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• Poetry > Sonnet
  Dear Shakespeare

  

  By earlybird_8, Gibsons, Canada

  Oh Shakespeare, did you ever write a play 'Bout cars or fights or stuff that kids enjoy? I sat in class for hours the other day And thought of all the people you annoy. My teachers talk about you like you're God. My friends all think you've played us for a fool. And though so ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Going

  

  By earlybird_8, Roberts Creek, Canada

  Tears shine like pearls from the sea Dripping salt water Slow down her cheek Hello never sounded so sweet She smiles a smile That doesn't show teeth It's later than mother would like She couldn't care less The time of the night The wind from the train whips her face An...
• Opinion > Pop Culture / Trends
  Why It Has Gone Out of Style

  

  By earlybird_8, Roberts Creek, Canada

  I find it annoying that we always have to refer to someone as either male or female when being polite. I mean, when you think about it, while it's perfectly acceptable to call someone he or she, the only polite gender-neutral term in English is "they" which is plural. For instance, so...
• Fiction > Sci-fi/Fantasy
  Happy Endings for Sale

  

  By earlybird_8, Roberts Creek, Canada

  Once upon a time, in a land far, far away there lived a very rich, very ugly girl. She had a very long nose with a very large wart and very messy hair, and though she was not, she looked like a witch. It was not her fault, but rather the fault of a father who made a hobby of suing fairy god mothers....