Teen Ink Magazine, December 2006: Poetry Waiting to Turn by Audrey K., Park City, UT     My head bends down at the coffee-colored brick parking lot, Dark moss finding its way through the many cracks Continue... Farmer’s Elegy by Vivian B., Brighton, MI    Sometimes I think I can still spot you, Staring off to the sunset, a silo dissolving into the horizon. Can I still smell your tractor’s gasoline, Melted into your skin roughened from work? Continue... Duped Again by Rachel S., Grand Rapids, MI    I miss the days you’d whisper into my young ear the most wondrous of childhood myths. “You can be anything you want to be,” you assured me. Continue... The World You Long To See by Caitie D., Jacksonville, FL    Los Angeles Lullabies with each ray of slow sunlight that accents your glowing dreams. Continue... Divorce by Vikas J., Maharashtra, India    A tear, staining the fabric of our lives, Lost memories, tip-of-the tongue, Names, places, things, mocking you, While you hold on vainly, futilely, Continue... can it by Natalie V., Alamo, CA    bite your tongue and swallow your hate you’re blind in the heart Continue... Toy Soldier by Jimmy A., Plano, TX    O’ toy soldier, what do you fight for? Your gun is fully loaded, But you point it only at thin air, Your boots are tied tight, But plastic holds them together. Continue... Patience, In the Flesh by Russell C., Versailles, KY    A younger her A much younger me I lay in her lap “A new baby brother” I trust her enough To fall asleep in her care Continue... If You Were Less Than Human by Larissa K., Adamstown, MD     If you were less than human you would speak. Were you the forceful river you’d not stop. Continue... Silly Little 2:31 Train by Evan R., Warren, NJ    We’ll ride in on a Sea gull and leave on a Dung beetle and can I please say? Damn, girl, Just damn. Continue... I Found Your Photo in a Drawer by Annie C., Fredericksburg, VA    You and me rattling down the road without seatbelts To Dead tapes that have no end Incense and exhaust mixing into the fabric of my subconscious Continue... i travel alone by Jessi L., New City, NY    we walked alongside sidewalks of cross-hatched rejection. Continue... Tsunami’s Wrath by Danielle K., Los Angeles, CA    Cerulean salt water, white, frothy foam Hugging, caressing, embracing, All who approach welcomed with joy, Serene water lapping at delicate feet. Continue... if by Shannon O., Dallas, TX    wouldn’t it be lovely if we could jump up and up to soar into the watery blue canvas of sky Continue... I Was a Worm by Christine S., Arlington, VA    Cement devoured the flowers And crushed the sparrow’s nest Consuming the willow seed and drowning the squirrel Continue... Baby Suggs by Kathryn T., Mason, OH     How cruel they be. We flesh; flesh that weeps, laughs; flesh that dances on bare feet in grass. They despise it. Continue... Deliverance by Karin C., Clifton, NJ    I brush my hair back, Smudging a cheek With dried earth and sweat. Continue... More Poetry from the Teen Ink Archives

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