Introduction

Hello, my name is Tom Ashton.
I'm a third year Creative Writing student, co-head editor of the creative writing magazine 'The Writer's Quibble' and an aspiring author.
Mostly, I write transgressive fiction with elements of dark humour but i've also been known to write horror, thriller and fantasy. I'm also technically a published poet.
Furthermore, I recently a received a 'First' for a radio script I wrote, which has encouraged me to experiment in different areas.
On this blog you can expect to find my opinion columns, essays and reports as well as poetry and lots of prose.

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Tom Ashton

Friday, November 15, 2013

'Dyspraxia' (Poem)

Dyspraxia

‘Finish your sentence!’ Teacher shouts, ‘Have the time in mind!’
I can hear pens drop, all around me. I’m still a page behind.

Scribbling faster, feeling desperate and my fingers begin to tremble.
Teacher says: ‘The doodles of a five year old’ my handwriting can resemble.

My hand does shake, my muscles ache, Teacher yells ‘For goodness sake!’

He snatches away my paper, ‘A stupid boy you’ll always be!’
And now I smile back, at his judgement, from University.
 
'Dyspraxics? Please.’
‘Daniel Radcliffe: talentless.’
‘George Orwell, couldn’t write.’
‘And as for that Albert Einstein, I’ll bet his IQ was shite.’




A snippet from 'Dyspraxia Is Not the End'.
By Tom Ashton (Creative Writing Student and Diagnosed Dyspraxic)
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