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Walls

Carolyn

the walls it’s hard to tell whether they’re literally there or not the barrier barricading me in the glass had a fracture but the hot-glue gun fixed it fine i’m not good at taking criticism only when it comes from myself the glass had a fracture i’m trying to tear through it but every time…

June 1, 2026
Within

Carolyn

Within my friend group I’m the funny one The loud one The one that’s a little out there But overall fun to be around Within my family I’m the baby The youngest of four The rest are moved out or about to be I’m still here Within my class I’m just kind of there I…

May 25, 2026
Gifted

Carolyn

When I was eight years old They told me I was special I was different I was “Gifted” What does that even mean? Am I smarter? Am I brighter? That’s what they’re saying I think But what does it all mean? I don’t have to try at school I just breeze right by I’ve already…

May 18, 2026
Mother Earth

Carolyn

Why did you do this to me? You cut me open And use my blood to pollute me further A thick smog Like wool over my eyes I can’t see any longer My waters They run deep But so do the scars you have given me You pour your waste in my waters You dump…

May 11, 2026
Anybody there?

Carolyn

There’s something strangely freeingabout seeing your words out thereLikeMaybe these words are notjust being screamedinto the void heard by nobody I wonder if my words make an impactif so few people see themshould I keep talkingeven if I’m not sure anyone’s listening? Sometimes you need to saywhat you need to say

April 6, 2026
Thinking

Carolyn

is so underratedpeople don’t use common senseor think things throughI don’tand neither do you thoughts in a bubblefloating in spaceI wonder I wonderwhat’s wrong with this placewe care about racethe color of skinthe world needs a winI’d go out on a limbto give us oneif I could pondering ponderingwandering wandering uwondering wonderingthinking thinkingcontemplating contemplatingsome dosome…

March 30, 2026
Goldfish

Carolyn

I love Goldfish Flavor-blasted, original, and rainbow too If you have Goldfish I’ll have them soon Goldfish are yummy Goldfish are crunchy Cheesy, colorful, yum-yum-er-ooo Goldfish, I love Goldfish Goldfish can be Coldfish Or Warmfish Sillyfish Goldfish I love Goldfish Princess, pretzel, and baby Goldfish too If there are goldfish in the room I will…

February 20, 2026
An Alien Conversation

Carolyn

First of all, before you read this, this is not a continuation of Shelly’s story. This is about… well… a conversation between aliens. Anyway, I hope you like it, because it’s basically an experiment to see how I like writing in this genre. Also, this is going to be mostly dialogue, like when you’re watching…

May 31, 2024
Part 9: Home at Last!

Carolyn

So, I get to go home, where I am welcomed by Lydia. “Lydia is so glad that Shelly’s home! She was worried about Shelly!” You can always tell when it’s Lydia speaking, I thought, of course she’s always speaking in third person. “I missed you too, kid.” I say, realizing as I said it that…

May 29, 2024
My Writing Schedule–Revisited

Michael

So last year, I wrote a post about my writing schedule. I don’t really have a writing schedule, but I did pretend to have one for a while before I fell of the proverbial cliff earlier this year. At the beginning of the year, and by that I mean January 1st, I started writing a…

May 28, 2024

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