Nula

You always try to calculate, what’s squirrelled safe inside, beyond my idea of taste, who it is you treat, so far from common cry, when life is never easy, your lips can’t fake, neither can they lie, stood before the magistrate, if we could only see, instead of wanting to fly, stuff that lets us be, terrible supplies of opiates, vodka tonics crusty wines, who needs them anyway, try to follow dreams, winter in warm climes, oceans that bring sleep, face what’s on the line.

Millie

What hurts most inside, something in your face, eyes open wide, all you need to know, no longer drums like rain, more a fallen snow, next to a lover’s why, I see you look away, all you do is cry, a million ways to show, I absolve you of blame, nowhere else to go, discarded in our time, us writers of the Plains , the barometer slides, drink away our woes, I once jumped rail, whisky face aglow, try to raise your game.

Lara

What it means to cry, within a screaming gale, no use trying to lie, cold within your bones, you don't need a trial, to find yourself alone, studying a time, when all your efforts fail, your only cut is style, how d0 you cope, love always seem to fail, empty clothes shroud your home, flip a coin see the sky, go and find some sail, head high leave this way, refuse wine from broken cones, abandon desolate mail, throw stones at your ghosts, laughter lights the trail.

Katy

In the spring light, I open the door, look for the other side, it's cold for the season, sons and daughters, look to their freedom, out on the Neap tide, it’s illusory of course, they ask me why, I’ve brought them to see, sunshine over the port, where we used to live, without a dime, as if we’d been caught, in some policy drive, they believe, i’m joking that’s all, just a conspiracy, but each walk of life, ends overwrought, maybe only strife, tells us the score.

Jane

On these long flights, side by side for harmony, we act like cool socialites, why take a train, or a boat on the sea, this way there's no strain, Oh we're so right, who needs reason, bags melt into the night, it's fun being away, don't ever concretely, inquire about pain, our long silent fight, when morning stands scrutiny, casts a cold cabin light, this horizon so bright, claims a sun all seeing, brings hopes of eternity, why? .

Irene

Each year makes me a liar, will anyone see, the roots between my hair, sometimes just a little shove, makes the heavens scream, even if its hard to hum, terribly hard chairs, won’t make it seem, you accommodate me there, I dress with a shrug, what about my teeth, left shining on the rug, act like I don't care, scrubbed sparkling clean, I sail through the air, open like a new bud, Spring rescues everything, every night a tidal flood, it's only fair, when evening turns green, love happens when you dare, age is just a dream.

Harriet

When you start to say, I like to dance alone, please give me a break, sit here by the fire, don't go wittering on, you’re not a player, not a second to waste, it's lonely on stones, marry me at once, we’ll listen to the wire, the bed’s long gone, to calm all desires, grant me this day, not long silent groans, followed by hoorays, we are not Sapphires, who ever atone, drawn to the pyre, we're coming home.