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  Splitting the Deck

  

  By cmCampbell, Cedar Grove, NJ

  A picture of me A card with a tear The bitter Queen of Spades In a game of Solitaire Trying to forget Through mindless dealing You're Always on my mind Though slowly healing You hold up your blade And sit up real tall You think you can fool me You're king after all The a...
• Poetry > Haiku
  A Glimpse in the Dark Ages

  

  By cmCampbell, Cedar Grove, NJ

  A shrill pitched voice Chalice barren of its wine Blood creeps the aisle...
• Hot Topics > Pride & Prejudice
  I Have

  

  By cmCampbell, Cedar Grove, NJ

  I once heard a quote that said: never give up. That’s it. Three words. Eight letters. Eleven characters. I have carried these words with me everywhere throughout my life. I have been called names, been cursed off, and screamed at. I have been told I was stupid, useless, and fat. I once had someone...
• Poetry > All Poetry
  Destroyed

  

  By cmCampbell, Cedar Grove, NJ

  I look in the mirror And don’t like what I see. Who is that girl? Can that be me? I look a bit closer, I see through her eyes. I can tell you exactly, Exactly why she cries. I look slightly downward. I stop at her nose. It tries not to look awkward, As it strikes a crooked pose. ...
• Poetry > Haiku
  Misunderstood

  

  By cmCampbell, Cedar Grove, NJ

  The smiling shark Waving to the cameras Trying to be loved...
• Fiction > Historical Fiction
  True Blood

  

  By cmCampbell, Cedar Grove, NJ

  My father had always told me we were perfect- we were superior. He always told me that we could do and withstand everything that other races could not, especially the Jews, of whom were mose hated. I never completely understood that. They had taught us in Hitler Youth to beware of the Jewish populat...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  The Perils of Writing

  

  By cmCampbell, Cedar Grove, NJ

  I run, I scream, I cry, I jump! Through my thoughts I go. I delve into the world of the yet unseen. My thoughts that have yet to be freed. My hand scribbles anxiously as I try to record every moment, To capture every word. But after a while, some thoughts still remain unheard. Stay away...
• Opinion > Discrimination
  Why Do We Discriminate?

  

  By cmCampbell, Cedar Grove, NJ

  As I go through my daily life, almost every day, I stumble upon a common theme: Discrimination. Discrimination and a serious issue in the world today that runs through the veins of every group of people. People are always pointing fingers at other people who, from themselves, are different political...