Lexi

Out by the long lights, side by side in ruin, we're cool as anthracite, why take a train, or sail on a schooner, there are tables to play, so far we're all right, haven't much to lose, act like young island ites, it's fun weekends away, we mix with the crew, don't enquire about gain, this slow silent night, gives us a clue, what cocktails can’t buy, our horizon’s frayed, sleep till the afternoon, diamonds sparkle the game, we want to be free, we lay in marine blue, just lend us more money, show us the moon.

Kate

It's all behind you now, sit stunned around a Pool, a breeze makes you scowl, on golden sand you dream, all that rests within you, scrubbed by the sea, it's easy to be thrown, what you've been through, why not just turn brown, trees swell golden leaves, they carry all the news, please let everyone be, what you can't undo, or make your tongue refuse, bet you won't denude, do you wax and seal, offer pretty boys cashews, put them on the wheel, concoct some fantastic town, where no one has issues, where everyone is good, no one makes you lose.

Jacqueline

A lover of religous songs dallies with another name, stands looking long, regards things she's honed, canvas from a former game, doubts she's ever alone, in many ways she's not, lost within a frame, the work is all her own, yellow nights she loans, what is given away, sometimes brings her home, painting lets her belong, colours spun like nails, matchsticks in a storm, the toil of other thrones, she honours in their reign, her hand firm as stone, music for another day.

India

Love holds the door ajar, my heart is down the line, never know who you are, just sit around a Pool, trees wave in blended time, who needs more bad news, I ask about my Da, yes please another wine, lonely as a shooting star, everyone he fooled, in a poor jaded time, the hopeless the gullible, new homes shining cars, he didn't hear Ma cry, a house of stolen parts, including me and you, forget the hurt inside, he's a useless mule, gathered around the bar, we see the morning rise, one of us goes too far, fury in his eyes.

Hayley

A law book on my knees, demand to see the child, what lies in between, even when you can show, all fury at my smile, it's for me to know, can’t I have some ease, you ignore all the signs, believe your own belief, tell me what's not true, a power beyond my sight, always claim the virtue, wrapped in your entreats, whispered prayers at night, throw them back at me, the terms that you issue, allow no heaven's insight, lawyers stick like glue, you ask the judiciary, award the precious mite, a home across the sea, my rage to fight?

Georgia

You say it’s time to leave, don't really want to know, why you can't just be, say you want away, to live or die alone, play your own game, our love is bittersweet, no human need for home, children, fire, dreams, if silence is your sea, to dance on moonlit stones, doesn't make you pretty, I'll sing along and pray, the only song I own, before you eat your cake, can you hear me keen, tied to an iron stove, locked in like Euripides, please don't provoke me, I only weigh eight stone, you will feel my fury, are you that far gone?

Franny

Don't let the doom sound, make out it seems, you'll always be bound, bad weather follows on, a scarf to that breeze, home always find a home, use the wind as a friend, follow your dreams, whenever hold the ground, you know how it's done, laugh beside the sea, welcome what's to come, dark days of leaving town, are now only history, find a way working around, when fields turn blond, you'll note the need, even if love's a marathon, believe what you believe.