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• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  The Other Olympics

  

  By Kubby, Ames, IA

  Recently, I got the opportunity to volunteer with the Special Olympics. I helped with the podium of the softball throw event. I was an escort. My job was simply to walk the contestants to the podium, making sure that they line up in the correct order and assisting any contestants that needed help ma...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Dinner Is Served

  

  By Kubby, Ames, IA

  I open my eyes and prepare to consume what the TV set has to offer me this fine evening. I scan the menu. Perhaps a steaming hot reality series, or an ice-cold documentary? Maybe a light airy comedy, or a dark heavy drama. So many choices. In the end, I settle for a leftover movie. I've trie...
• Poetry > Ballad
  Monsters At The Door

  

  By Kubby, Ames, IA

  Shaking from the fear A million screams fill my ear. I stare at the floor While the monsters amass at my door. They say the time has come I say I'm still too young. I prepare myself for the trials I am to face Determined not to fall from grace. I will not bring my family shame I will b...