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WEEK B

WEEK BEGINNING 24/02/25

Valentine ’ s Poetry Competition C ong r a tu l a t ion s t o H e r o B a rt on ( U pp e r S i xt h , A ps le y ) fo r he r w inning en try ! Valentine’s Poetry Competition Congratulations to Hero Barton (Upper Sixth, Apsley) for her winning entry!

Two Black Holes Kiss Tonight

It starts with static, the kind you feel in your teeth, when you burn your tongue on too hot tea. The boiling universe spilling over. With hands that don't know what they're asking for, You press your palm to my chest. We are still. We're close enough to ruin everything. Your eyes are the kind of dark that makes me want to beg and plead and be forever tethered. You lean in, and the stars silence their mouths and I am a prayer just to prove to you devotion. Two black holes to a singularity drawn together, each knowing the collision will leave nothing untouched. This is how gravity works— one body pulling another until there’s no air, an inevitable infrastructure collapse. The light we lose is the light they’ll see like the last good thing before the breaking. In another life, we are meteors burning through each other’s atmospheres. But here in the quiet salt air amid rusted souls and faulty indecision, No space, no distance, no separate selves left.

Two black holes kiss tonight.

Congratulations, too, to our runners-up and to everyone who submitted their poems. This was one of our most popular competitions ever! Click here to watch a podcast of the winning poems hosted by Rob Murdoch (Lower Sixth, Segar’s) and click here to read all the entries.

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