Due this week

5. Haunted. Have you ever been in a house where things go bump in the night? Do you believe that some buildings or places are haunted? Is there one in your town? Tell us a story about it. Make it believable.
Alternate: Lockers. What one thing do you wish no one to know about in your locker? Or what is the most important thing in your locker? Deadline: Friday Oct. 17.

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.

Sam Finley

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Blind

Submitted by S.Finley on March 31, 2008 - 10:38.

Summer stir and I
Blind to the world going on,
A widow cries on.

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Falling Hard

Submitted by S.Finley on March 31, 2008 - 10:34.

He hurt his head
His hand reaches
Blood trickles into dark.

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One knee

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

Under a red sky,
He gets on one knee to ask,
Tears, and loving hugs.

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One knee

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

One Knee

By Sam Finley
Lyme School, Grade 7

Under a red sky
He gets on one knee to ask
Tears, and loving hugs.

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My Dog

Submitted by S.Finley on March 26, 2008 - 10:46.

A fat loping dog
Lays half his life away
To die a peaceful death.

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