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Feet dangle inches above
Tantalizingly taunting …
They strive to graze the bicycle’s pedals,
Just as my hands strive to emerge
From the lemon yellow dress
You handed down to me.
My slow growth is too far behind
Your quick judgment,
Constantly comparing a hazy reflection
To that black and white photograph
You have framed in the hallway.
Maybe someday the dress will fit.

This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. This piece has been published in Teen Ink’s monthly print magazine.




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CTS207This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
May 17 at 3:46 pm:
I dig your vocabulary but 'tantalizing tauting' kinda of interrupts the flow of imagry, in my humble opinion. The poem and its message is very good none the less.
 
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eleonor said...
May 17 at 2:07 am:
nice shot..simplicity is beauty..please guys,can you read mine?..just need some comments to furnish my work..i really want to improve mine..id really appreciate your opinions..(just a new)..
 
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mirandyg12 said...
Apr. 30 at 8:03 pm:
ok 1st of all are you guys STUPID i'm just saying to me i kinda dont get it i dont need some freken stupid little kids being all snoddy to me and i do think maybe if you thinked you'd shut ur mouth and mind your own bussiness i'm just saying THT FOR ME I DONT UNDERSTAND i didnt say it for the hole world and stupid people like you okay :)
 
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May 3 at 1:29 pm :
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Evelyn B. This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Apr. 25 at 8:33 pm:
this reminds me of my little sister.. very pretty:)
 
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Wilson1994This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Apr. 25 at 2:41 pm:
Very complex and thorough, through images and a beautiful use of enjambment you lead a sharp and to the point message of how we are not always just right in the eyes of older people. really well done! Please can anyone have a look at my work, in need of some criticism!!!
 
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curlygurlrayThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Apr. 25 at 11:45 am:
i agree wit darkisthythought(: really good work
 
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DarkIsThyThoughtThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Apr. 25 at 10:57 am:
I really appreciated the fine simplicity of the poem. I also found it overwhelmingly complex. Best of both worlds. The poem seemed almost like an afterthought, and I am glad the thought was mentioned.
 
AndriaStarThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. replied...
Apr. 25 at 11:01 am :
I agree with Alex
 
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RalphPrestonKlaus said...
Apr. 25 at 10:24 am:
hey, this was a good one.. :) short and nice... i feel it is about matching up to people's expectations of you... what was your idea while u wrote this?
 
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katieRainbowsThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Apr. 25 at 12:20 am:
Hey grate poem u have the same first name and last anitioal as me dats coolio
 
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mirandyg12 said...
Apr. 3 at 8:26 pm:
Dont make any sense
 
ProudToBeWhoYouHate replied...
Apr. 3 at 8:35 pm :
you obviously dont have a very open mine
 
DarkIsThyThoughtThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. replied...
Apr. 25 at 10:59 am :
Seriously! This poem makes a lot of sense if you actually think. Try it some time.
 
AndriaStarThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. replied...
Apr. 25 at 11:07 am :
Alex, calm yourself. She/He obviously doesn't know good poetry.
 
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Gelino101 said...
Apr. 3 at 4:04 pm:
Great free verse poem! Brings a lot of meaning and many can relate!
 
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hippiechick99This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Apr. 3 at 11:15 am:
This poem i can actually relate to also. It has an obvious meaning as well as a hidden one.
 
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BeingAnnaThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Mar. 12 at 7:13 pm:
wow I really liked this!
 
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lulubear101 said...
Feb. 11 at 11:07 am:
this is amazing...i can totally relate!
 
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HannahLeah97 said...
Feb. 6 at 11:21 am:
I like this poem a lot. the way you compare how "the feet dangle inches above" and how your hands struggle to emerge, this poem's got a very nice flow--it made want to keep reading when it had finished.
 
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_emmadilemma_This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Jan. 28 at 3:33 pm:
I loved this poem! It reminds me of my older sister and I. When I was younger she would always pass down her old dresses to me, and even though they didn't fit, I would prance around in them.
 
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chloe_garrettThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Jan. 28 at 11:51 am:
I quite liked this poem. The way you describe striving for two different things and when you say "maybe someday the dress will fit" sort of justify the intensity of the peice. I can tell why it made the magazine. I'd be honored if you read some of my poetry and left a comment critiquing my work.
 
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NigomayNamikazeThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Jan. 28 at 9:22 am:
OMGWTF!!!!!!!!! THAT WAS SOOOOOO AMAZING!!!!!
 
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RogersrightThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Jan. 28 at 9:10 am:
wow, this is really good ! no wonder it made the magizine
 
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FrenchHippieThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Jan. 6 at 6:48 pm:
Good Imagery! the meaning is really interesting too
 
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Nessa13This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Jan. 6 at 4:02 pm:
This was pretty good. I like the meaning(: Keep writing(;
 
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AnnoymousThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Jan. 6 at 2:08 pm:
this poem was good :)
 
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KatieBaldwin95 said...
Jan. 6 at 11:04 am:
I really enjoyed this poem because it was very well described and outstanding. Good job..(:
 
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raindancegirlThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. said...
Dec. 29, 2011 at 9:48 pm:
I loved this, except for when you used the word strive in two lines in a row...kind of interrupted and distracted from the writing in my opinion. Very nice though. Liked it quite a lot (and I understood it!)
 
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raindancegirlThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. said...
Dec. 29, 2011 at 9:48 pm:
I loved this, except for when you used the word strive in two lines in a row...kind of interrupted and distracted from the writing in my opinion. Very nice though. Liked it quite a lot (and I understood it!)
 
SpiderMilkThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. replied...
Jan. 6 at 12:13 am :
I think she used it to illustrate the difference between striving for two different things with the same reason behind them. Almost like some form of dichotomy. :)
 
raindance72This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. replied...
Jan. 6 at 5:04 pm :
That's an interesting thought! I still stand by my thought, though, as expected and overused as it is on this website....the way it is written interrupts the flow. Bottom line, whether or not there's symbolism behind it, you want the entire poem to flow along in the same way. JMO.
 
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paigeesu96 said...
Dec. 15, 2011 at 10:41 pm:
I completely agree?
 
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VillangelThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Dec. 15, 2011 at 6:06 pm:
You have excellent word choice and you have a great way of making the words flow, but I didn't quite understand it either. Could you explain it please?
 
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soffy said...
Dec. 15, 2011 at 3:10 pm:

i didnt qite get it :(

 

 
Ender2This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. replied...
Dec. 15, 2011 at 11:45 pm :
I think I get it. As a younger sister, I see it as being compared to an older sister. Feeling that you're only second best. Getting all of the old, while she deserves the new.

Atleast that's what I got out of it. I really loved it though, well done! :)
 
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goku900 said...
Dec. 15, 2011 at 8:03 am:

nice dowg

 

 
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ZeesquareThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Dec. 15, 2011 at 3:34 am:
Lovely work!! :)
 
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youngspeareThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Dec. 5, 2011 at 8:36 am:
wow! its fab :) Keep it up. I like the way you've used your words.
Please check out my poem "Ghosts of the Past". Would really appreciate your feedback! 
 
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wilderose121 said...
Nov. 23, 2011 at 4:09 pm:
there is a song called "Just Like You" it is in the movie "Holes" have u heard it? it is really good, just like this! 5/roses
 
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imaginerThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Nov. 23, 2011 at 1:42 pm:
wow this is amazing! it's short but so powerful! nice job.
 
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charisma25 said...
Nov. 23, 2011 at 12:24 pm:
good job on u storie i like it so much
 
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InkItIn said...
Nov. 1, 2011 at 7:22 pm:

wow so pretty nice job

 

 
OceanFey This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. replied...
Nov. 23, 2011 at 11:25 am :
I can totally relate to this poem. My favorite part is "the lemon yellow dress." 
 
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NadimAzar.This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Nov. 1, 2011 at 2:39 pm:
Wow this is beautiful...hope u can check my page and leave a comment
 
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aurorairisThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Nov. 1, 2011 at 9:25 am:
Haunting! Great job!
 
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ForeverandeverwritingThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Nov. 1, 2011 at 6:31 am:
Very well written
 
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SanamSheriffThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Oct. 28, 2011 at 12:39 am:
This is true poetry. Beautiful stuff. Real pain, embedded in words.
 
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Lady-MilanoThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Oct. 27, 2011 at 4:56 pm:
absolutely stunning
 
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jellomen said...
Oct. 10, 2011 at 11:22 pm:
Great job on this piece
 
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