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Today SHINE welcomes back London-based writer Melanie Lam with her poem "The In-Between." Thank you, Melanie, for being a part of the SHINE international poetry community! The In-Between Winter evening neon light flickering concrete ceiling overlaying pipes and metal rods a steel screwdriver and bolts thrown away on the floor perhaps forgotten during lunch hour by the plumber worker against the door to the lift laid a blue plastic bag full of household shopping bags an elastic band on the floor lost squashed page of a grocery list scattered in the corner amidst crumbles of crisps chocolates and smarties a place of transition for modes of transportation a space not to remain in infinite passing less than five to ten minutes president of a committee governing the property company ever setting foot on the premises is another question with no answers unsightly tech equipment plumbing pipes lights blaring to the eyes from a ventilation system electric fans rumbling noise pertinent in the background evening the silence of the echo stark and cold resonates across the basement an atmospheric feeling reigning as a constant seeing lights flicker from the bulb that was ending its days smelling petrol, diesel, food oil from the chips burgers honey glaze tasting the scent of the curry meal of the last passenger touching the icy steel metal frame of the people carrier I hear water running through the drain pipes the door to the gas unit storage banging someone surely forgot to use their keys blue, grey and white prominent colours endless range of vehicles in the park perched each one barely touching the other leaving hardly any room for the driver a place of transition designed for a destination a place of in-between never to end or begin Winter morning neon light dimming concrete floor overlaying from yesterday’s dust settling shiny gold coin beside the door thrown away on the floor one of the rarest and valuable a regal 1933 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle  Melanie Lam is a London-based creative, from Mauritius of Chinese heritage. She is a qualified accountant, an actor, a playwright, and a poet. Sharing a poem publicly for the first time with Creating Apart in 2021, motivated her to further develop her craft. Subsequently, she contributed to the limited edition anthology of the Chinese Write Now 2022 festival. Her writing delves into themes such as feminism, migration and displacement, and loss and hope. Her instagram account is MelanieLam_UK.
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SHINE - International Poetry Series
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In poetry, Samantha Terrell, EIC SYLVIA PLATH
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