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  Sea Glass

  

  By PhilHolzknecht, Fredericksburg, VA

  The fog swirls around me: a light ocean mist. The worlds melt slowly in the back of my mouth, like sea glass. Fall pulls onward, but the weight of it all eludes my scattered mind. We build these castles and ground them into sand because it is easier to find meaning if you can sift it t...
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  Different Americas

  

  By PhilHolzknecht, Fredericksburg, VA

  Stubby fingers clumsily fiddled with the top button of a navy-blue Oxford shirt. Once this ­formidable task was accomplished, I grabbed my Spider-Man book bag and left my room. Following my daily routine, I headed toward the front door only to have my father's stern voice call me into the kitchen. ...
• Nonfiction > Sports
  The Sample

  

  By PhilHolzknecht, Fredericksburg, VA

  The nose-numbing, sterile smell of Clorox drifted up from the tile floor as I ran my fingertips along the cold gray lockers. My stride shortened as I rounded the corner to enter a room filled with unfamiliar faces. An adult made eye contact as I stepped into the fluorescent glow. “Freshman?” he ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Columbia

  

  By PhilHolzknecht, Fredericksburg, VA

  Another empty desk To serve as a reminder- Of the girl with perfect glass skin Who had her heart eaten out From the inside. Another- For the girl whose father Knew too much And whose brother sold Glass at night. And now, One for the boy who Liked to bottle things up Never to relea...