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When I Wonder...
Sometimes I wonder what it would be like if I had the courage to make a change in my life,
maybe things would have gone differently,
maybe they would've stayed the same. -
Wait Till Ryan Comes
"The storm is coming," she says with a pained expression, grabbing my hand. She pulls my arm and drags me through the street with her. Running. -
OBJECT
Write a poem about an everyday object, and its struggles. Capture what it feels and what its life is like.
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Cheating
I have been dating the same guy for two years,
Since the eighth grade.
His name is Daniel.
And he's great but I don't know him well,
He's kind but I don't really have a magnetic pull to him,
Loves
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Australia
At school we draw in the margins of our notebook paper
and toy with the idea of moving to Australia.
We look up the latest news in between classes, knowing that
the teachers will think we're addicted to our phones.
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She's my revenge
Revenge is bittersweet
A cozy sword in my heart
I'm over that disaster
Yet we're not apart
A creature in the corner
Encroaching in my space
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Mundane
a lesbian couple on my bus home from school
a man in a punk battle jacket on the street
my mother's female CEO group chat blowing up
four of my teachers taking the following day off
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November Fifth
No one can predict
Our country's future
Various people watching and waiting
Eager and scared for the outcome
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What Books Get Wrong About Old Houses
You can't skip over the third stair
if you're sneaking into the kitchen
because all the stairs creak,
just in different ways.
They don't talk about the light
in the closet
