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  Nostalgia

  

  By Valiant, Richardson, TX

  It feels like yesterday that we first met Like our story started a moment ago So how can it be that we've grown so old? Where did all our precious time go? They say it was years but I say only seconds ago that I hoped to one day call you "friend" But it seems the seconds are ...
• Poetry > All Poetry
  Out of Reach

  

  By Valiant, Richardson, TX

  Freshman teen, very shy, has a crush on Sophomore guy. Sophomore guy, in a whirl, Can't stop wanting Junior girl. Junior girl, from her Sedan, swoons and sighs for Senior man. Senior man, cool and mean, fell in love with Freshman teen....
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  Writing in the Clouds

  

  By Valiant, Richardson, TX

  Clouds had been rolling in since before breakfast. By now, the clouds were swollen and pregnant, ready to burst. Curling finger reached down at us, drooping low to the ground like a man without a dream and looking more grim than the undertaker's wife. Shadows were etched severly on the creas...
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  Unrequited Part 2

  

  By Valiant, Richardson, TX

  "Emily! Phone for you!" my roommate hollered from the living room. I had just graduated from college three months before and I had finally made it into the real world. At first I had been worried about finding a place to live; I had several vivid nightmare of myself as some hobo living...
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  Unrequited

  

  By Valiant, Richardson, TX

  I didn’t mean to have anything to do with that obnoxious, pig-headed jerk but he was just so charming and fascinating. And to my eternal dismay, no one ever knew me better than he did. My name is Emily Faber and I’m just a simple girl. I’ve got dark brown hair, light brown eyes and lightl...
• Fiction > Fan Fiction
  Dick and Jane: The Untold Story

  

  By Valiant, Richardson, TX

  See Dick. Dick was a plumber’s son with five brothers and sisters; an older brother and sister and two younger sisters and one little brother. Their mother had died giving birth to the youngest one and their father struggled to be both mother and father to his children. See Jane. Jane was...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Not So Sorry Anymore

  

  By Valiant, Richardson, TX

  I'm sorry That I wrote a song to tell you that I loved you. I'm sorry That I waited for you while you forgot about me and went out with someone else I'm sorry That I was never cute enough to be the one you loved I'm sorry That I was so nice and not a rude like the ot...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Margaux As I Knew Her

  

  By Valiant, Richardson, TX

  Margaux with the purple and green nail polish on only one hand Margaux with the real dragonfly clipped in her hair Margaux who claims she's seen a fairy Margaux, just Margaux, with no need of a last name Margaux loud and clear her sandles flip-flopping, her hips swish-swaying, bubble-g...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Innocence

  

  By Valiant, Richardson, TX

  Remember when things were easy and carefree getting high was swinging in the park caught in the act was mom seeing you sneak another cookie getting shot just meant a visit to the doctor being left behind was missing the school bus a broken heart meant breaking grandma's vase betryl was y...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Faerie

  

  By Valiant, Richardson, TX

  Would you set out to see the world? And leave Faerie behind? Lost in woods and marshes dark and kingdoms not half as kind Have you the heart to say goodbye to the place that is your home? Will you turn your back, lose the Sight and travel out alone? Would you leave your honored love behi...
• Poetry > Ballad
  Regret Me Not

  

  By Valiant, Richardson, TX

  Some friends are never what they seem They are sweet; they are sour They will curse; they will cry They betray you every hour Some will help you on your way And some just fool around Some will always have you back And others will let you down And how can you keep smiling Knowing some d...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Remember Me

  

  By Valiant, Richardson, TX

  I can't remember the little girl that everyone loved with sunlight swimming in her chocolate hair with starlight dancing in her eager eyes her hands reached out to learn and grow her heart reached out to give you hope and the world was her playground but she was happy to share and some ...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  Goodbye, Mr. R.

  

  By Valiant, Richardson, TX

  Our English teacher, Mrs. C., was pregnant with a baby boy. She was walking around like she was attempting to smuggle an exercise ball under her dress. Her charming pregnant-woman waddle reminded me of those weird Weeble toys that wiggled but never fell over. Weebles wobble but they don’t fall dow...