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• Poetry > Free Verse
  Wildflower Veins

  

  By nwarner27, Harrisonburg, VA

  I'm from the antique, cream-colored rotary phone Left to rust by a crumbling porch In a backyard field of broken treasures I'm from fistfuls of blackberries – Sun-stained eyelashes, dandelion tiaras, buttercup mood rings Sprigs of wildflowers, discarded Drying in the sun. I'm from m...
• Nonfiction > Travel & Culture
  America's Best Coffee

  

  By nwarner27, Harrisonburg, VA

  As I sidle down the sidewalk to the corner Starbucks, a faint coffee scent tinges the air. A sign hanging in the window boasts, “We’re the country’s #1 best coffee!” I open the heavy wooden door, and a flash flood of heady coffee scent swirls around me. The shop is a rush of murmurs, warm ba...
• Opinion > Social Issues / Civics
  Whatever Happened to Responsible Journalism!?

  

  By nwarner27, Harrisonburg, VA

  On November 25, 2009, renowned golf star Tiger Woods somehow managed to crash his Cadillac Escalade into a fire hydrant and a tree as his pulled out of his driveway. When the story broke, complete chaos erupted. People wanted to know why Tiger was leaving his house, where he was going at 2:30 a.m., ...
• Fiction > All Fiction
  The Price of My Little Black Dress

  

  By nwarner27, Harrisonburg, VA

  I know it sounds silly, but the thing I wanted most that summer was to have a chance to wear my cliché little black dress. All summer, I waited for a chance to show off the dress; I attended graduations, parties, cookouts, and weddings, but it just never seemed to fit the occasion. Occasionally, wh...