Teen Ink

Advanced Search Results

• Poetry > Free Verse
  Rainfall

  

  By BeautifulStream, Richmond, VA

  Rainfall is the Earth's shower. Thunderclouds splatter down droplets that soak into the grimy skin. It runs in hot and cold, raising steam or freezing in puddles. The pipes clatter in the sky. Water washes the day's loose dirt away. It slides across the smooth manmade surface of the r...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Rosary

  

  By BeautifulStream, Richmond, VA

  I am not the kind of lady Who would hide from you my true intentions Or betray my lover's duty Take the black-and-white negatives of my skull And you will find you've known it all along I can be your microphone And amplify your inner workings It's not such a pain To struggle w...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Winter Morning

  

  By BeautifulStream, Richmond, VA

  6:00 AM The gray light of dawn seeps into our room It mingles with the clouds in my fuzzy, half-woken mind. Cars speed on the road an early morning commute Their lights are dimmed beneath the frozen snow sky. Even without all my senses I know that you are there the warmth of your bare arm...
• Poetry > Song Lyrics
  Doorstop (I've Never Been More Aware)

  

  By BeautifulStream, Richmond, VA

  I feel like a doorstop Propping the way for unwanted guests I feel like a kayak Plunging over the cliff that will lead to their deaths I feel like an arrow Causing anything but smiles as it hits its mark I feel like a time bomb Ticking to zero on a volatile clock And I've never been mor...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Coming Home

  

  By BeautifulStream, Richmond, VA

  Home is a bookcase, full on every shelf Home is the lamplight that dances between shadows Home is the ripple of wind upon water Home is the smell of salt in the air Home is a flickering fireplace Home is a bowl of warm Brunswick stew Home is running out soaked in the rain Home is the roar of ...
• Fiction > Fan Fiction
  Little Alex

  

  By BeautifulStream, Richmond, VA

  In the beginning, there were picnics. Every few months he would be taken down to a beach on holiday to sit under a blue sky and watch the waves. His parents spread out the red-and-white-checkered blanket onto the warm white sand, and they would picnic on the beach, shaded from the harsh sun by an um...
• Fiction > Sci-fi/Fantasy
  The Black Woman

  

  By BeautifulStream, Richmond, VA

  Down in the farthest depths of a pine-tree wood, a small bog was bubbling. No one was around to watch such an occurrence. Every human but one in a ten-mile radius was asleep, as three in the morning was a sensible time to do so. All but one were dreaming comfortably in their warm, clean beds, far fr...
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  Something Happy

  

  By BeautifulStream, Richmond, VA

  My eyes open to the sight of brown water coming in waves towards the shore, and it takes me a while to realize why the view is sideways. My cheek is pressed against the hard wood of the dock, no doubt leaving a temporary imprint there. I must have been asleep, runs across my bleary mind, but as alwa...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  April 4th, 2012

  

  By BeautifulStream, Richmond, VA

  I escaped from the stifling upstairs room flew down the stairs to hear the faint strains of two cellos There was a party going on and she told me the car was unlocked I ran straight into the night (a very, very warm night) and the April showers caressed me. I tried the passenger door, but it...
• Poetry > Sonnet
  Sonnet For Michael

  

  By BeautifulStream, Richmond, VA

  That you are gorgeous it can't be denied. I wish you hadn't made that tragic choice. Because, my dear, if you had never died, The music world would not have lost a voice. When you were younger, you had angels' eyes. They sparkled as you danced across the stage. But then they dul...
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  The Mourners

  

  By BeautifulStream, Richmond, VA

  Based on a Pink Floyd song “We are gathered here today to mourn and celebrate the life of John Anderson, loving son, caring brother…” “Let us pray.” “Amen.” “The service is now dismissed.” The crisp November air cut into the two mourners as they left the ...
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  Stranded

  

  By BeautifulStream, Richmond, VA

  Towers of concrete and glass soar above my head, reaching for the sky. On the street far below these buildings, people scurry along their self-made paths, not meeting each other’s eyes. As one might expect, I am one of these people, but unlike them, I do not know my destination. Well, no- I know w...
• Poetry > Song Lyrics
  I Won't Give In

  

  By BeautifulStream, Richmond, VA

  I thought that we were the same, but you're no different than the rest. There's nothing I find you worthy of, least of all my respect. I won't give in. Oh, no, I won't give in. We're not so alike, no, we're not the same kind. I want nothing to do with your aggressi...
• Reviews > Music Reviews
  Us (album) by Peter Gabriel

  

  By BeautifulStream, Richmond, VA

  Us by Peter Gabriel is one of the most emotionally stirring albums I have ever heard, and my favorite of Gabriel’s. Us is an entire album of human emotions, held together by a common theme- that of relationships, be it those between two people (the most common variation of this theme on the album)...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Rain (Circle Poem)

  

  By BeautifulStream, Richmond, VA

  Rain Droplets Windshield Car Motor Energy Power Strong Wind Storm...
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  The British Are Coming

  

  By BeautifulStream, Richmond, VA

  Keely had first seen Peter in the place where she now sat, at the table in the cafeteria. It was the first time she had had lunch with her friends Joss and Blanche, and the three of them were mostly keeping quiet, focusing on their food. Suddenly Keely froze in mid-bite. A boy had emerged from the s...
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  Winter Rain

  

  By BeautifulStream, Richmond, VA

  Her wicker-backed chair faced the window, allowing her to gaze out into the dry desert that was her home. Like everything else inside the house, the chair’s arms were covered by a thick layer of dirt- the result of leaving the front door open long enough for the desert to reclaim its territory. Sh...
• Reviews > Music Reviews
  INXS: Kick

  

  By BeautifulStream, Richmond, VA

  If I had to describe INXS's breakthrough album, “Kick,” in one word, it would be “funky.” Each song throbs with a dance beat, moving listeners to their feet. “Kick” propelled Australian band INXS to superstardom back in 1987, winning them acknowledgment and hit singles. And it's no...
• Fiction > Thriller/Mystery
  Fragments

  

  By BeautifulStream, Richmond, VA

  Here is a memory. I remember my mother climbing out of her car, cooing over me and taking care not to jostle me or lose her grip. She was halted in the middle of the driveway by my father, who wanted his chance to see me, as he’d only gotten glimpses prior to the drive. I remember them smilin...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Soul Music

  

  By BeautifulStream, Richmond, VA

  Light Incandescent, portraying watery dances Of shadows Down the broken wood Spinning on the sea Hands Reaching, collas[sing, colliding, breaking in waves Through a moan, rising high, rising low Playing off his hip The nerves bundled and sunk Quivering spotlight Drumming down denim He S...
• Fiction > Romance
  Velvet Dress

  

  By BeautifulStream, Richmond, VA

  The night was as warm as any summer. A faint trilling of crickets began in the light rain that was falling, pattering down close to the house and raising up skeins of mist to come tumbling down around the one story house. Not that anyone would notice tonight. Being this far away from civilizati...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  This Is What Heaven Feels Like

  

  By BeautifulStream, Richmond, VA

  Heaven's soft rain dusts my soul Tinting my skin a rosy gold I'm swamped by tears inside this skin How long to bring outside what's in? Halfway between the Earth and sky The taste cools my lips when they are dry This life tethers me to familiar pain But all bonds are cut loose ...