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- Poetry > Free Verse
I looked into his eyes and said jambo He looked into my heart and took hold I held his hand He held my troubles We walked along the road I in my hiking boots He in the soles of his barefoot feet I knew two words But he understood it all He just took my hand and led me along The dusty... - Poetry > Free VerseI turn up the music to drown out my mind Steven Tyler screaming through my car speakers My body shakes with the intensity of the sound My mind shakes with the intensity of my thoughts That voice in my head saying things I refuse to hear Not today, not ever, I’m not ready SING WITH ME ...
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Guide > College EssaysI like a slobbery lick. Appalling? Perhaps, but I encourage you to go to your local park and find one of these – the lickers. They come in a four-legged furry form, speak their own language, and will love you extravagantly. After my freshmen year, I moved to California from Utah. I los... - Poetry > Free VerseI know you won’t last But that makes me cling to you all the more The plane took me away from the place I loved You are all I have left The brown pattern Its swirls looping across my hand Grows fainter everyday Sitting back in this school Going through the motions of this so called lif...
- Nonfiction > MemoirHe's fourteen and all teen all the time. He's got headphones glued to his ears and a sour, uncaring look plastered to his face. He grows a foot a month at eats us out of house and home. He inhales food, sleeps all hours of the day, and doesn't bathe in anything but Axe cologne. I ...
- Nonfiction > Personal ExperienceWe used to go there all the time. Every summer you and I. We’d jump out of the car and sprint to the big metal frame of the rocketship. The behemoth towering above the treetops looking out over LA. We’d climb and climb up the levels of the ship till it seemed like we were as tall as the clouds...
- Poetry > Free VerseWould I remember you as vividly if I didn’t have the pictures? If your smiling face didn’t peer out at me from the frames would I still remember it? I see you in my dreams But is it you Or is it my perception of you Based upon the photos If I didn’t see the photos everyday would...
- Nonfiction > Personal ExperienceRiptide: a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore Riptides are frightening things and when you’re caught in one you don't know what to do Panic tends sets in and you begin to feel yourself sucked out to shore you start paddling and kicking as fast as you can to get out of...
- Poetry > Free VerseNine o'clock is a neutral time The sun has gone down and night sets in It's not late enough to go to sleep. Or early enough to insist you get things done Yes, nine o'clock is a neutral time We were home alone my brothers and I Our parents had gone out and wouldn't be back u...
