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You are the Atlantic Ocean lying somewhere between the east and the west. You are the merging of the Mediterranean Sea and Pacific, a perfect combination of foreign and familiar. You are the water brushing against both shores where I stand hoping to feel the exotic tide of your home l... - Nonfiction > Memoir“In a foreign place the saving grace was the feeling that it was a heart that he was stealing…” the words swam in my head as a sat alone by a door at Hamblen Elementary. I was sure that today would be the worst memory of this school so far. My heart was beating like crazy and my breathing was ...
- Nonfiction > MemoirJoah was crying, as usual. I probably should have thought about that before I pushed him. His wails were bouncing themselves downstairs, I knew Mommy would come up and ask what happened. I couldn’t let her know I was a little devil or I’d never be able to take toys from my brothers again and get...
- Opinion > School / College“Friends, you and me... you brought another friend... and then there were three... we started our group... our circle of friends... and like that circle... there is no beginning or end.” This quote by Eleanor Roosevelt seems to capture the essence of groups. In my eyes a group is a bunch of frie...
- Fiction > Realistic FictionThe truth is trouble seems to follow me whenever I’m with Colton… “I dare you to lick Brandon’s dog!” I challenged with a smirk. “No, he can’t do that to my dog, it would scar his innocence!” Brandon beseeched, his eyes gigantic with alarm. “Dude, did you see that dog hu...
- Fiction > Realistic Fiction“Hey, Lindsay, will you go out with me?” I looked up from my hazardously messy locker straight into Bacob Jlack’s eyes that were like to big dark roasted coffee beans beneath his thick raven black eyelashes. My heart started speeding as it rushed blood into my cheeks, burning the underside of ...
- Poetry > Free VerseDust dribbles from your fairy fingers they bind my soul to wings my fingers to flurries as teardrop snowflakes kiss my cheeks and flounce to my candy-cane lips. I hold onto the beauty of your birdsong words I hum their gumdrop tune the one that made rose petals creep to my milky ch...
- Fiction > Historical Fiction“Bye Mom!” I called as I hopped out of the house, it was about 8:30 am and I was going out for my morning jog. My iPod pounded music into my ears as I made my way down the busy New York streets. My breathing became ragged as I reached the park and I stopped for a rest. It was a beautiful Sep...
- Hot Topics > Letters to the EditorThe article, “The Other Side,” by Andrew L., Saratoga, CA, had me laughing to tears. It’s so true; all fantasy novels have that tyrant who eventually gets killed by the hero. After a while it gets boring. It was great to here the other side of the story. I shared the story with all my friends ...
- Opinion > Pop Culture / TrendsSummer vacation. A time for every teen to sit back, relax, and enjoy the pureness of the world without teachers. You may find some teens sitting at home playing video games, watching TV., trying to get all that smartness gunk out of their heads, but there are others who are out trying to soak up all...
- Poetry > All PoetryIt’s been days Since I’ve seen your face My body craves Your beautiful grace But it never saves Me from our growing space Your fingers touch, my lips kiss Nothing in the world is better than this...
- Poetry > All PoetryOur time has run out I wish you’d stay All of this was child’s play What’s this about? To you I shout “Our love won’t fray!” Our time has run out I wish you’d stay But you’ll leave without a doubt My world is gray And it’s time to say Our time has run out...
- Poetry > All PoetryA lie here and there The truth you’ll never share A darkness in you eyes Keeps me from your lies As if you really care Like a fire’s flare It was never fair You are deaf to my cries Where did you go? Where did you go? We have always been a pair ...
- Poetry > All PoetryClumps and flakes Dandruff in the sky They swirl and fly Like frosting on cake Undisturbed where they lie Let out a delicate sigh A quiet bed My world’s only tie The birds, they fled In the winter’s dead From the churning cold A blizzard led The white, so bold More magnificent...
- Poetry > All PoetryThe price I must pay For you to love me Cuz you’re gone today You took your flee I was too blind For we were falling apart It took time We couldn’t restart Like leaves in the wind We flew so far We were entwined Leaving a scar I wish we could restart Because you still have ...
- Poetry > All PoetryJust run and hide Before it’s too late Too late to run back Too late to hope you’ll get through Too late to realize your mistake Praying the world will change in your favor To be on your side To fight for you Instead of the enemy You crave protection Shelter You pray for love But r...
- Poetry > All Poetrywords dying to get out rattle on their chains be freed trembling fingers release the wrath from within a crazy little voice inside me telling me what’s next I don’t know what’s coming out I just have to get it down its magical its love a love of creativity a love of words to cur...
- Poetry > All PoetryA canopy of tears streaming down my cheeks lost gone passed away excuses for the dreaded word my make up smears melting what’s left of the sham hiding the pain that seems so endless this dark tunnel leading me nowhere losing myself along the way Silent tears turn to sobs ...
- Poetry > All PoetryClouds swimming in blue Clusters and large groups like cotton balls on a pallet of blue Standing on the beach Peering out into the curling waves of aqua blue A little bid sweeps down to her nest Resting on her eggs dappled with blue His intense stare gives my stomach butterflies I stop ...
- Poetry > All PoetryThe steady, quiet rhythm of the lake Moving back and forth on the pearly beach Hypnotizing, my soul it will soon take Beauty just beyond my desperate reach Orbs shining in the abyss of the night Big and small clusters of the Milky Way Sowed to the dark velvet of the twilight Something yo...
- Poetry > All PoetryAn ode to you, dear Jacob Black The one you love won’t love you back You gave your heart and soul to her You prized Bella much more than gold or myrrh You were her sunshine in the dark And the life within her set a spark For hours she watched you repair a bike Cuz’ you knew that’s wha...
- Poetry > All PoetryDirty fingers reaching out Letting go of fear and doubt Dirty fingers reaching out Lips forming but cannot shout Plea bubbling in their eyes Letting go of fear and doubt Somebody has heard their cries Their bullies grumble Plea bubbling in their eyes So parched they can’t even mumble ...
- Poetry > All PoetryCan't rest, can't sleep Can't run or walk Numb all around It's all over Everything The world Why stay In this place So alone Life rotates around me Spinning fast and Pushing time to it's limit Throwing away memories Too painful to see Time stares down And sighs Amber eyes losing hop...
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