I saved a baby who fell from a window

For a while
I found myself
looking upwards more –
scanning
for open windows.

And swishing my hand
past my ear, to try
to recreate
the sensation
of the baby’s fall.



Taken from the Guardian's 'Experience' feature, 19th January 2013. Submitted by Ailsa Holland.

This Is That

Do you know why teachers
use me? Because I speak
in tongues. I write metaphors.
Every one of my
stories is a metaphor
you can remember. The
great religions are all
metaphor. We
appreciate things like
Daniel and the lion’s
den, and the Tower of Babel.

People remember these
metaphors because they
are so vivid you can’t
get free of them and that’s
what kids like in school. They
read about rocket ships
and encounters in space,
tales of dinosaurs. All
my life I’ve been running
through the fields and picking
up bright objects.

I turn one over and say,
Yeah, there’s a story.



Taken from an interview with Ray Bradbury, via Genealogy of Religion. Submitted by Marika Rose.

The Storee of The Soc pupiTs

5.12.09

Along time ago

There livd a soc pupit

and he lovd chocolate.

But wen he open The cubud

There was no chocolate.

Sow The soc pupit went To The shops

But in The shops

They had rund out.

sow the Soc pupit went bac home

wiv no chocolate.

he lookt on the Top shelf

and he sor a chocolate Bar.

The End

I commissioned my 6-year-old to write and illustrate a story for my birthday. This is what he came up with. Can anyone spot his theme? Submitted by Gabriel Smy.

The Little Red Ship

6.11.09

The Litt Red Ship went to town.

Some shopping The Little Red Ship.

Bid some eggs, shoes, Bred and.

Some cookies and The Little Red Ship.

Bid a Blangcit and The Little Red.

Ship had los fo Fun gud I.

hav Evreey Thing I need but The Little.

Red Ship Forgot To Biy some tishoe.

Soow The Little Red Ship went back To The.

Shop and Brot some tishoe and went.

back To his house.

Last Sunday I returned from a weekend away to find a pile of stories written by my 6-year-old. This was one of them, reproduced above exactly as it appeared on the page. Submitted by Gabriel Smy.