Description
Book SynopsisA beautiful collection of poems about the highs and lows of one week in a secondary school, where everything happens all at once.
Winner of the CLiPPA poetry award.
Zooming in across our cast of characters, we share moments that span everything from hoping to make it to the end of the week, facing it, fitting in, finding friends and falling out, to loving lessons, losing it, and worrying, wearing it well and worshipping from afar.
In Everything All At Once, Steven Camden's poems speak to the kaleidoscope of teen experience and life at secondary school.
'All together. Same place.
Same walls. Same space.
Every emotion
under the sun
Faith lost. Victories won.
It doesn't stop. Until the bell.
Now it's heaven
Now it's hell.
Who knows?
Not me
I just wrote what I can see
So what's it about? Here's my response
It's about everything
All at once.'
Table of ContentsChapter - 1: Prologue Chapter - 2: First Day Chapter - 3: Morning State Chapter - 4: D 4 L (pt1) Chapter - 5: Outside French Chapter - 6: Double Agent Chapter - 7: Anyone Chapter - 8: Michael vs His Brain (again) Chapter - 9: Vending Machine Chapter - 10: D 4 L (pt2) Chapter - 11: It's complicated Chapter - 12: Science Block Chapter - 13: Dear Mom Chapter - 14: Good girl Chapter - 15: As I watch Chapter - 16: Fraud Chapter - 17: It Happened Chapter - 18: Mr Bailey Chapter - 19: Gazelle Chapter - 20: Lunch Line Chapter - 21: Belinda Chapter - 22: Fight Chapter - 23: Staffroom Chapter - 24: D 4 L (pt3) Chapter - 26: Goal Chapter - 27: New Guy Chapter - 28: Snow Chapter - 29 : Careers Advice Chapter - 30: Double Science Chapter - 31: Something Starts Chapter - 32: Real World Chapter - 33: Across a Room Chapter - 34: Cracks Chapter - 35: Those who can't Chapter - 36: Constructs Chapter - 37: D 4 L (pt4) Chapter - 38: HMS Big School Chapter - 39: Detention Chapter - 40: Like Minds Chapter - 41: Fresh Fish Chapter - 42: Parting Thought
