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First Frost - Andrei Vosnesensky

Vosnesensky’s “First Frost” is a delicately phrased response to a girl’s first heartbreak. Initially, the poem opens by describing the...

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Sep 22, 20254 min read

Bloodlust

In 1897, Bram Stoker published one of the most influential vampire novels in history; Dracula. It tells the story of how these...

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Jul 1, 20253 min read

farms for city children

binded by the thick, syrupy sunlight, two ten-year old girls interlace their hands, meandering steadily behind their group through unmown...

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May 31, 20252 min read

Scalded

The amount of pressure put on young people pursuing academia, in honesty, is appalling. The older generations spew grades and horror...

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May 1, 20254 min read

SOS

The sun bleeds a melisma of colour over the sea – yellow fades effortlessly into orange, then gradually into a deep, thick red, over the...

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Mar 23, 20255 min read

Loss and Heroicism (The Song of Achilles - review)

The Song of Achilles is a hauntingly beautiful retelling of the Battle of Troy, through the eyes of Achilles’ lover from youth,...

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Dec 4, 20242 min read

Deer Heart

I had never thought that something so brutal could feel so beautiful. I can smell his fear, I am attuned to his terror. Dark alleys are...

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Dec 4, 20244 min read

The Uncanny

Bright white clinical lighting beams down, consistent and unfaltering, not a dark corner in the room. Swarms of identical white coats...

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Oct 30, 20243 min read

Renaissance of the Fang

Stale air casts a lazy haze inviting the presence of the moon, a bluish tint to the stars' blurred glow. A paranormal sort of expectancy;...

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Aug 7, 20242 min read

I don't think it's thunder?

I'm watching a doorframe, waiting for the dust to shift to move, to twist, to contort, stir up a storm. The rain is a little too brutal...

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Jul 16, 20241 min read

Eden

A glow transcends through the leaded skylights, the moon whole and full, a satisfied felon having drank the forbidden knowledge. Her eye...

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Jun 24, 20241 min read

Nature's War

Elves crowded in a forest clearing, chanting their war cries with vigour. Revenge, they called for, revenge against the henious crimes of...

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May 14, 20241 min read

Academia is not the only fruit

I usually prefer to begin my essays with an Oxford definition, or from any other reputable source. Unfortunately, in this instance, I...

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May 14, 20243 min read

The Waiting Room

This is a bit of a gruesome one - skip if you're easily disgusted. God trials the innocent men in his waiting room, at the border of life...

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May 14, 20242 min read

Greatness - a history (what does it mean to leave a legacy?)

legacy (from Oxford Languages) - the long lasting impacts of particular events, actions, etc. that took place in the past or of a...

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Apr 7, 20242 min read

Addiction to Elegance (Why are people addicted to looking at pretty things?)

This has been on my mind a lot recently, and I'm fairly certain this isn't a new concept; humans are innately in pursuit of things they...

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Mar 8, 20242 min read

Welcome

Coraline-may is a project for my free time - I've always been passionate about anything literature-related and I seriously hope my future involves pursuing a career in writing. I'm currently just working on improving and following what I enjoy - advice on any of my writing is always appreciated, thank you so much for being here and giving me a reason to keep writing :)

Pinterest (which may or may not often foreshadow future ideas) - @coralinemay_