Beggars and Bright Objects
With colors bright An impact found Your story told You beg a bite Upon the ground As patterns fold So soft and sweet Below the weight They come and go A tasty…
What I Like Today
I have a crush on the coffee girl. It’s silly really, down to high school or even middle school levels of absurdity. I’ve never spoken to her. The extent of…
27-31; cheating
I. Scrubbing dusty photo-frames like brushing my teeth. A daily ritual. The photos used to sleep in an album but now they hang on the walls, under the stairs…
A SORRY SONG
I’m in class Trudging the books Giving my teachers funny looks Cause every word that they say I hear your name instead. I sit and ponder in chemistry What…
PLAINLY-song
I’ll tell you plainly I am so insanely In like with you My mind’s exploding I am dying to explain All the ways you’re just better You never fail to amaze…
Wishful Thinker
Wishful thinker With playful thoughts Imagination is all I got The charm I cradle in my hands The apple of my eye But no one can see it but I It grows and it…
Jumpin' for Love
“No one can do that, it’s too far!” exclaimed Renee Twist. Vincent liked the sound of her voice. And with her freckles and long brown hair, he thought she was…
just a memory
she’s over you you lost your chance do you feel the regret? like a bee sting that lingers on your skin do you get it now? the rejection like a wave staying up…
Student's Mind
Just reach over and touch his hand... No. Then just brush it, he won’t notice that you did it purposely. Fine. _See, the hair on his arms are nice. Makes…
Finally You've Found Me!
I found out that certain things, like the sun rises in the east, were the comfort of every dispirited days of questioning my faith. Now they have been bungled…
Kristin Stuart in 25 Years
*Early submission* Oh, Mrs Bishop, do you even have to ask? By the time I’m 39, I’m hoping my political career will be flourishing. Most people think I just…
The Joys Of Selling Soft Drinks
Students mill around me, old and young alike, a massive blur of navy blue and grey with outstretched hands. I struggle to take their grimy coins that no longer…
Childish Crush
Rick felt immensely ridiculous as he walked to Mckenzie’s front door, her umbrella grasped in his sweaty palms. Suddenly remembering he forgot to look in the…
It Will Be Ok
“He texted me Bridgette!You want to hear what he wrote?! He wrote to me: “Hey Demi, You want to catch up sometime soon? Your addictive babe ;)” She squeals…
The Unknown Brown of Chestnut
Though she sat only a few yards away Alex could hardly look at her for fear his ten year old heart would beat out of his chest. Demure and beyond cute her…
Rain and Thunder
Laying on my bed, Listening to the rain, Wishing with my heart that this pain would go away. No one really knows my life, No one knows my choices. All any one…
Round-About Circle
He likes me, but I love you. You can’t see, and you don’t even know. I mean alot to him, and you mean so much to me. My fondness for him is near to little, My…
The Touch
Perhaps it’s odd, though crushes are illogical and what standards of oddness apply is difficult to judge, but what I loved most about her was how she felt. I…
Five Words
“Cereal?” I asked, astonished. “There are hundreds of millions of words you could have chosen, and you choose cereal for a stupid game of hang man.” James…
Anticipation
It’s amazing the way scent can invoke emotion. As Nicole pulled the sweatshirt out of her locker she was immediately awash in its odor... a pleasant mix of…