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• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  Heartbroken

  

  By starwriter, Durango, CO

  Dude look I’m sorry if I won’t ask to this dance but I think we're too young to pair up anyway. I started at the computer my eyes glued to message. I could feel the cold sweat roll down my brow, and my finger clenched tightly on my mouse. I totally agree, it’s stupid how kids are so...
• Fiction > All Fiction
  Child Star

  

  By starwriter, Durango, CO

  I lay pressed against my hot, sticky pillow,with the blankets pulled up to my chin. My room was dark except for my alarm clock, shining with an eerie green glow. It was nearly 3:00 am put my eyes remained wide open, and I felt wide awake. I could feel my heart pounding against my ribs, as I sucked i...
• College
  Guide > College articles
  What is Reality?

  

  By starwriter, Durango, CO

  How do I know somethings real? How do I know that something exists isn't an illusion or a dream? These two questions unlock a great mystery what is real, and what is merely a dream.A dream is something in your imagination created when your brain uses what it’s thinking about to create a fanta...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  A Child's Friend

  

  By starwriter, Durango, CO

  Eight new neurons Three new friends Our love of life Never ends Stories Unfolding Blooming into a Forest of hearts Warmth flows hand to hand carried on a sparkling river of knowledge Memories drift flying forward into the future Breaking bridges forging friendships b...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Saraswati

  

  By starwriter, Durango, CO

  Obeisance to her Of beauty, pureness, bliss, wisdom As Power All that exists of Knowledge Her veena plays Stories from the Life Of learning Music intertwined with Love Creates Wholeness of Being Atop her snow white Swan A figure rides of Erudite Magic flows through endo...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  First Kiss

  

  By starwriter, Durango, CO

  He wrapped his arms around me, and I could feel his steady breathing as I leaned into his chest. My hands tingled slightly from the biting wind,and I shivered under his jacket. “I’ll see you tomorrow okay?” Lei asked glancing at me. I sighed, “Yeah, see ya.” I said turning away. The sn...
• Nonfiction > Sports
  Boy's Soccer?

  

  By starwriter, Durango, CO

  I dug my fingernails deep into the ground, feeling the warm, moist dirt beneath me. I could see the sun beating down on the field before me, but I was hidden from it's wrath in my little pocket of shade. I glanced down at the book that lay forgotten in my lap, its dog eared pages fluttered slightly ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Climb

  

  By starwriter, Durango, CO

  Never easy dig your heels in deep pull harder up the climb Far away Shines a Star Longing for Home Reaching Grasping For a far off Peak Of warmth Sun shines Above Trees recede Into the Distance Feel the Ache The burn Push past It Edges Scrape Tear Leaving o...
• Reviews > Book Reviews
  Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen

  

  By starwriter, Durango, CO

  The first time she saw Bryce Loski she fell head over heels in love. The first time he saw Juli Baker, he ran. For years Juli dreamed of one thing: her first kiss from the boy with those gorgeous baby blue eyes. Nothing else seemed to matter. But when Juli’s favorite sycamore tree is threatened ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  The Story of Poetry

  

  By starwriter, Durango, CO

  A story from here told years ago Both beautiful and terrible as we all know The tale of what happened to poetry as we knew until we forgot and kicked it’s true meaning away like a dirty shoe Poems are your feelings No matter hard you may try concealing Bringing tears to your eyes Or jumpi...
• Poetry > All Poetry
  Acrostic

  

  By starwriter, Durango, CO

  Many a childs long to hear An secret story in their ear Running quickly across the sacred bridge They wander on towards a giant ridge Hand in hand they travel east And hope that the will meet no beast All together they pass dark caves Begin a journey across cold waves In gleaming caver...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Silver (Atomic Table)

  

  By starwriter, Durango, CO

  Ag is a very nice symbol In fact if your nimble You might know silver is what it means Although it’s not a machine 47 is its atomic number So remember it has nothing to do with lumber It state at room temperature is amazingly solid And it definitely isn’t considered squalid If you g...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Mirror of the Past

  

  By starwriter, Durango, CO

  I am from my running shoes From Nike and Reebok. I am from the vivid Sun dappled, peaceful rooms And soft sounds, of a fountain I am from the curving branches Of our Maple Tree The memories Hidden In it’s Thick bark. I am from Christmas Eve By the fire And from loving to win F...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Transformation

  

  By starwriter, Durango, CO

  Remember All those years Ago With your Small brown Curls A tiny Eager face Peeking out from Behind Your Bangs The first Time You held Her wand And experienced the Magic Loose hairdos Framing Delight of Innocence Not yet Disappeared Remember How you refused ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  A Friend

  

  By starwriter, Durango, CO

  So much depends upon a friend A lost tear gone A light giggle escaped The touch of love gone...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  The Beginning

  

  By starwriter, Durango, CO

  Starting life Small, new, insignificant poking a tiny head up into the sun Hopefully opening slowly trembling with the wind Hearing sounds of happiness it silently makes a promise New ideas grow into tender leaves that become beautiful foliage Surrounded with laughter, and v...
• Poetry > Song Lyrics
  Remember Me

  

  By starwriter, Durango, CO

  Don’t wait Don’t wait for me You must live now You must love again We had september Through december Nothing lasts forever Try to Remember me When snow falls And those winter skies Turn dark and dreary And the rivers freeze In december I’ll be on my way Nothing las...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  All Alone

  

  By starwriter, Durango, CO

  All alone In this great big world With the darkness That surrounds me And the fullness of my heart All alone All alone In this place of sorrow Where weapons clash And people die Forever sadness Forever war When it was time For my father to leave I cried and cried But know one ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Friend?

  

  By starwriter, Durango, CO

  We have been friends Through love and hate In night or day We stood strong Together we laughed But alone we cried Their so much Unsaid with the two of us Maybe one day you’ll Understand That’s all I wanted But nothing you had We may not be the same But it never used to matte...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Winter Magic

  

  By starwriter, Durango, CO

  I see her Rising on the wind Floating gently up into the clouds Wings spread wide Soaring higher and higher Into the sky She glitters of white Like the brightest star Or the new snowflakes That swirls softly around her Her silky black hair sways Hanging down to her knees Hidden in th...