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• Poetry > Ballad
  Summer

  

  By noah9100, La Quinta, CA

  The sun shines brightly to-day! Look beyond the horizon And gaze! Listen to the trumpets play their joyous proclamation! Behold naked Aestas once again! But Caution with the season! Lay not your eyes upon that amber tainted sky But focus on the trickster clouds that try and hide. Behold th...
• Nonfiction > Memoir
  A Look In the Eye

  

  By noah9100, La Quinta, CA

  When I was a kid my dad used to teach me to look people in the eye. This wasn’t so common in Korea back when I lived there: looking adults in the eye meant disrespect: it meant you thought you were equal to your elders. Still he told me to look people in the eye when talking. “It shows them ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Phobia Boy

  

  By noah9100, La Quinta, CA

  My momma says I'm normal But others disagree. They say I'm panophobic And I'd quite agree. See panophobia's a little difficult: Life can be a little tricky When everything from A-Z Freaks you out like it does for me I wear minimal clothing because of vestiphobia But I can't possibly be ...
• Hot Topics > Pride & Prejudice
  Narrative of a Gay Asian Kid

  

  By noah9100, La Quinta, CA

  When I was 10 and realized I was attracted to men, I decided to tell my mother. Despite being from Korea, a very conservative place, she claimed to have no issue with my being gay. Yet I often saw her cry at night. When I asked her why, she explained she worried about my safety in a society that dem...
• Fiction > All Fiction
  The Maiden's Legs

  

  By noah9100, La Quinta, CA

  Not one living heart had seen my deed for it was perfectly, flawlessly planned out. Each time I saw the maiden of the neighboring gates, I stood for moments admiring her fine, delicate neck and her supple, tan skin. Yet there was some part of her that I could not help but find irresistible. Yes irre...