Dance
I have beendancing for eleven years and am constantly learning new steps, new techniques andmeeting new people who share my passion. I've done all types, from tap, jazz,ballet and hip-hop to lyrical, swing and ballroom.
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Drops
A love so pure
A love so white
Heart of snow
And golden light
Waterdrips off,
The trees
Cascading down
Like the leaves
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Electric for Life
What do I want to do with my life? Iwas in that phase most teens go through at some point, and I was worried I wouldnever figure out the answer.
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Life in the Pits
Last year I was faced with a most horrific problem: the high-school musical wascoming, and I didn't want to sing. Now, I don't have the worst voice, but I'm notexactly solo material, either.
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Marshmallows
My eyes absorb everything through clouded glass. My brother's voice sifts throughthe jabber of the TV, which had been on all night.
"Jessi? Jessi!Come on, wake up! You're supposed to watch me!" Daniel calls.
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Oklahoma!
Four months of practicing four hours every day finally paid off.
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P. S. Never Forget Me
This selection can be found in Chicken Soup for the Teen Soul, the 7th in the Teen Ink
book series, all available in bookstores nationwide and online.
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pane
pane
holdme up against the window
let the light seep in
look through my thinskin
past muscle and bone
uncover me
discover me
as i become anothertransparent silhouette in your slide show
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Poland in Connecticut
"Dzisiajw Bethlejem ...
Dzisiaj w Bethlejem ..."
Lulaj ze jesunia..."
Stepping into my grandmother's house, the atmosphere iswelcoming.
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Protection
So that others may live." This is the motto that over 60,000 volunteers nationwide have adoptedwhile performing homeland security, civil defense, search and rescue, anddisaster relief.
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Reva
I always feel masculine around my cousin Reva. Maybe it's because she's shorter andsmaller than I am, and I feel oversized moving around in a room that she slipsdaintily in and out of, but it's also because of our conversations about herwarped love life.
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Room 103
This selection can be found in Chicken Soup for the Teen Soul, the 7th in the Teen Ink
book series, all available in bookstores nationwide and online.
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The Fast of Ramadan
When Ramadan approaches, my entire family bustles in preparation. This is by far themost anticipated time of year for us, and all Muslims. Some people are astonishedthat I can manage the whole day (while the sun is up) without eating or drinkinganything.
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The Jewish Christmas
My Christmas is not normal. There's nothing wrong with that, though. My family hasnever been normal in the first place. Take my parents, for example: my mom is anex-nun from the Sisters of Mercy, and my father is Jewish.
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The Time Before the Show
Remember this:
The whirling thoughts in that storm,
the sweat in the palm and acrossmy brow
small crystals of ice growing on my spine,
calling for the body tomimic cold's stillness.
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The Ultimate High
I have found that one needs a passion to survive. That passion can be a sport, aperson, even a place. For me, it is acting. Acting is my escape, what I live for,and the only thing that makes me feel whole.
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Thoughtless
My head is vacant.
There is a great void between my ears.
Like a coastal Louisianatown in the hours before a hurricane lands,
There has been an evacuation orderfor the inhabitants of my cranium.
There are cobwebs collecting where thoughtsused to dwell.
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