Due this week

General Writing. Send in your best work – poems, short stories, essays. (Feel free to do it throughout the year, but this gives you a deadline.)
Deadline: Oct. 10.

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  • Log in. (Click "Not a YWP member?" to create an account.)

  • 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.

H-sc-I-ary-V

emnoodlehead's picture
Submitted by emnoodlehead on March 27, 2008 - 07:38.

You were a needle sharing whore
Who gave sex for drugs
With dark strangers.
When you woke up
And saw the deep colors your life had suddenly changed,
You decided to change.
Got clean
Found an apartment
Went back to school
And got tested.
You said that is came up
"Negative"
But I'm still scared that there is more to this story
Than you were willing to tell me.
I guess I should have thought of that before
I invited you over that night,
I guess I should have thought of a lot of things,
But I didn’t
And now I’m scared
And praying for another “negative”
Because I know your words can’t be trusted.

H-sc-I-ary-V II ›
squeejay's picture

that is scary

Submitted by squeejay on March 27, 2008 - 07:45.

It must be really hard dealing with life's problems like that, and trying to support friends who are trying to deal with these problems.
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A thousand tears rolling down your cheek are healed by a single tear on the shoulder of a friend.

monkey411's picture

Powerful

Submitted by monkey411 on March 27, 2008 - 10:20.

that was powerful.Scary, too.Nice poetry!
monkey411:)

leabee's picture

wow.

Submitted by leabee on March 27, 2008 - 11:17.

For some reason I don't feel like there is a lot of things that I could say about this poem, well except for the fact that, that kind of sucks. Sorry.

emnoodlehead's picture

Thanks guys You all are so

Submitted by emnoodlehead on March 27, 2008 - 22:38.

Thanks guys

You all are so wonderful
:)

awsmpossum's picture

I realized Later That I

Submitted by awsmpossum on March 27, 2008 - 22:40.

I realized
Later
That I don't know
How many people
They had
Before me.

emnoodlehead's picture

Exactly And how many those

Submitted by emnoodlehead on March 27, 2008 - 22:43.

Exactly
And how many those people had...

awsmpossum's picture

Yup...

Submitted by awsmpossum on March 27, 2008 - 22:46.

Yup...

emnoodlehead's picture

Ekk

Submitted by emnoodlehead on March 27, 2008 - 23:11.

Ekk

awsmpossum's picture

We should

Submitted by awsmpossum on March 27, 2008 - 23:12.

We should get
Tested
Together.

emnoodlehead's picture

I agree And, Well, Soon.

Submitted by emnoodlehead on March 27, 2008 - 23:14.

I agree
And,
Well,
Soon.

awsmpossum's picture

Yeah...

Submitted by awsmpossum on March 27, 2008 - 23:16.

Yeah...

emnoodlehead's picture

On a separate (but oddly

Submitted by emnoodlehead on March 27, 2008 - 23:20.

On a separate (but oddly enough not) topic,
Are you going to group tomorrow?

awsmpossum's picture

No, I'm not... Devin and I

Submitted by awsmpossum on March 27, 2008 - 23:20.

No, I'm not...
Devin and I staying in tomorrow night...
Alas, I'm getting offline, 'Night!

emnoodlehead's picture

Goodnight!!!

Submitted by emnoodlehead on March 27, 2008 - 23:22.

Goodnight!!!

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