About the van
‘Sometimes, it’s easy to forget things that lie around.’ Natasha Ranawake reflects on the simpler things that bring meaning to life–such as her family’s old van.
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Creative Writing
Poetry, short stories and criticism from Durham students. To pitch your own work, email creative.writing@palatinate.org.uk.
Marginalia
‘You can’t erase history even as it’s being made.’ Imogen Sabharwal’s poem illustrates how the legacy of ancient illumination appears in her own life
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Ripple
“The ripples of love endure, forever, racing against time”, Depy Indigo Editor Kashish Fatima reflects on how love and compassion is the ultimate legacy in one’s life
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Kataklysmos
‘Even when all here is dead and gone.’ Hal Beddoe’s poem paints a pastoral picture of the fleeting nature of man’s desire to be remembered
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Banana leaves
‘Sometimes I think it’s not enough… I don’t wanna do the easy thing,’ In this short Hemingway-inspired story, L. V. Morgen sets the scene of two men contemplating the mystery of legacy under the hot Colombian sun
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We pocket planets
‘Just for a second, between the coffee and the hangover, you’ll see them. The planets.’ Natasha Ranawake’s piece reminisces the magic and colour which often fades as one grows older, but which are never truly gone.
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Some food for thought
‘Some things remain the same, no matter your age’, Chloe Goodwin meets herself for dinner in this nostalgic prose.
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From Prebends bridge
‘The things I remember most were never in the picture’, Stephanie Mackey traces the course of her life in rivers.
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Lessons from the shores of tomorrow:
‘The lucky ones / Have something to long for / And something to grow,’ reflects Kashish Fatima in her poem about the privilege of having something to yearn for.
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On belonging
‘You belong to a place by shaping its air into something wild and frizzy, briefly, while imperceptibly unspooling towards belonging’s end,’ Stella Fenwick writes in this reflection on the ivy plant and what it means to ‘belong’ in Durham.
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