A Light on in the Kitchen by Krista D., Pembroke, NH I slipped from the bed With my hair in my eyes But in the dark It really doesn’t matter Anyway ... Continue...
Brooklyn by Rebecca P., New City, NY Driving through the old neighborhood Crisp autumn leaves litter the cracked sidewalks that seem to ... Continue...
Cold by Kai C., Juneau, AK The cold is sliding over me Raising my skin in uneven bumps Sliding its hand down my back And making me shiver. Sliding its tongue against mine, ... Continue...
Eye Candy by Stephanie X., Seekonk, MA This selection can be found in Chicken Soup for the Teen Soul, the 7th in the Teen Ink book series, all available in bookstores nationwide and online.
Greed by Jane W., Makanda, IL Greed is a precarious pier Over stormy loch and Painful drop, And every wasted tear Is a slipping foot ... Continue...
Her Papa’s Hands by Christy A., Portland, ME A hand reaches up, Grasping palm to palm. The child’s soft skin Brushing into dry and caked flesh. Scars from hooks and rope ... Continue...
Legos by Adam K., Kailua, HI Red blue yellow colors of the rainbow in geometric shapes merging into perfect structures colossal constructions
little men encased in cold plastic tiny heads with blank features stiff and blocky with robotic movements square and small
My Sacred by Zoe L., Wayland, MA I swept a butterfly net through the jungles of my soul, and pinned up what I found there,
the colors from the canopies and brush, a collage of all things holy ... Continue...
My White Bishop by Michael D., Nampa, ID on a wooden field, with wooden men a wooden war raged on a little wooden test of wits between forces of right and wrong I played against a demon now ... Continue...
Prodigy Child by Kathryn M., Haymarket, VA green shoes underneath the desk remain still, yet the hands type crazily - the golden child of the family shines brightly
Smile for the Camera, Sweetie by Ashlee M., Towson, MD and all I ever do is smile fake for you. so you’ll have this picture, glued down. memory book, hurts so uch to see my face, ... Continue...
Spoons by Christopher M., Abbotsford, Canada, BC Mine slumber between meals in cozy, caricatured outlines; no decency, not like wooden ones in Kenya, breaded with mud: the kind that soak in rusted tubs, and stir rags and robes through fly-begotten water. Spoons used to be spoons, not silverware.
Take a Vacation by Krysia L., W. Cornwall, CT Take a vacation on your computer screen everything is neon green the sights the sounds the stories the signs all within a blink of an eye ... Continue...
There is a light on in my room by Elizabeth W., Northfield, IL there is a light on in my room. it is how I can see through the den (midnight obscurity), and the elegant white ... Continue...
To Be a Square by Chelsea R., Cohasset, MA equal sides, right angles, four-sided
Tomorrow’s Muse by Ariel K., Doylestown, PA Inferior fingers grip the pen. She attempts to squeeze out words from clotted ink. Still, there is nothing.
Welcome to Me by Julie R., Peoria, AZ Welcome to my dream Walk inside of me Take a picture of All the light left after love ... Continue...
Young Vanity by Caitlin H., Concord, NH I remember those days Of young vanity, Waiting in front of the mirror And your cool hands, The scent of Irish soap, ... Continue...
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