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.

To submit to Newspaper Series

  • 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.

I'm Not

pepper_tree's picture

This liquid, it's too known. Too common.
It brims up on the bottom of my eyes too often,
Makes me want to hide in a corner like a four year old who stubbed her toe.
This liquid crystal is nothing new, nothing poetic.
It's just saddening and embarrassing.
How can I be original if I'm the most cliche person I know?
How can I be poetic if I'm not creative and new?
How can I expect to be good and nice and everything that people think I am
If I don't know who I really am.
If maybe I'm just a lie.

NeonKiwi's picture

Chelsey is...

Submitted by NeonKiwi on July 8, 2008 - 21:56.

... not a lie. Cliche? Ah, but my friend you must remember that I am Maria Cliche.

Sorry. I'm not helping.
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"Perfection doesn't exist, in my mind. Only greatness does." ~Geist

pepper_tree's picture

Nah

Submitted by pepper_tree on July 8, 2008 - 21:57.

Don't worry 'bout it.

NeonKiwi's picture

...

Submitted by NeonKiwi on July 8, 2008 - 22:00.

I have decided that you need AIM.
And that's final!
Er... Yes...
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"Perfection doesn't exist, in my mind. Only greatness does." ~Geist

pepper_tree's picture

Yeah, I know! It's so

Submitted by pepper_tree on July 8, 2008 - 22:01.

Yeah, I know!
It's so annoying to not have it!

NeonKiwi's picture

*grabs loudspeaker*

Submitted by NeonKiwi on July 8, 2008 - 22:05.

Convince your parents!
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"Perfection doesn't exist, in my mind. Only greatness does." ~Geist

nice

Submitted by colevnik on July 9, 2008 - 10:55.

Great discription!
I love this piece.
You do some really amazing work. :)

-Candi

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