veronicafletcher

The violins' notes are sweet and fine, Two short zips, one long whine. Long bow flits across the strings, A melody full of pizzazz and zing. Next, trombone takes center ...

Today I stood at the Gates of Hell. Not in truth, but at an exhibit In a garden In a place where flowers are the grass. How odd to stand ...

Chapter One: As Pathetic as Ron Ginny opened her eyes as the scent of bacon filled the air. She poked around for some clothes, which was rather hard, as almost ...

Prologue This story starts out as most adventure stories do: a plain, everyday person whose life is changed forever when someone places a great burden upon their shoulders. You know ...

Chapter 1: A Hamster Is Born The fresh litter of newly born hamsters opened their eyes. The runt of the litter slowly crawled over to her food bowl and nibbled ...

Prologue Long, long ago, giants ruled the Earth. Not the “fee fi fo fum” kind of giants you hear about in storybooks. No, these giants were the gods of Genovian ...

Jamie stood there, bat in hand. Her father lay dead at her feet. She dropped the bat, and knelt down next to him, weeping over his bloodstained body. She sat ...

Plip. Plip. Plip. Plip-plop, plip-plop. Plip-SHWASH! Plop-KACHANG! SHWASH! KA-CHANG! SHWASH! The gleaming metal fountain Turns on in the morning. Starts with a trickle, Like a dove’s coo. Building a

When autumn comes, The leaves fall off the trees Like that piece of homework you threw away and “forgot” to show to your parents When the teacher gave it a ...

Down in a valley, a quaint little town is nestled in the hills, as snug as a bird in its nest. The grass on the hills is tainted aqua with ...

Grass, what hides underneath your long green locks? Levi, who swings on his stomach, pretending to be Superman. Mushroom, are you an umbrella for insects? Levi, who runs screaming from ...

Sticky sweat dripping down my face. Neighborhood kids running in a race. Eating ice cream, swimming in the pool, ANYTHING to help stay cool. Hopscotch on the concrete, The hot ...

I cough. I wheeze. Suddenly, my lungs feel As if they were Filled with water. My throat feels as if it were a clogged drain. The coughing fit won't stop. ...

Six cold black statues, Each with small beetle-like eyes. They stare right through My very soul. Why are they frightened? I can see fear in their eyes. Why are they ...

Today is the day I go into the woods with my two best friends, Eleanor and Anna. Into the woods, into our secret little clearing. It is a perfect days ...

Plip. Plip. Plip. Plip-plop, plip-plop. Plip-SHWASH! Plop-KACHANG! SHWASH! KA-CHANG! SHWASH! The gleaming metal fountain Turns on in the morning. Starts with a trickle, Like a dove’s coo. Building a