The Writers’ Block
2013-2014
A Simple Brownie Bite By Amanda Yager The crunch from the walnut sounds like fall leaves being stepped on by friends taking a stroll in the park. The rich, dark chocolate in a way melts in my mouth, but the soft texture comforts my teeth as I continue to chew and chew, until I swallow the brownie bite with delight. They’re chewy, but not like Laffy-Taffy chewy. Kind of like those Sour Patch straws. But this fills my body with a warm, rich, chocolate feeling. Probably one of the best brownie pieces I’ve ever eaten. From the side, you can see all the walnuts that are packed into such a small bite, almost as if they’re asking for help to get out, but cannot be heard. The aftertaste leaves the walnuts embedded in the crevices of the top and bottom of my teeth, a memory of the singular experience.
How I Write Poetry By Nayla Zylberberg I don’t think I’m the best at writing poetry because My sentences run together And I have too many syllables And not enough adjectives And sometimes I feel like rhyming But I do so with inappropriate timing And people tell me that my poems are too “story-esque” Then I ask what the hell that’s supposed to mean And they respond with an air of self-righteousness That “this needs to be shorter” And I say that I’m sorry and I’ll fix it But in the end, I don’t want to shorten it at all Because whether it’s too wordy With not enough punctuation and too many run-on sentences I know that it’s something I wrote And can be proud of Even if To some It’s more of a story than a poem.
Anderson High School
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