's heat is like a leaden pall- Its lowered lamps glow in the midnight air Like mammoth orange-moths that flit and flare Through the dark tapestry of night. The tall Black houses crush the creeping beg...
Read the story Alberto's New Neighbours by Chris Rose Alberto took one look at his new neighbours and knew that his life was going to get more difficult. He watched them arrive in their big, noisy car and watched them get out. There they were, two of...
Read the story April Fool's Day by Pete Humphreys Danny Applewhite was developing into a rather arrogant young man. True, he was among the top five achievers at his school, but he was the only one of them who would regularly remind the other 150 stud...
Read the story The Novels of J.M. Coetzee Dusklands The novel actually consists of two separate stories. The first one, The Vietnam Project, relates the gradual descent into insanity of its protagonist Eugene Dawn. Eugene works for a U.S. government...
Coming Back Up by Chris Rose So were driving along, a road in the middle of nowhere, a few trees now and then on each side of the road, mountains in the distance, there hasnt been a town for ages and then you see this sign, not really a proper sign a...
Elephants, Bananas and Aunty Ethel by Chris Rose So, I was walking along the street, on my way to work, as usual, but for some reason I was in a hurry. I wasnt really sure why I was in a hurry. And then I realised that I was holding a banana in my ha...
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud by William Wordsworth I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the b...
It wouldn't do by John Kay But, She said, I suppose it wouldn't do For everyone to be the same now, Would it. No, I said, There'd be less Interesting people around, Wouldn't there. Fewer interesting people, She said, But I suppose it wouldn't do For...
Deep in the middle of the woods, said my mother, is the place where the King of the Pumpkins lives. But pumpkins live in fields, not in forests, I said to my mother. She wouldnt listen to me. Im telling you, she said, the King of the Pumpkins lives i...
The mountain and the squirrel Had a quarrel; And the former called the latter Little Prig. Bun replied, You are doubtless very big; But all sorts of things and weather Must be taken in together, To make up a year And a sphere. And I think it no disgr...
Well, Mr. Smith, if you prefer a different type of nose, we have a large selection available. I think this nose is a bit too small. Small noses are very fashionable this year, Mr. Smith, very fashionable. Do you think it suits me? asked Mr. Smith. I...
No sun - no moon! No morn - no noon - No dawn - no dusk - no proper time of day - No sky - no earthly view - No distance looking blue - No road - no street - no t'other side the way - No end to any Row - No indications where the Crescents go - No top...
Long, long the night, Heavy comes the morrow While my souls delight Is on her bed of sorrow. Can I cease to care? Can I cease to languish, While my darling fair Is on the couch of anguish? Long, long the night, Heavy comes the morrow While my souls d...
...Not really sure I'll get much out of it, Understand what's going on, I whined and vacillated. I was assured he was big (Though not in size) Old, blind and from the capital. So in I went with the rest of the faculty To the biggest hall on campus, P...
First set of quotes UAE - When young people say about the British that he's unpleasant or old, it is an impression we have from the time when Great Britain was a great power together with Portugal. ITALY - I particularly liked the spirit, the livelin...
