"Speckles"
by Rebecca B., So. Plainfield, NJ
Ever since memory was born in me
I have known this name
Spoken in the soft, wispy voice
Of my father
Much like ...
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A Tuscan Night
by Steven S., Congers, NY
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B-50
by Aly S., Brunswick, ME
Inspired by a once-traveled road
We would hit
Those parts of the drive
When the trees would get
So fragrant and I ...
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Barbie Doll
by Kristen M., Califon, NJ
I watch you, caressing a remote control as your only friend.
Your blanket wrapped around your body - still not enough to keep you warm.
My eyes wander your chamber for some movement,
But I see nothing.
And I feel responsible for not taking advantage of this silence ...
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corporate addictions
by Kayleigh R., Wichita Falls, TX
addictions fed,
desperately trying
to grab hold
of life.
missing the bulk ...
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Love (what else)
by Mandy I., Plymouth, MN
that peripheral melody
flitting into view
then gone again
taunts me
haunts me ...
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Melon Season
by Kristin M., New City, NY
I smell moonrise on the wind's train.
Tonight's will be gold and ripe,
Angels will see it illume the bluish stones of the sky.
One by one, they will parachute
through glossy layers of the atmosphere ...
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Moving On
by Natalie D., Rio Oso, CA
Faith has become
Like knowing the sky is always there,
Yet not knowing what face
It may turn today.
We still have faith. ...
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Nothing
by Karsen M., W. Grove, PA
I've nothing to write
My brain is dead
The words have all fallen
Out of my head
I search for a pen ...
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Shamed
by Kavita A., Downers Grove, IL
When I was no younger than you
they used to slap me silly
with a wooden yardstick.
I'd scream so loud
my screams pierced ...
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Something Better
by Jessica H., Gilford, NH
They let you go -
holding on with one hand,
half holding on with the other.
You glide into darkness -
fading slowly until the orange, ...
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The House on The Hill
by Jennifer S., Kincai, KS
The house on the hill
Was proud but still
The frame wouldchip
the roof would dip
Andthe paint peeled off in long white strips ...
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This Room Is Not My Own
by Julia A., Ft. Washington, PA
I haven't slept in a five-year-old girl's room
since I was a five-year-old girl.
I am a tenant in her parents' house,
a stranger.
We share a love for lavender and butterflies. ...
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To My Bible
by Nicole G., Metairie, LA
six-sided box of Pandora, with highlighted
pinks, yellows, red letters all aflame
you are the bane and balm of my spirit
for every line that gave me comfort
there was tied a string to some ...
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Uber-Trendy
by Patrick T., Stuart, IA
She's a cool kitty,
Her claws down low,
So that no one judges her choices,
Hiding her passion by painting herself,
With monotone colors. ...
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Untitled
by Angela H., Hull, MA
You put me on some emotional roller coaster
Clocking 100 m.p.h. on a rickety track
You fed me all these lies and feelings
You told me how much you liked me
And when the ride stopped, ...
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Untitled
by Samuel E., Gilmanton Iron Works, NH
2:41 a.m.
lights my darkened apartment with a dim red glow,
and I am sitting bolt upright on my mattress on the floor,
exposing flabby white stomach and sporadically hairy chest ...
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