Beautiful Day
I stand out on the grass of the outfield, just off of the dirt
as the teamsswitch sides.
I pull my blue shirt to fan off my body.
I smile as the ringof the ice cream truck chimes, and
children scramble to get in line ...
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Beginnings
I started to read Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
but it was too hard to bestrung out
all the time
I started to watch "Gone with ...
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Cool Blue Night
Cool blue night comes again
My girl and I lie alone
On a blanket in thepark
She tells me she has never
Seen a shooting star ...
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Corpulent Baudrillardians
The friends want Deconstruction
And Cheetos.
Postmodernsnackaholics,
Adrift in a cumbersome world ...
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Destination Nowhere
Green hallways to contrast with the cold gray tiles
Blurs of color light theway into the vastness of white
Faceless laughter echoing indesperation
Into the hallways that contain secrets of the past
On to theoutside where miles of green are disrupted by the bodies that tread uponit ...
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Dulcimer
sweet notes
reverberate in silence
in an empty upstairs hall
in anash-strewn fireplace.
we ache from the absence ...
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Get Real
In my book,
Snow White knew better than to eat an apple from a strangeold lady;
Cinderella loved herself enough to break out of that step-family'sjoint.
Jill didn't tumble after Jack - ...
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I Can't See My House From Here
People congregate bya stop sign.
A man with a red jacket walks through
a park. A lady walksagainst the wind.
A wave of carsreflect the sun ...
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It's Strange
It's strange
that on the first day of school you just didn't show up.
Youdecided that a private Seventh Day Adventist boarding school was foryou,
grand ole GHS just lost its lure,
but did I? ...
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Let's Start a Prime-Time Television Show
(after e.e. cummings)
Let's start a television show
And air itbetween the hours
of 8 and 10 p.m. ...
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Mother
She ages with ease.
Gentle morning glory fades,
intoremembrance.
Gust at funeral,
an elm leaf falls in despair
breezeblown, hollow wind.
Hollow me.
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Ocean
The prints in the sand,
we left them to stay
but water doesn'tfollow
the games that we play
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Ode to the Monkey on My Wall
A summer day at the Washington Zoo
a white-bearded creature was staring atme
with his big brown eyes
and yellow stained teeth.
I traveleddown ...
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Once
This selection can be found in Teen Ink Love andRelationships, the fourth in the Teen Ink book series, all available inbookstores nationwide and online ...
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Piper Beach
The tiny bird runs toward the surf,
Poking its thin beak into the wetsand,
Searching for tidbits brought by the sea,
But scuttles away whenanother wave comes.
Minuscule legs a blur, it doesn't fly, ...
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Please Understand
I wear clothes two sizes too big.
I listen to loud music.
Irebel.
Please understand,
I'm just a teenager. ...
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Streaming
I
Cascading down from the sky to where
The Blue Ridge fades tofoothills,
Where the scent of the Shenandoah,
Still discernible, lingers.Where a look ...
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Summer Season
summer seasons sing their secrets
part of the picture of perfection
thelake sleeps
night trudges on
and a gown of moonsong coversall
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The Old Me
When people say they miss me,
I think how much I miss me too,
Me, the oldme, the great me,
Company for my mom even on a school night
Only when mydad was away on business ...
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Time Immemorial
dance
of courage
red cape tempting
a ballet
by skinny menin ...
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