Magic
by and published in Edition Two of Pomegranate
I found magic scrunched
between the pages of my poetry book.
An insect; species unrecognisable,
its broken body
an explosion of gravy
and tortoiseshell bone.
I would hate to die this way –
something disgusting –
a tea-leaf in a teenager’s diary.
From the dead little beast
I divine that I must be lucky.
After all, it was him and not me.
I am powerful!
I circle the corpse, and write ‘magic!’
Amy Blakemore
Amy Blakemore has been writing poetry ‘seriously’ for a couple of years now, since beginning GCSE English Literature, taking a look at the syllabus anthology, and thinking it didn’t look that hard. She is a South-East London girl born and raised, attending Bacon’s college, which boasts as former students Miss London 2007 and Jade Goody, where she is now doing AS Levels in English Literature, German, Philosophy & Ethics, and History. She has been published in The Young Writer Magazine, Rising and Iota. She was the Southwark borough winner for the BBC’s Talent In Schools contest in the field of creative writing, and was a Foyle Young Poet of the Year 2007.