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  Bitter Sweet

  

  By TheVoice, Marquette, MI

  Nobody ever thinks that it’d happen to them. Children are taught that bullying only happens in movies to the pocket-protector-wearing nerdy kids on the school chess club; but this can’t be any farther from the truth. I was one of those kids. I went to school, got good (not perfect) grades, ha...
• Poetry > Ballad
  Sticks and Stones

  

  By TheVoice, Marquette, MI

  Sticks and stones may break my bones but words can also hurt me. Sticks and stones break only skin, while words are ghosts that haunt me. Curses, names, and threats were shouted time and time again, leaving with me thoughts of hate and pushing me near my end. Pain from words has left it...
• Fiction > Historical Fiction
  General Burgoyne Has Surrendered

  

  By TheVoice, Marquette, MI

  October 4th, 1777 Writing is not what I do best, nor am I keen to expressing my “feelings” as my mother would call them. Well, to begin, my name is Joseph Burgoyne, and my uncle is the great general John Burgoyne. I have just recently joined the powerful British army under Uncles’ recommend...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  My World

  

  By TheVoice, Marquette, MI

  Imagine. Tall, majestic mountains. Trees. Flowers. Clear skies. No war. Persecution. Hate. Pain. Unnatural death. My world. A world we should all strive for. A simpler world, where children played outdoors. Where war isn't sold as a video game. The sun i always shinin...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  The Voices

  

  By TheVoice, Marquette, MI

  The voices of the old are wise. The voices of the young are unheard. Who are we if we abandon our own voice? If we listen, but we do not speak? What are we if we do not speak against promises that are no kept? Truths that turn to lies? Calls to action that reap nothing? Why are...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  You don't know Me

  

  By TheVoice, Marquette, MI

  Who are You to say who I am? You call Me weird because of My personality. You tell Me I'm wrong because of My opinion. You single Me out because I'm not like You. You have no idea who I am. You don't control who I turn out to be. I will be great...