The next poem to be published for Rhyme Rag is 'The Dark' by Aoife Hughes.

Aoife Hughes is a seventeen-year-old student who attends Presentation Secondary, Loughboy. She is an avid reader and prolific writer, although most of her stories lounge under the bed gathering dust. Aoife's poetry has made two appearances in Rhyme Rag, and one of her stories has been broadcast on KCLR as a winning entry in the Wordplay short story competition. She dreams of pursuing a career as a writer in the future.

This poem was selected by Editor John W. Sexton and Illustrated by Ale Mercado.

Read it here: http://www.rhymerag.net/2014/11/the-dark/

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