Due this week

5. Haunted. Have you ever been in a house where things go bump in the night? Do you believe that some buildings or places are haunted? Is there one in your town? Tell us a story about it. Make it believable.
Alternate: Lockers. What one thing do you wish no one to know about in your locker? Or what is the most important thing in your locker? Deadline: Friday Oct. 17.

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  • Click "create content" and create an ENTRY
  • Fill out "title," "author name, school & grade" and "prompt" boxes.
  • Paste story into "body."
  • Click "Submit." You are done.
    NOTES: Your account email must be accurate; a "blog" entry must be resubmitted as an ENTRY to be considered.

Falling

Schila's picture
Submitted by Schila on May 12, 2008 - 19:49.

F
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Feels like there is no ground.
No T R U C T U R
S E
To stand on, and feel safe on.

F
A
L
L
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Feels like you are sailing through time,
Until you hit the
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JIL <- My attempt at a letter person.
^
l l l <- falling lines
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CONCRETE

qwertygirl890123's picture

Format

Submitted by qwertygirl890123 on May 12, 2008 - 19:52.

I really like the way that you formatted this, The way that
F
A
L
L
I
N
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goes down, and the way that the word Structure is all rearraged. It's a cool way to write a poem.

Schila's picture

Thx! I tried to type it

Submitted by Schila on May 12, 2008 - 19:58.

Thx! I tried to type it horozontally but it came out straight... oh well. i tried..

Anonymous's picture

tip:

Submitted by Anonymous on May 12, 2008 - 20:54.

tip:
sideways letter person

o>-<
Love the physical imagery of the poem though!
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Schila's picture

thx!

Submitted by Schila on May 14, 2008 - 19:37.

thx!

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