http://www.giftedkids.ie/voice Online Magazine from Giftedkids.ie for Creative & Talented Teens Sun, 28 Mar 2010 14:29:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Welcome to the first issue of BOX OF VOICES! Readers will find fiction, poetry and artwork in this very first issue: pieces of work which will make you laugh as well as pieces which will make you think. CONTENTS Rapping Wrinklies (fiction) by LISA SILLS Untitled (poetry) by JENNY RIORDAN Carpool (artwork) by MICHAEL ... http://www.giftedkids.ie/voice/?p=185 by MICHAEL R Carpool Published in BOX OF VOICES Issue #1. http://www.giftedkids.ie/voice/?p=172 by GEMA MORA I’m pregnant. It’s the first thing I’m aware of. I’m not looking into a mirror or skimming through a parenting magazine, but I just know that the entire universe has moulded to fit my bulging belly through the cloth of my crimson dress. I’m in a bigger version of ... http://www.giftedkids.ie/voice/?p=179 by JENNY RIORDAN Published in BOX OF VOICES Issue #1. http://www.giftedkids.ie/voice/?p=154 by LISA SILLS I should introduce myself: I’m Jane. I was a nurse serving on the British front in 1944, just before the war ended. As a nurse I saw everything, from amputations to dead children, strips of mangled flesh hanging from scorched bodies as bomb after bomb was dropped during ... http://www.giftedkids.ie/voice/?p=151 by CONOR F. ‘No, no, no! You have to row to the left. Row to the left and you turn right!’ I said to my younger brother. ‘I’m trying to,’ he replied. ‘Well you don’t seem like you are,’ ‘Jack and William, what are you fighting about now?! This was supposed to ... http://www.giftedkids.ie/voice/?p=144 Bad Science Building Confidence Camps and Courses Potter Puppet Pals Check out the column on the left for October's Links of the Month, and remember to get in touch with any links you think might be of interest! http://www.giftedkids.ie/voice/?p=187 Fresh Film Festival is calling for entries for 2010. All films made by young people aged 7-18 years that are no longer than 10 minutes in the 7-12 year category or 15 minutes in the 13-18 year old section. http://www.giftedkids.ie/voice/?p=164 by LIZ O'MALLEY The Lisbon Treaty is coming to vote again this September and nobody is actually voting on the document as far as I can tell. On the No side there are those protesting the fact that we’re going to have to vote again after we had a democratic referendum. ... http://www.giftedkids.ie/voice/?p=136 by LIZ O'MALLEY If you’ve ever gone to CTYI, you’ll be familiar with the word gifted and there is a good chance you’ll hate that word. It’s apparently the neutral term who is brilliant at maths or verbal reasoning. I think it makes people sound pretentious but maybe that’s just me. The ... http://www.giftedkids.ie/voice/?p=131