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.

Girl

awsmpossum's picture

Everyone who came in was you
Until you were you
And there you were.

Let me be honest:
While I was stalling
In that corner
I wanted to kiss you
Wanted to pin you, hold you
Against that table you liked
And let my mouth learn yours
Let my hands feel more than just
The air around your skin.
But I didn’t.
I wasn’t sure how you’d react.
So I walked you to your car
Holding your hand in my head
My mind wrapped around your shoulders.

miss_literal's picture

This is gorgeous... Let my

Submitted by miss_literal on June 2, 2008 - 21:38.

This is gorgeous...

Let my hands feel more than just
The air around your skin.

Love it.

awsmpossum's picture

Thank you. :) I like it too.

Submitted by awsmpossum on June 2, 2008 - 21:39.

Thank you. :)

I like it too.

NonSequitur's picture

I really love the last line

Submitted by NonSequitur on June 2, 2008 - 21:47.

I really love the last line in particular.

mixedmusic333's picture

Ah I know that feeling all

Submitted by mixedmusic333 on June 2, 2008 - 22:38.

Ah I know that feeling all too well. This:

So I walked you to your car
Holding your hand in my head
My mind wrapped around your shoulders.

is my favorite.

obscure_one's picture

I love this: Everyone who

Submitted by obscure_one on June 3, 2008 - 23:26.

I love this:

Everyone who came in was you
Until you were you
And there you were.

And I've done this so many times (and you conveyed it perfectly):

So I walked you to your car
Holding your hand in my head
My mind wrapped around your shoulders.

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