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• Fiction > Action-Adventure
  Hid and Seek

  

  By WhittyKitty, Orondo, WA

  They came in the heat of the summer in the dark of the night. Demanding the government needed not one, but two men from each household. Fathers were pulled from their fields. Boys who were still attending the little one-room schoolhouse shuffled with dragging feet into a war we all knew we could not...
• Nonfiction > All Nonfiction
  Dear My Future Grandchildren,

  

  By WhittyKitty, Orondo, WA

  I am writing this letter to inform you of the truth of my generation. Being a teenager in today’s society is no easy task. Especially with the horrible stereotypes so many place upon us. We are related to shootings, murders, gangs, thefts, drugs, suicides, and other forms of self-harm such as cutt...
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  Immigrants are Human Too

  

  By WhittyKitty, Orondo, WA

  The hard wood of my desk feels cold against my forearm, matching my cold, clammy hands. My foot taps quickly and restlessly against the floor, following the rhythm of my beating heart. My sweaty hand cramps from gripping the pencil so tightly. The paper in front of me stares back tauntingly, with my...
• Nonfiction > Travel & Culture
  Living Amongst the Trees

  

  By WhittyKitty, Orondo, WA

  I suppose I have a lot of trees to thank for my existence here in Washington State. Trees, freight trains, steamships, and quite a few people with funny English names. Names like James, Albert, Luther, and Lyda (although I think that last one is Irish... no matter, it still sounds funny). Anyways, b...
• Opinion > Social Issues / Civics
  Step Out of Your Isolation Zone

  

  By WhittyKitty, Orondo, WA

  I rushed into school Thursday morning, afraid that I was late for my first class. Finding a clock, I confirmed that I had arrived with time to spare. Relieved, I let my bag slide off my shoulder and land with a thud. With my head finally cleared of its worries, I turned to acknowledge the others wai...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Big Brother

  

  By WhittyKitty, Orondo, WA

  Big Brother When I think of you I think of all the things I did with you From rain puddle duck hunts To crazy bike stunts Dusty, thrilling wild horse chases Building snow forts and military bases Climbing the trees we weren't supposed to climb And never coming back to our schoolwork on ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Shining Melody

  

  By WhittyKitty, Orondo, WA

  My fingers dance across the keys Laying out their own beautiful melody Who knew fingers could sing? The little girl in my lap laughs And claps her hands to the rhythm She cannot see my fingers Or the black and white keys they play on Her world is darkness But the music shines a light for he...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Only Words

  

  By WhittyKitty, Orondo, WA

  He looks over my shoulder disapprovingly as my pen scratches away at the paper laying out the story that dances 'round in my mind "Why do you write?" he asks me "They're only words." How can he not realize that they are so much more? More than a jumble of...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Who I'll Always Be

  

  By WhittyKitty, Orondo, WA

  He was always the popular one The guy with all the friends He carries his popularity like a gun No one dares stand against him Girls stare and giggle when he walks by Ignoring the little sister, his very kin That follows in his shadow behind him They say he is the guy with everything Could t...
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  Fear Me

  

  By WhittyKitty, Orondo, WA