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Spoken word poetry is poetry that has to be said aloud to make sense... Although I prefer to say it's colloquial poetry that's easy for the reader to understand... They don't have to unjangle chains of metaphors or heaps of similes... It's just the writer, speaking to the reader, and explaining their story...

I wish...

I want to go home. Where is home? I want to go home. And it kills me to think that this is it.

All you can do is run... that is until you fall.

a dead boy, a grieving girl, and a boy that just wants to make the girl happy again. and maybe find some love in the process, who knows?

Summertime in Chesterfield means two very different things for teenagers Tess Copeland and Maddie Lambert. For Tess, spending time with family and anticipating the annual Crush Festival goes hand-in-hand with the country air and the sweet smell of a cane fire. For Maddie, Chesterfield offers an escape from the demands of a reality that she's just unable to run from. This summer, however, there is one lit fire that's even harder to contain than the massive bonfires that characterise the town's summer spectacle, as young love and awakened passions smoulder in the shadows. Amidst the turmoil of growing up and the pressures of youth and fame, can these two young women navigate the precipices of adulthood unscathed? Will Maddie and Tess be able to overcome the secrets of a small town and save the beloved festival before it's too late?