Get the Anthology!

YWP has just published an Anthology with great student work. Support them and YWP! To order a copy, send $17.50 (includes postage) to: YWP / 69 Swift St., #300 / S. Burlington, VT 05403 Order form/invoice, CLICK HERE. Questions? 860-0570 --gg
Videos, sound and info on Anthology Release Celebration.

Prompt responses due Friday

14. Procrastination. If you had more time, you’d be able to put it off longer. What do you put off to the last moment? Why? Tell a story about how you just barely got something done in time – or didn’t.
Alternate: Splat! Use that word in a story or a poem.

Click here for more info about submitting to our weekly Newspaper Series.

What Trumps Them All

Submitted by ceurich on December 3, 2008 - 19:26.

What Trumps Them All

By Cassie Eurich
Crossett Brook Middle School, Grade 8

I am afraid of spiders,
wiggly, creepy and crawly,
small enough to get anywhere,
and when they pop up they scare me.

I am afraid of failure,
a sudden stop on the road to success,
and it’s hard for me when I “don’t get it”
especially when I’ve tried my best.

I am afraid of heights,
not deathly afraid but still,
things like climbing high trees I don’t do
because I’m afraid I’ll fall, which I will.

I am afraid of fish,
silly as it seems,
but when my uncle dropped one in my lap
you should’ve heard me scream.

Spiders, failure, heights and fish
in comparison seem so small
to the fear that someone will disapprove of me,
yes, that’s what trumps them all.

Mentors

To read feedback YWP college mentors' comments on entries to the Newspaper Series, click on names below. To read all entries that have feedback, click here. You must be logged in.
To read about mentors, click here.