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• Fiction > Romance
  Paint Me Like One of Your Spanish Girls

  

  By savetheplanet, Anaheim, CA

  I shift slightly, trying to stretch my stiff limbs without moving too much. But the small movement does not escape his notice. “Stay still!” Pedro commands. His eyebrows are furrowed in concentration, his hands expertly wielding a paintbrush. I fight off a smile, I know he won’t be sat...
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  The Principal's Office

  

  By savetheplanet, Anaheim, CA

  The door shuts with a click behind me and I turn to look at my son sitting behind the principal’s desk. His cheek is scraped and it looks like he has the beginnings of a black eye. The crinkles in his forehead speak of worry and guilt despite the rigid bearing of defiance. “Your son Trist...
• Fiction > Sci-fi/Fantasy
  Voyage to Mars

  

  By savetheplanet, Anaheim, CA

  My seat vibrates and I listen with excitement mixed with some apprehension to the shudders running through the shuttle as it starts to lift off. I lie flat in my seat, pressed down by the incredible force. We’re finally going! I can’t believe that we’re finally going into space. The force ...
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  Misplaced

  

  By savetheplanet, Anaheim, CA

  The soft pillow presses into my face until I feel I can’t breathe anymore but still I can’t stop. I can’t stop the awful sounds coming from my chest, or the tears I didn’t know I still had left. I can’t even really explain why I’m so upset, why I can’t seem to control myself. The te...
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  The Park

  

  By savetheplanet, Anaheim, CA

  “Higher Mama, higher!” Rose shouts. The purple ribbon in her hair whips past her face as she stays motionless for a moment, before gravity pulls the swing back towards me. She kicks her little feet in the air as she comes back down, one of her shoes has already come loose and lays unharmed in ...
• Fiction > Action-Adventure
  Another Day

  

  By savetheplanet, Anaheim, CA

  Pfft. My foot slips for a moment on the loose, rock trail. I shield my eyes from the setting sun trying to see how much farther we need to go. My father stops for a moment besides me. “Tired already? Come on, you’re younger than me!” he exclaims encouragingly. I can’t possibly stop...
• Fiction > Romance
  Laugh Lines

  

  By savetheplanet, Anaheim, CA

  I set the mug down on the counter for a moment, listening to the music coming from the adjoining room. A smile comes over my face, ever since she had been diagnosed with cancer a month ago Esme had been too sick to play the piano. The tin of herbal tea lays open as I ponder over which flavor she�...
• Fiction > Thriller/Mystery
  Waking Up

  

  By savetheplanet, Anaheim, CA

  One day I was sure who I was. Today I can’t even remember my own name. The electric lights above me buzz and hum like so many angry insects in time with my throbbing headache. It’s difficult to concentrate when your eyes are playing tricks on you. For the past few days, weeks possibly, I’v...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Reaching for the Sunset

  

  By savetheplanet, Anaheim, CA

  Grasping those fading golden strands There at the edge of the world And reaching farther into the beyond Refusing to let go, dragging me from my home And yet I’m tired of trying to hold on The day was bright and warm and wonderful But the day passed by, never stopping for me And I’m tur...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Red Balloon

  

  By savetheplanet, Anaheim, CA

  Wake up! I’m talking to you, the nameless, the faceless, those people you don’t see in the light of day. They’re often mistaken for the shadows of other people who somehow have two. They think to themselves, you don’t care. And you’re right, I don’t. I don’t care if you...
• Poetry > Sonnet
  Quest For Grace

  

  By savetheplanet, Anaheim, CA

  Have you ever looked down on a barren land Searching for the brushstrokes of an unknown hand? Staring into a sky of robin egg blue Tracing hairline cracks signaling life anew Lifting up wings promising the gift of flight To soar up to the stars twinkling in the night Diving to the depths...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Silent Friend

  

  By savetheplanet, Anaheim, CA

  Following the wandering path Through the quiet trees I come across a silent bird Staring down at me I did not speak a word Merely stood and stared And we peered at the other As long as we dared And finally we broke the spell And looked the other way But we understood each other finally...
• Opinion > Discrimination
  Different but Equal

  

  By savetheplanet, Anaheim, CA

  When Obama was elected president in 2008, he was heralded as the first African American president. And yet, that’s all some people see. Some of us only voted for him because he was black, others of us didn’t for the same reason. And the rest of us, voted for or against him, based on his polic...
• Nonfiction > Heroes
  The Perfect Brother

  

  By savetheplanet, Anaheim, CA

  To many teenagers, their siblings are a tiring, bothersome nuisance. A beloved nuisance perhaps, but still a nuisance. But not my brother; he is different. Ever since I was little, I always looked up to him. In my eyes, he could do no wrong. I never ratted him out on anything, and always took h...
• Poetry > Sonnet
  To Shakespeare, With Love

  

  By savetheplanet, Anaheim, CA

  When into the west Apollo has gone And the depths of night surround me I am found in the shadows waiting there For my love and lord to appear During the day I only sleep dreaming Wishing I could but stand by his side I awake at night to find him there His presence that I hath sensed close, ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Lucy.

  

  By savetheplanet, Anaheim, CA

  I had a dear friend once, Her name was Lucy. She wasn’t a best friend, She was a sister In all but blood. We went through life together Never far apart. And although we both had husbands We were the halves of a heart. But Lucy, she had problems Couldn’t connect with people Staye...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Hero.

  

  By savetheplanet, Anaheim, CA

  I saved someone from the fiery depths. I held a hand through the black dust. I pulled someone from near death. I bore the weight of public trust. I led the way to freedom. I stopped the evil criminal. I beheld the scenes so gruesome. I was the silent sentinel. People said I had strength ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Never Forget

  

  By savetheplanet, Anaheim, CA

  I may not remember the day, the hour, or the place. I didn’t know anyone who died. I didn’t understand why hatred separated religions and race. I only know that I cried. I cried for the pain that day and every year since. I cried for brothers and sisters lost. I cried for the people left...
• Hot Topics > Letters to the Editor
  AP Classes: Worth the Sacrifice

  

  By savetheplanet, Anaheim, CA

  In response to “AP Classes: Worth It?” I must say that they are. I myself am a sophomore enrolled in three AP classes, going to one of the most highly regarded public high schools in the country. It’s true, my friends and I are sleep-deprived. We wake up at 5:00 am every morning to get to z...
• Poetry > Haiku
  Water Mirror

  

  By savetheplanet, Anaheim, CA

  Fingertips trailing Tracing a liquid image Ripples interrupt...
• Poetry > Haiku
  Earth

  

  By savetheplanet, Anaheim, CA

  A bright blue marble Floating through empty black space Laced with clouds and green...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Incomplete

  

  By savetheplanet, Anaheim, CA

  I think of you When I’m alone When I’m surrounded When I’m happy When I’m sad When I’m without you. I hold on to that Last hug Last smile Last laugh Last sight Last moment with you. I count down the Seconds Minutes Hours Days Weeks until we’re together. Because wi...
• Poetry > Haiku
  Battlefield

  

  By savetheplanet, Anaheim, CA

  There is no glory There’s only broken bodies, Dreams, hearts, hopes, and souls....
• Poetry > Haiku
  Buried

  

  By savetheplanet, Anaheim, CA

  Buried alive here I dig towards the bright light But dirt keeps falling...
• Poetry > Haiku
  The Thing With Feathers

  

  By savetheplanet, Anaheim, CA

  Hope only has wings When it has feathers to fly Feathers born of dreams...