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Oct 05

Blue Bear

here

i get to see you again
in a week and half

just for the night

we'll run together when you get out of school
and then go swimming,
and pretend to go to bed

and then the next morning we'll pretend to wake up

because, obviously, we're never going to sleep

and I'll leave you,
again.

it's just for the night

less than twelve hours
and not for another week and a half

yet you're so excited,
planning out every minute

excited that you get to show me this new life you've built,
about the new friends you've made,
and your crazy english teacher.

i know you live in a different world,

because i live in my own world too

but it never really occurred to me before,

Posted: 10.05.22

Oct 05

fiction challenge: Sentence Completing No. 3

Gabby3357

Since You've Been Gone

Since the crash happened, so many things have changed. I never thought there would be an after you but here I am, you left me two months ago and I'm just barely starting to be able to be on my own. I wasn't ready for you to leave, you were taken from me way sooner than you should have been. Since you've been gone I've lost myself, I'm no longer the same energetic, joyful person you used to know, I've become someone I don't recognize. You're mom came to check up on me last week and we baked that pie you love, I didn't burn it this time thanks to her. Having her around felt nice, it brought back the good memories of you that canceled out the sad ones for a short period of time. I miss having you around all the time and honestly I don't think I'll ever get used to it, there will always be apart of me that will miss you no matter how long it has been. I've decided that I'm going to move out of our old house, as much as I love it I don't think I can take being here any longer.

Posted: 10.05.22

Oct 05

poem

James Becks

Going to serve

You left your wife crying at the door

She said come back at he end of the war

You left your mama crying that day

The sky was crying as I walked out the doors
You left your sister as she was holding your hand

You turned from a boy to a man
You left your son playing in the yard

He said dad are you coming back

I couldn't answer so I walked away
As I got to the center

I seen many mothers crying

My brother signed up as a color guard

He was the first to die

All I could do was watch his body get trampled

Posted: 10.05.22

Oct 05

poem

James Becks

What is love

Love is like a ocean never stopping
Love is like your eyes charming
But I loved you but you
Love is like a fox sneaky and decieving
Love is like a roller coaster with its many turnes and twist
My questin to you is
What is love to you

Posted: 10.05.22

Oct 05

poem

James Becks

Black lives matter

Black lives matter has a meaning

Pick up the phone of freedom it’s ringing

Breonna Taylor was a black lady

The cop who killed her was a bit shady
Give blacks what we deserve

This is easy to observe

We just want peace

We need better police

Malcom X said by all means necessary

This isn't imaginary

Dr. Martin Luther King taught nonviolence

But we aren't being silenced

Posted: 10.05.22

Oct 05

poem

Stargirl

I lied, I miss you every day

I miss you on the misty mornings
and the that evenings smell like rain
I miss you watching midnight storms and
your hands in my hair
instead of the wind
We made it a long time, love
from the frigid winter of 2021 to almost now
when all the sumacs go yellow
I miss you and your hoodie still hangs in my closet and
your words are something I will keep forever
but it was time and we both knew it
Neither of us like goodbyes, especially not to each other...
but it was time, my love
I miss you and holy shit, can't believe we're high school juniors and
what the hell happened to childhood and
we both knew when it was time.
I miss you on these sunny fall days, holding your hand and sititng on your porch and
maybe it sounds selfish but
I miss calling you mine.

Posted: 10.05.22

Oct 05

poem

Amelia_v

My heart is slowly breaking

My heart is slowly breaking,
Each piece slowly falling to the ground.
No sound when they land.
Only my cries,
Can be heard.
My heart is slowly breaking,
Each piece slowly falling to the ground.
No sound when they land.
Everyone assumes that they know,
What's going through my head.
My heartbreak is silent.
All you can hear is my laughter,
All you can see is my smile.

Posted: 10.05.22

Oct 05

poem

Immy

To The Girl Down the Street Who Used to Call

to the girl down the street
who used to call:

seeing you nowadays
feels like losing my breath.

I know it will come back -
I hope it will come back.

but in that moment
I still can’t breathe.
and my heart is pounding
because what if,
my breath doesn’t return;
what if,
you forget to call back
- again -
and what if,
this time,
we are lost forever.

Posted: 10.05.22

Oct 05

poem

IceGalaxy

Titanic

I am floating in an ocean of tears
trying to not melt & fade away
become one with everyone else
when a boat comes along
i know they're different
i know they're not meant to be ere
& yet they are
scientist at heart; curiosity my drug
i float
let the tears part & give way for me
& for a moment
i am happy
because maybe just this once
the ship won't steer away.
we move closer and closer
& then i see it
the slight shift in direction
they've seen my danger beneath the surface;
they don't want me anymore.
i stop moving
but it's too late
& we crash
another boat at the bottom of the sea
another time i shatter into pieces
but sooner or later
i freeze myself back together
& i spot another ship.
at some point
you'd think I'd know better.

Loving me is suicide
-Nessa Barrett, "la di die"

Posted: 10.05.22

Oct 04

rant challenge: Stream of Consciousness

wings of fire

Bored.

Wow Im bored, I think thats why im searching for something to write about. Yawn im kind of tired and hungry, daaaad is dinner almost ready. I wonder if its going to rain again, wow i have a very random train of thought. Oh My chromebook is gonna die i need a charger. Oh dang it we have long math tomorow NOOOOOOOOO. I think im gonna draw, but then I have to think of something to draw and i have to stand up and get the supplys but im comfy. I keep on getting the same spotify ad, its getting really old. Ooooh my dog is here YAY, oh wow she is soft, why is my dog sniffing my rug, odd, i wonder if i dropped a chip or something. She is eating a peice of tofu, she is so cute. I cant even stand how cute she is, i want to give her a huuuug.

Posted: 10.04.22

Oct 04

poem challenge: Sentence Completing No. 1

wings of fire

Finding the needle in the haystack

If you squint your eyes you see the brightness in the darkest room
If you listen closly you hear laughter in a crowd.
If you tast a lemon a you tast sweetness.
If hate someone you love them just a little bit
If you think somethings ugly you'll find its beautiful.

Posted: 10.04.22

Oct 04

fiction challenge: Short Story No. 16

clarkclark

Fleeting Dreams

In my dreams the blades of grass under my feet are the waves of an ocean, and I am a ship, sailing the sea. The sea is a glass of water that I am drinking in a field, the leaves reaching up above my head into the stars, becoming the hair of a great beast, old and ancient.

Posted: 10.04.22

Oct 04

poem challenge: Hobbies

Summit House-WCS

Hobbies

Everyone needs a hobby, something to do.

   We all need something to do to keep us out of the blue.

   There are many ways to occupy yourself. Some examples would be crafting, sports,dance and singing.

    There are tons of things to do on this giant ball of dirt and water.
   But personally I like snowboarding. I live for snowboarding. It’s my passion. I love the feeling of me rapping myself in piles of cozy gear.

   The layers feel like a warm hug.

   I love the feeling of climbing up what feels like miles of stairs with the hope of an amazing adventure.

   I love the sound of bindings clipping. I love chatting in the lift line and bumping into friends.

   I love the awkward waddle to the launch strip on the way to get on the lift. I love snuggling in my dad's arms on the windy ride up.

Posted: 10.04.22

Oct 04

fiction challenge: Personification

Summit House-WCS

Marker Madness

1

9-14 sentences

Inconsistent control of ideas and editing

15 sentences

Organized and ideas can be followed
Chatters of school students bounced around the halls as they gathered up their supplies and such. Many reach for different binders, folders, and pencil cases in their cubbies up above them. But hidden in a certain pencil case, muted by the bustling school, there lies a blossoming love story, a little different than your average one.

A small white cat displayed on the front of the light pink fabric, roughed by the years of usage, on top dangled a small metal zipper on the right side. In the tiny pouch two markers, so very different, but still similar in ways they both never expected to see.

Posted: 10.04.22

Oct 04

poem

Sierra Collins

Tower

This poem is about capturing a moment, whether it is fiction or non-fiction.

Posted: 10.04.22

Oct 04

poem

TreePupWriter

Hold Music

Her hands clutch the cell phone and
fiddle with the corners of the case.
Feet fidgeting under the desk, stuffed into socks and shiny flats.

She did not ask her phone to bring her an orchestra,
did not order its overture for her office or invite it in the door.
It is somehow blind to the colorless room and the fine print and the Do Not Disturb sign.

It’s not like she even wants this call to start, really,
but it feels strange not to be working,
to simply sit at her desk and be serenaded by some forgotten symphony.
She counts the minutes of focus this will lose her and the lost time begins to weigh on her like drying cement.
She can't shake it as it suctions her into her seat and plants her eyes on the screen.

But her ears are elsewhere.
The notes are kind of soft and pensive and it sounds like her mother’s whisper or maybe like a cat. Gentle.

It feels risky to compliment a distraction.

Posted: 10.04.22

Oct 04

fiction

ccfitz

My INVENTION

MY INVENTION
You know when you have a really important meeting tomorrow about whatever that starts really early and you know a regular alarm won't help?(I can never get up:)) Well, we've got you covered (Literally)! This alarm clock throws you out of your bed with the sheet! It can also flip you around a little bit! If it detects that you're moving and awake, it just lets you back down by your bed!
I know, right? Amazing!

Posted: 10.04.22

Oct 04

fiction challenge: Sentence Completing No. 3

Hayahn

The change

Since the intergalactic war happened so many things have changed. One of the things that changed was that earth had to limit how much everyone was aloud to breath. Also once a year there is the perge that lasts 3 days. Evey time this happens its estimated that 6,000,000 people die. FIrst they killed off all of the kids. Then they tried to kill the old but they fought more than the kids.

Posted: 10.04.22

Oct 04

nonfiction challenge: Sentence Completing No. 3

me123

Since you have been gone

Since my dog died, so many things have changed in my family they have been so sad and gloomy even my family lizard which is strange because the dog wanted to eat the lizard but still I feel like myself has changed as well I feel like I am lost and dont know how to feel and react to my pet dieing what should I do with my life?

Posted: 10.04.22

Oct 04

poem

Anna_banana

silence turned to gas

What was once bellowing in silence

Is now screeching in gas

The trees I once knew

have turned to ash

And the birds that once talked

Have no words left to say

And if they do

they know they might be killed anyway

Posted: 10.04.22

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Since You've Been Gone

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What is love

Black lives matter

I lied, I miss you every day

My heart is slowly breaking

To The Girl Down the Street Who Used to Call

Titanic

Bored.

Finding the needle in the haystack

Fleeting Dreams

Hobbies

Marker Madness

Tower

Hold Music

My INVENTION

The change

Since you have been gone

silence turned to gas

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