Warrior Princess

I stand On the edge of the pool Looking down into the sky. The water is the only thing between me And the atmosphere within the earth. I jump in ...

I know this play is VERY random and VERY retarded and VERY short but I'm experiencing both writer's and actress's block right now and it was the best I could ...

I have lived on this green earth Only fourteen years And yet Fate has already placed Her mark on me. I am young, yet I am no child. I am ...

Ship-breaker, rain-waker Gray-green goddess, dark and light Life-taker, music-maker Kiss by day and kill by night. Passion, anger, love and fire Liquid temptress clad in blue An object of terror ...

Anya looked curiously at Jet Steelsheen as he walked in, wondering what kind of person he was. It was common knowledge among the students at the Academy that he was ...

Anya fidgeted anxiously in her seat as the Headmistress climbed up the steps to the podium. She secretly thought she had never seen an uglier woman. She was fat and ...

[b]Continued from Escape from the Academy, Part 1. Pandemonium broke loose in the auditorium. Everyone started talking at once. Several people jumped up, trying to catch a glimpse of this ...

I wandered through the ballroom Shadows playing on the silver walls And candlelight flickering like the souls Of young lovers gone before their time The dancers swayed and floated Over ...

I can't write haiku Because I'm not Japanese Hey . . . wait a second

Love lies bleeding in the dying light Like a scarlet rose tossed aside by life Trampled by countless feet that pass O'er the fading green of the withered grass. Whilst ...

When Rune opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was his younger sister, Vesper. She was bending over him, her brown eyes wide. Glancing around blearily, he noticed his ...

Rune sat on his saddlebag and poked dismally at the fire, secretly wishing Brand and Tarot would shut up and go to sleep already. They hadn't consumed any alchoholic beverages, ...

O tongue, the gift of God to man I wish that you could understand The feelings within me today And speak the words I long to say. Strange emotions well ...

"You're just a teenager," you say, Visibly proud of your own maturity, "And when you're that age You don't know what love is." Oh no. Of course not. I wouldn't ...

This is the exact poem I wrote for the love of my life when he had to move far away. Believe it or not, I wrote it all in five ...

I watch As you walk away; Away from the crowd, From the groups of friends Absorbed in each other, Not sparing you A glance. I know you're lonely; I know ...

You Move slowly Through the dancers Sit down And watch I Watch you New song Stand up Move slowly Toward you Trembling Smile brightly "Want to dance?" You Smile nervously ...

Voices, voices all around me, Empty words and gilded lies; Darkness and despair surround me; I wait for a sun that may never rise. Voices of a thousand tongues Whisper ...

Like an eventide fairy, Twilight steals across the meadows, Lightning the stars one by one With her velvet-violet hands. Like amber candles lit for the dead, The stardust glitters in ...

One moment in time...(This line is just for a rhyme)You were right there with me:Now I cannot see. You were so uglyYou looked like a pugly. I thought I would ...

O prison cell, surrounding me with bars like burnished spears,In this silent tomb the echoes of my life are all I hear.The key was buried long ago, in the world ...

red on blackblue on goldand not a drop to drinkonethree sixfivedance to dustdrink the moonand wear the sun around your fingerfor the picture of a face that launcheda thousand painted ...

A star looks down upon the earth, a diamond heart that burnsOn black coals at the midnight's birth, while constellations turn.O brilliant star, a queen upon the ebony throne of ...

The sea rolls over frozen lands and under empty skies;The sea gulls fade into the sun and call their last goodbye.Voices in the wind and waves and echoes of the ...

The violet stardustSoftly falling to the earthGlittering heavenGrey souls and shadowsCold and silent, whisper inThe dark before dawnThe moonlight flashesOn his blade, silver like theCold steel of his

Before our death, we briefly thriveEnchanted, wild, free, aliveSweet madness that consumes this lifeOf love and hatred, ceaseless strifeHurling ourselves from a dizzying heightWe paint the world in bl

I am the fireThat wakes from the ashesI am the lightAt the end of this tunnelI am the eyesThat see a new horizonI am the voiceCrying in the wildernessI am ...

Galloping, galloping, ride through the night,Before you the darkness, behind you the light.You outrun the beat of your heart in your flight:The choice now before you, to flee or to ...

I am fully aware that the poem makes little sense and lacks capitalization and punctuation, so you needn't inform me of the fact. I intended it to be exactly as ...

Look into the eyes of innocence,Staring down the barrel of the gun.Fear and hunger in every tear, Broken windows to the soul,Shaking hands, soft and small,Smeared with blood and dirt,Scarred ...

Okay, so summer requirements for 11th grade Advanced Placement English class required that I write an essay in story form, an essay describing an incident that made me reevaluate my ...

Dear Atlanta,Star-speckled towers:Proud and beautiful,You outshine the night sky.The darkness cannot dim your brilliance;It can only find its way inside. Dear Atlanta,Foam-swirling sea of humanity, Sw

OtherworldWalls of crystal blueBetween the floor and ceilingHere I can fly, suspended halfway downThe dim-lit world floating by in slow motion I descendMoving softlyOn my fingertipsDown toward the dee

From light I looked upon the worldLost in darknessThe countless voids of empty human soulsCalling, pleadingRescue usSomeone must step forwardAs the stars rain down from heaven On this darkest hourSo ...

Slow fadeDying in my armsBreathe in, breathe outYour strength ebbs awayLike your heart's bloodPetals falling from a scarlet roseWhile I am powerless to save youWatching as your eyes closeBringing the ...

We stand by the wall, three shadows in the splash of moonlight.He lifts her to the window, and she disappears gracefully into the darkened house.Next he helps me up, and ...

Yet another essay assignment for AP English! This summer we read "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass," (one of the most inspiring and visceral books I've ever encountered). Recently ...

This is a sample chapter from a novel I'm working on. Since it might be a little confusing if you jump right into it, I'll give a little backstory: Lila ...

Don't question what we've taught you; Don't try to understand;Some were made to lead, and some to follow;We are the head, and you the is the way of the worldThat ...

I am cold, Even when I burn; I am heartless, Even in my heartache. It's not your fault, But I make you think it is. In this twisted mind of ...

I have been silent for the last time:Now I will speak, and you will hear me.All these years I've been helpless;All these years you've tied me down.I've waited long enough ...

Beginning and endingDawn breaking from the veils of starless nightThe darkness of eonsBloody waves on the sands of timeHigh above the broken earthVoices of the cosmosFire raining down on tossing ...

As I walked through the gardenAs the morning glories opened their violet armsAnd the nightshades fell asleepThe sun roseGlanced upon me with her dew-bright eyesAmid her pink fire-petalsThe sun that ...

In the dark before dawn,The sleeping morning of Christmas Eve,Even with my face pressed close To the frosty glass,I can't see the star.There's no star, and there's no light.When I ...

"I love you," I whispered,Holding your picture Close to my heart;And I wished on a starFor one single chance,One shot at romance,But you seemed so far."I love you," you said;The ...

Welcome to the roomThe door shutsClickAlmost darkThe dolls smileBroken bodies Broken mindsLittle animals stare mournfullyMouths sewn shutCold as fearNo windowsWhere is the doorSomething is hereDon't l

Stella is a sixteen-year-old girl who has just returned from a football game. She starts out writing the story in her diary, but eventually gets caught up in her own ...

Life is lovely, life is fleeting, fraught with joy and fear and pain;My laughter was my sunlight and my tears the falling rain.I learned this all too quickly, what I ...

It all started with Thomas and April. They went out about a year ago, then broke up.But she never really got over him. Thomas is Brad's best friend.Brad asked me ...

The full gravity of the situation doesn't hit me when the newspaper runs the story of how I stopped the school shooting. It doesn't hit me when I see myself ...

I first met him on a moonlit night,When he found me in the crowd,And sat beside me. He smiled--A smile so wicked, yet so kind--And kissed my hand,As if he'd ...

Beware of the darkness, they constantly say;Filter emotion, and fling it away.A doctrine of silence, a blindfold of peace,They block out the world, denying release.Encircled by walls that they've buil

The bells in the tower are tolling slowly,Deep as oceans, mournful, holy,Striking a furtive chord of fear,The final chord mortal man will hear.Stories that words will never tellAre told in ...

In the end, there was a silence.One by one I watched the petals fall,soft and white against the flames.Chaos all around me, but somehowthere was nothing inside me.A numbness I ...

Once upon a time, across a river of gold, beyond a wall of misty purple mountains, and under a blue sky dusted with glittering silver stars, there was a tiny ...

Continued from Chapter 1. . . .Rouge slipped out of bed and made her way downstairs, clutching a coil of knotted rope. With her dark hair, black dress, and pale ...

Continued from Chapter 2. . . ."Rouge!" Rapunzel shrieked. "What?" Rouge demanded, displeased at being awakened from her nap. Sleeping was just about all there was to do."There are two ...

(Lights. JASPER is sitting in an armchair on Stage Right. DRAVEN enters Stage Left and paces in the foreground.)JASPER: Back so soon?DRAVEN: The moon's not out tonight.JASPER: Still scared of ...

Some love the sea when the sun is high,Shining white on the golden sand;But I love the sea when the scarlet skyIs losing the sun to the land. Some love ...

Dear October,What can I say of you that has not already been said,in words far more eloquent than mine could ever be?I could tell of your myriad leaves,setting the trees ...

Continued from Chapter 3. . . .When Armand and Adrian left, Rapunzel danced around her side of the room, her blue skirts swirling like a whirlpool. "Oh, Rouge! Armand said ...

If I must die, then let me dieSoaring upward toward the sky;And at the zenith of my flight,Cross from darkness into light.If I must go, then let me goIn the ...

This is my entry for TIGERSPRITE's Magical Realism and Fantasy story contest. I realize that it's pretty long, but I don't think it's quite long enough to be put in ...

The mournful song of doves hangs in the airAs you wander through the trees,With nothing but the sound Of their lament.You don't know how long you've lingered there;Emptiness has brought ...

So I could make this a diary entry. Of course it would be easier to do that if I was writing this in my already cluttered notebook, and actually had ...

In this monologue, seventeen-year-old Mary relates her side of Jesus's conception. At the beginning of the scene, she is seated on the floor in the fetal position, with her knees ...

You shall bear a son. Light surrounds me, even as light is born within me.Out of all the women in the world, I have been chosenTo bring life to the ...

I almost hate myself for joining the "Insert Number of Reasons Why" trend that is ravaging our beloved website, but I thought to myself, "Why not fight fire with fire?" ...

I think the title is pretty self-explanatory. This is my bucket list. Be warned, it's pretty long!1. Kiss someone in the rain2. Write and publish several novels3. Save someone's life4. ...

When I was younger I didn't knowWhere all the bodies of dead people go.Nobody told me they simply decayed;And all I could think of were all those graves.I imagined them ...

All around me there is darkness, receding in all directions, stretching out to touch the corners of infinite. But this darkness is tangible; it is there for a reason. It ...

I'm not really looking for serious reviews on this one; it's just for fun!--Inspired by true events--My homework?Oh.I, um, I don't have it. Well, yes, I suppose I did knowit ...

Beautiful beyond compare, A scarlet rose in bloom,Your eyes are bright, your face as fair,As stars about the moon. You hold a secret power;Deep within you burns a light:A princess ...

The circle is closing tonight.The stillness of life when death is near:White curtains rustling,Bringing a troubled sleep.Chained in a ray of moonlight,Surrounded by the invisible voices,A choir of mil

So I have this massive project for Astronomy that requires me to write a story re-telling a constellation myth. I chose Perseus, since he's always been my favorite character from ...

Seventeen-year-old Dorian is attractive, athletic, and extremely intelligent, but he suffers from chronic depression and is obsessed with thoughts of his own death. A masochist, he is driven by an ...

You smile bravely at the miles before you;you stumble over your words, but your eyes say "I'm scared."And since you're looking back at me, I'm sure you can tellthat I ...

It is not the daylight; it is nothing morethan a splash of silver moonlight on the floor,the glancing of a moonbeam on the door. I lie in bed and watch ...

It's been forever and a day since I posted Chapter 4, so quite probably no one remembers this story or anything about it. Fortunately, it's part of a novel, so ...

This is one of two poems I wrote with Calligraphy for the YWS Poetry Pairs contest. We're trying to decide which to submit for the contest, and we'd appreciate your ...

This is one of two poems I wrote with Calligraphy for the YWS Poetry Pairs contest. We're trying to decide which to submit for the contest, and we'd appreciate your ...

I'm hiding in the closetwith an angel in my pocket;I shut the door and locked it.Just a feeling, but I can't stop it. My telescope between my knees,looking for a ...

Wow, I didn't realize how long it was! Maybe I should've put it in narrative poetry....or novels....Mid-winter: cold enough to turn the sky to gray,and cast a slight mist of ...

Someone turns the lights off, and soon the little boys in the video begin singing, their voices eerily resembling those of women, though somehow purer and more ethereal. Beside me, ...

Erin, an intelligent but slightly ditsy high school senior, has just been asked by Harvard's dean of admissions how she would be an asset to the college.ERIN: How would I ...

Candlelight and roses were never your thing.You told me a darker fairy tale that night,though I never would have believed it,dancing with you in the moonlit dark.The fire you preferred ...

Green grass, blue sky, brown earth.I am safe here, yes, I am safe. But I see it out the corner of my eye:A flash of white through the shadows,a ghost ...