Teen Ink Magazine, June 2009 Edition
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Articles from this Issue
Fiction
Can You Hear Me? 
Time Waits For No One By Madison W., Clarkston, MI
Mrs. Prekash By Sarah J., chicago, IL
Perfect By Kelsey H., State University, AR
Shattered Glass
Space and Immortality By Victoria G., Pearland, TX
Spargel
Unsung Heroes of the Night By Julian O., Guelph, ON, Canada
Wasted Away By Loreena S., Andover, MN
Whimper Bang By Robin Y., Greenville, NC
Time Waits For No One By Madison W., Clarkston, MI
Mrs. Prekash By Sarah J., chicago, IL
Perfect By Kelsey H., State University, AR
Shattered Glass
Space and Immortality By Victoria G., Pearland, TX
Spargel
Unsung Heroes of the Night By Julian O., Guelph, ON, Canada
Wasted Away By Loreena S., Andover, MN
Whimper Bang By Robin Y., Greenville, NC
Hot Topics
Feedback for "Dear Peers" By Shelly H., Brooklyn, NY
Feedback for "Picture Street" By Jamie S., North Platte, NE
Feedback for "Pledge" By Kelly M., Wilmington, DE
Feedback for "Summer Skin" By Brittne M., Phoenix, AZ
Feedback for "Teen Drinking" By Rae C., Newark, DE
Feedback for On His Birthday By Tori C., North Platte, NE
Feedback on Addressing Racism by Ignoring It By Yeda P., Phoenix, AZ
Feedback on Interview with the Mother of an Autistic Child By Natalie B., Medford, MA
Feedback on The Randomizer By Anonymous, Vineyard Haven, MA
Feedback for "Picture Street" By Jamie S., North Platte, NE
Feedback for "Pledge" By Kelly M., Wilmington, DE
Feedback for "Summer Skin" By Brittne M., Phoenix, AZ
Feedback for "Teen Drinking" By Rae C., Newark, DE
Feedback for On His Birthday By Tori C., North Platte, NE
Feedback on Addressing Racism by Ignoring It By Yeda P., Phoenix, AZ
Feedback on Interview with the Mother of an Autistic Child By Natalie B., Medford, MA
Feedback on The Randomizer By Anonymous, Vineyard Haven, MA
Nonfiction
A Summer Love Triangle
Four Daughters By Chanie H., Duluth, GA
From a Dance Team Girl By Alyssa W., Gibsonia, PA
The Firemen By Arieh L., Teaneck, NJ
The Rain Song
Up in Smoke By Ashton G., Mexia, TX
Four Daughters By Chanie H., Duluth, GA
From a Dance Team Girl By Alyssa W., Gibsonia, PA
The Firemen By Arieh L., Teaneck, NJ
The Rain Song
Up in Smoke By Ashton G., Mexia, TX
Reviews
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer By Hannah W., Pepper Pike, OH
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Miles to Go by Miley Cyrus
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey By Bailey R., Homer, AK
The Road by Cormac McCarthy By Meghan K., unknown, United States
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
The World I Live In by Helen Keller By Yael S., Brooklyn, NY
Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons By Michael S., Saddle River, NJ
Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer By Hannah W., Pepper Pike, OH
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Miles to Go by Miley Cyrus
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey By Bailey R., Homer, AK
The Road by Cormac McCarthy By Meghan K., unknown, United States
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
The World I Live In by Helen Keller By Yael S., Brooklyn, NY
Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons By Michael S., Saddle River, NJ
Art / Photo
"Death to Beauty" 
Black and white beauty.
Brave New World
Cloverfield
Cowgirl
Discovering Oneness
Dreamer
Eye to Eye By Lindsey W., Woodinville, WA
Fading
Ferris Wheel
Friends Forever
frog in costa rica
Genus
Glowing Smile
Golden Swing
Graffiti
Grim Nightmare
Heaven
Hidden Beauty By Emily F., Cape Town, South Africa
Ink
Irreversible
life By Ariel G., moses lake, WA
little spring flowers
mouse By Hannah S., Axtell, TX
music within
night sky By Allison H., Vancouver, WA
Outer Space
Peace Before the Storm
Photographs
Portrait by the Pacific By Junia Z., San Diego, CA
Rail Tracks By Marissa G., Chilton, WI
Shattered By Jessica F., Bradford, MA
Sheepish
Sound in the Sun
The Kiss By Brittany U., Terra Alta, WV
The Slot
The Soft Touch
Time By Zoelle M., Boston, MA
una passeggiata attraverso il deserto By Margaret P., Mobile, AL
Washington, DC By Zoelle M., Boston, MA
Window
Black and white beauty.
Brave New World
Cloverfield
Cowgirl
Discovering Oneness
Dreamer
Eye to Eye By Lindsey W., Woodinville, WA
Fading
Ferris Wheel
Friends Forever
frog in costa rica
Genus
Glowing Smile
Golden Swing
Graffiti
Grim Nightmare
Heaven
Hidden Beauty By Emily F., Cape Town, South Africa
Ink
Irreversible
life By Ariel G., moses lake, WA
little spring flowers
mouse By Hannah S., Axtell, TX
music within
night sky By Allison H., Vancouver, WA
Outer Space
Peace Before the Storm
Photographs
Portrait by the Pacific By Junia Z., San Diego, CA
Rail Tracks By Marissa G., Chilton, WI
Shattered By Jessica F., Bradford, MA
Sheepish
Sound in the Sun
The Kiss By Brittany U., Terra Alta, WV
The Slot
The Soft Touch
Time By Zoelle M., Boston, MA
una passeggiata attraverso il deserto By Margaret P., Mobile, AL
Washington, DC By Zoelle M., Boston, MA
Window
Poetry
The Night 
Advice By Callie R., Tuscaloosa, AL
Apples By Benjamin B., Mandeville, LA
Hate
Ode to the Weary Math Student By Jessica L., Central Point, OR
Porcelain Stars
Runaway
Soft Blue Eyes
The Dead Girl. By Courtney B., Richfield, PA
The Dream Isn't Dead
(Be)Coming Home
56th Street By Kate C., Green Village, NJ
A Cool Wednesday Evening
A Crest-Endorsed Snowfall
A Day At War By Aldo P., Annandale, VA
A Guest By Nicholas H., Austin, TX
Absence
Adolescent Evolution By Hillary D., Chesterfield, VA
Afternoon Habit
Alligator
An Inventor’s Finest Plan By Madeleine B., Wexford, PA
Ascent Noir By Ashley E., Culver, IN
At the Park
Attention By Sally F., Columbia, MO
Backbone
Beautiful Stopwatch
Bees Knees By Randie A., Tenafly, NJ
Behind Closed Eyes
Being the Mouse
Between Rails By Hannah M., SO. Freeport, ME
Big Mouth, little words By Joanna L., Ridgewood, NJ
Bird in the Chimney
Books
Busy Bodies By Sahira T., Wilmington, DE
Butterfly By Lauren A., York, PA
C-C-Caffeine By Alison R., Broomall, PA
Comatose By Clarissa L., Highland Village, TX
Conclusions By Maggie C., Gloucester, MA
Crush By Stephanie C., Vancouver, Canada
Custer's Last Stand By Sherry S., Middleburgh, NY
Daddy's Girl By Tobian T., Manassas, VA
Dancing on Daddy's Toes By Meaghan D., jamison, PA
Deadly
Deep Sleep Slumber By Tina S., Monmouth Junction, NJ
Die By Kelsey B., West Branch, IA
Downtown Centered By Danica P., Plainfield, NJ
Duct Tape Love
Dusk By Jonathan B., White Salmon, WA
End of the World
Evolution By Edye P., pittsburgh, PA
Eye Contact By Jami H., Gilford, NH
Faces
Fall(ing) By Kayley R., Yelm, WA
Falling By Keenan W., Park City, UT
Farewell By Tracy E., River Forest, IL
Firefly (did you hear it?) By Hanna C., Louisville, KY
First Snow By Hallie L., Contoocook, NH
Five Blocks By Ashley M., Spring, TX
fried By Genevieve C., Andover, NJ
From Here to the Sidewalk By Megan B., Gilford, NH
Gone and Forgotten
Good-Bye Song
Graffiti
Hacker By Priscilla A., Spring, TX
Having You Alongside Me By Sophia P., Linden, NJ
hello little hour
Highways
Hip Hop By Tajahniya S., Brooklyn, NY
Holly Was the One By Lindsey B., Woonsocket, RI
I am a Sculptor
I am dripping By Breanne C., Lebanon, TN
I Shouldn't
I'm A Written Check
I've Seen Your Face Before By Mollie K., Chicago, IL
impeccable disorder By Amy W., Atlanta, GA
In a Dream By Anonymous, Culver, IN
in loving memory, leah elizabeth By katie L., massena, NY
In the Eyes of Poseidon By Samantha E., Hopatcong, NJ
In This City
Infomercial By Ariel E., Goose Creek, SC
Isn't It Odd
It's Sad.
July 23rd By Andrew D., Long Grove, IL
July Again By Amy R., Park City, UT
Just to Feel You By Jenny G., Marietta, GA
La Belle au Bois dormant
Lament By Diana P., Closter, NJ
Leftover
Less Than Dust
Lest I Forget By Brooke H., Warrington, PA
Little Dream World By Katie R., Fayetteville, AR
Love as a Fungus By Hana C., Cambridge, MA
Love is Sinking
Mad Gab By Casey H., Bridgeton, NJ
Marielle's Dance By Maria C., Columbia, MO
Memories By Abbye W., Oxford, MA
Mother May I
My Bare Self By Olivia C., Greeley, CO
My Cello
My Mercy and Grace By Natalie R., Windermere, FL
My Poems Hide By Peyton C., Baton Rouge, LA
My Side of the Orange
Mystic
Needlework
New By Joanna N., South Plainfield, NJ
new outlook on life By Holly W., Boise, ID
Nostalgia By Kenzie S., Parker, CO
November
Numb Knees
Ode to the Old Fisherman
On Getting Tattoos By Amy R., Georgetown, DE
On Paper By Nora T., Grinnell, IA
On the Civil War Dead (After Lowell) By Douglas G., Bethesda, MD
Our Song By Anonymous, Knoxville, TN
Parting Is Bitter
Pastries By Michelle S., Hopkinton, MA
Patches By Jordan B., Lake Mary, FL
Pepto Bismol
Perfect By Marika T., Fort Bragg
Perfectly Imperfect
Please Can I Have That Guy? By Janelle Z., Plainfield, NJ
Portraits of thoughts on love By Alexandria B., New Haven, CT
Problematic Penitentiary By Eli C., Gilford, NH
Puberty By Zach B., Guilford, NH
Purple By Alexander P., San Francisco, CA
Red Light By Mackenzie L., rockville centre, NY
Reflections
Release By Corinne H., Camarillo, CA
Remembrance By Drake D., Carmel, IN
See This Kaleidoscope By Lauryn C., Okemos, MI
Self Aware By Meg C., Oak Ridge, TN
Serendipity
She's the One
Signature
Sleepwalking By Keegan W., Dallas, TX
sometimes i remember By Holly M., South Plainfield, NJ
soul By Sarah W., North Bend, OH
Spindles of Honey By Jaden G., Shawnee, KS
Spring By Meganne E., Columbia, MO
Sting
sunshine By Dakota D., Westwood, KS
The Death of a Poem By Anonymous, Independence, MO
The Gospel According to Vincent Van Gogh By Haley S., Palatine, IL
The Hunt and the Thrill By Hillary R., Germantown, TN
The Invisible Ones
The Isolation, the Seperation
The Kiss
The Middles
The notebook
The Pen By Seamus K., Gilmanton Iron Works, NH
the repetition of two times two By Cynthia M., Chevy Chase, MD
The Simple Things By Emily M., jacksonville, FL
They Retreat They Rage By Ian C., Wheaton, IL
this is a trap
Thorns By Alyssa S., Hamilton
Thread By Diana D., The Woodlands, TX
Threads By Molly K., Newton, MA
Thunderstorm
To a Younger Version of Myself
To the Still Clock on My Wall By Chalmus D., Humboldt, TN
Today By Grant G., New City, NY
too loud By Ish A., San Jose, CA
Trip By Kofi B., Media, PA
Unconscionable By Anonymous, Athens, GA
Under The Rocks By Liz N., Edinburg, VA
Vein-Chaser By Antonia C., Lake Forest Park, WA
VI
Viewpoints
violinist's fingers By Srinath R., Singapore, Singapore
When I Look Inside
Winter By Aniko G., Tallahassee, FL
Writing Freeze By Dominique B., Brooklyn, NY
Yellow Flowers By Megan C., Overland Park, KS
You
Child of the Snow (Snow Angel) By Elizabeth R., Auburn, CA
haiku By Oliver K., kerrville, TX
Winter By Taylor A., Eagle, ID
Danny By Georgia B., Dresser, WI
God Poem By Anna B., Fairfield, IA
Mt. Washington
Thanksgiving By Amber B., Thomson, GA
Advice By Callie R., Tuscaloosa, AL
Apples By Benjamin B., Mandeville, LA
Hate
Ode to the Weary Math Student By Jessica L., Central Point, OR
Porcelain Stars
Runaway
Soft Blue Eyes
The Dead Girl. By Courtney B., Richfield, PA
The Dream Isn't Dead
(Be)Coming Home
56th Street By Kate C., Green Village, NJ
A Cool Wednesday Evening
A Crest-Endorsed Snowfall
A Day At War By Aldo P., Annandale, VA
A Guest By Nicholas H., Austin, TX
Absence
Adolescent Evolution By Hillary D., Chesterfield, VA
Afternoon Habit
Alligator
An Inventor’s Finest Plan By Madeleine B., Wexford, PA
Ascent Noir By Ashley E., Culver, IN
At the Park
Attention By Sally F., Columbia, MO
Backbone
Beautiful Stopwatch
Bees Knees By Randie A., Tenafly, NJ
Behind Closed Eyes
Being the Mouse
Between Rails By Hannah M., SO. Freeport, ME
Big Mouth, little words By Joanna L., Ridgewood, NJ
Bird in the Chimney
Books
Busy Bodies By Sahira T., Wilmington, DE
Butterfly By Lauren A., York, PA
C-C-Caffeine By Alison R., Broomall, PA
Comatose By Clarissa L., Highland Village, TX
Conclusions By Maggie C., Gloucester, MA
Crush By Stephanie C., Vancouver, Canada
Custer's Last Stand By Sherry S., Middleburgh, NY
Daddy's Girl By Tobian T., Manassas, VA
Dancing on Daddy's Toes By Meaghan D., jamison, PA
Deadly
Deep Sleep Slumber By Tina S., Monmouth Junction, NJ
Die By Kelsey B., West Branch, IA
Downtown Centered By Danica P., Plainfield, NJ
Duct Tape Love
Dusk By Jonathan B., White Salmon, WA
End of the World
Evolution By Edye P., pittsburgh, PA
Eye Contact By Jami H., Gilford, NH
Faces
Fall(ing) By Kayley R., Yelm, WA
Falling By Keenan W., Park City, UT
Farewell By Tracy E., River Forest, IL
Firefly (did you hear it?) By Hanna C., Louisville, KY
First Snow By Hallie L., Contoocook, NH
Five Blocks By Ashley M., Spring, TX
fried By Genevieve C., Andover, NJ
From Here to the Sidewalk By Megan B., Gilford, NH
Gone and Forgotten
Good-Bye Song
Graffiti
Hacker By Priscilla A., Spring, TX
Having You Alongside Me By Sophia P., Linden, NJ
hello little hour
Highways
Hip Hop By Tajahniya S., Brooklyn, NY
Holly Was the One By Lindsey B., Woonsocket, RI
I am a Sculptor
I am dripping By Breanne C., Lebanon, TN
I Shouldn't
I'm A Written Check
I've Seen Your Face Before By Mollie K., Chicago, IL
impeccable disorder By Amy W., Atlanta, GA
In a Dream By Anonymous, Culver, IN
in loving memory, leah elizabeth By katie L., massena, NY
In the Eyes of Poseidon By Samantha E., Hopatcong, NJ
In This City
Infomercial By Ariel E., Goose Creek, SC
Isn't It Odd
It's Sad.
July 23rd By Andrew D., Long Grove, IL
July Again By Amy R., Park City, UT
Just to Feel You By Jenny G., Marietta, GA
La Belle au Bois dormant
Lament By Diana P., Closter, NJ
Leftover
Less Than Dust
Lest I Forget By Brooke H., Warrington, PA
Little Dream World By Katie R., Fayetteville, AR
Love as a Fungus By Hana C., Cambridge, MA
Love is Sinking
Mad Gab By Casey H., Bridgeton, NJ
Marielle's Dance By Maria C., Columbia, MO
Memories By Abbye W., Oxford, MA
Mother May I
My Bare Self By Olivia C., Greeley, CO
My Cello
My Mercy and Grace By Natalie R., Windermere, FL
My Poems Hide By Peyton C., Baton Rouge, LA
My Side of the Orange
Mystic
Needlework
New By Joanna N., South Plainfield, NJ
new outlook on life By Holly W., Boise, ID
Nostalgia By Kenzie S., Parker, CO
November
Numb Knees
Ode to the Old Fisherman
On Getting Tattoos By Amy R., Georgetown, DE
On Paper By Nora T., Grinnell, IA
On the Civil War Dead (After Lowell) By Douglas G., Bethesda, MD
Our Song By Anonymous, Knoxville, TN
Parting Is Bitter
Pastries By Michelle S., Hopkinton, MA
Patches By Jordan B., Lake Mary, FL
Pepto Bismol
Perfect By Marika T., Fort Bragg
Perfectly Imperfect
Please Can I Have That Guy? By Janelle Z., Plainfield, NJ
Portraits of thoughts on love By Alexandria B., New Haven, CT
Problematic Penitentiary By Eli C., Gilford, NH
Puberty By Zach B., Guilford, NH
Purple By Alexander P., San Francisco, CA
Red Light By Mackenzie L., rockville centre, NY
Reflections
Release By Corinne H., Camarillo, CA
Remembrance By Drake D., Carmel, IN
See This Kaleidoscope By Lauryn C., Okemos, MI
Self Aware By Meg C., Oak Ridge, TN
Serendipity
She's the One
Signature
Sleepwalking By Keegan W., Dallas, TX
sometimes i remember By Holly M., South Plainfield, NJ
soul By Sarah W., North Bend, OH
Spindles of Honey By Jaden G., Shawnee, KS
Spring By Meganne E., Columbia, MO
Sting
sunshine By Dakota D., Westwood, KS
The Death of a Poem By Anonymous, Independence, MO
The Gospel According to Vincent Van Gogh By Haley S., Palatine, IL
The Hunt and the Thrill By Hillary R., Germantown, TN
The Invisible Ones
The Isolation, the Seperation
The Kiss
The Middles
The notebook
The Pen By Seamus K., Gilmanton Iron Works, NH
the repetition of two times two By Cynthia M., Chevy Chase, MD
The Simple Things By Emily M., jacksonville, FL
They Retreat They Rage By Ian C., Wheaton, IL
this is a trap
Thorns By Alyssa S., Hamilton
Thread By Diana D., The Woodlands, TX
Threads By Molly K., Newton, MA
Thunderstorm
To a Younger Version of Myself
To the Still Clock on My Wall By Chalmus D., Humboldt, TN
Today By Grant G., New City, NY
too loud By Ish A., San Jose, CA
Trip By Kofi B., Media, PA
Unconscionable By Anonymous, Athens, GA
Under The Rocks By Liz N., Edinburg, VA
Vein-Chaser By Antonia C., Lake Forest Park, WA
VI
Viewpoints
violinist's fingers By Srinath R., Singapore, Singapore
When I Look Inside
Winter By Aniko G., Tallahassee, FL
Writing Freeze By Dominique B., Brooklyn, NY
Yellow Flowers By Megan C., Overland Park, KS
You
Child of the Snow (Snow Angel) By Elizabeth R., Auburn, CA
haiku By Oliver K., kerrville, TX
Winter By Taylor A., Eagle, ID
Danny By Georgia B., Dresser, WI
God Poem By Anna B., Fairfield, IA
Mt. Washington
Thanksgiving By Amber B., Thomson, GA
