Don’t Kid Yourself by Rachel G., Irvine, CA Don’t kid yourself - You were never pure. Vulnerable, yes, but never pure. Your soul is stained by the charcoal smoke That swirls in tendrils, ... Continue...
A churning mind knew no deep breath Until a panging heart knocked on its door The busy mind recognized The eager heart’s sincerity ... Continue...
Grandpa by Merit O., Pittsburgh, PA Seconds ago I stood with your lips to my ear, the phone cord wrapped around my index finger, praying in monotone (not again ... Continue...
Leaving New York at Dusk by James H., No. Haven, CT fleeing the island with artificial edges invisible grime on unsuspecting faces villain-faced men in suits with their heads hanging to one side as if they held so much, they could not be kept upright ... Continue...
May You by Elise H., Lake Charles, LA may you wake to an elegant dispersion of sound slipping past your corners countering ... Continue...
One Thousand Stars by Eleanor E., Salem, OR Tonight, when the wheels of yesterday have creaked haltingly to a stop, but before the bright chariot of tomorrow arrives, I will wander out beyond the confined box of my bedroom and run to the hammock, ... Continue...
Papaya Warmth by Jaden G., Shawnee, KS There are blackberries Nestled in my curls, And beneath the thorns The dark treasures lurk. And spiraling down my neck, ... Continue...
Ten minutes into the woods, if you start at Pickles Pond Stay to the right and watch out for ticks You don’t need to whisper but the place we are going has no name The leaves, like grounded firelight, shuffle underfoot ... Continue...
Rainy Days by Willow A., Grass Lake, MI It’s pouring outside, The drops ricocheting off the sidewalk And racing each other Out from under the tires of moving cars, Down the edges of the street, ... Continue...
Sanctuary by Emma R., Naperville, IL That bloody raven Sits perched upon my right shoulder With immaculate black feathers And incessant cackling Corrupting all humanity ... Continue...
saturday morning by Ellen W., Mt. Prospect, IL breathe coffee bacon lemon pledge sun through the cobwebbed window makes dust sparkle ... Continue...
The Edge-Walkers by Jourdan U., Roslyn Heights, NY Mirror, mirror witnessing the fall, What is the greatest rue of all? With malice burning, so is Rome, And you dance and stab at tomb and tome. Regardless of their noble state, ... Continue...
The Ink Within by Katie H., Lexington, KY In silent sorrow death may lie unshaken in a turbid shore that brings not truth, nor blinds the eye but tides away forgotten lore ... Continue...
Wax Poetic by Noelle B., Tenafly, NJ You speak to me like the stroke of a watercolor cottontail cloud; speak like a hummingbird’s ruby ... Continue...
When We Get Older by Amanda J., Clarkston, MI When wrinkles ambush our cheeks and forehead And the skin loosens on our hands And blue-green veins show through our transparently white skin We will remember When we stole Mom’s car and withstood months of torture ... Continue...
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