Untitled flash fiction by Angel Gomez (teen) 15th of May Hot day. Water was scarce and yet they still poured gallons of it to plants that were dead already. It had started last month. We were given a government issued warning through the radio. Everyone was in the chaos […]
Slam! Contact! Get out! — Flash Fiction Workshop
Published on :Today, the we worked on flash fiction–the shortest of the short story forms. Flash fiction is simply a term used for very short fiction; this could be less than 100 words, or 1000 words. There is no formal definition of a maximum word count, however, it is generally understood as […]
How to Smile
Published on :How to Smile a poem by Frissiel Juscamaita (teen) One teaspoon of friends For laughs and support Two teaspoons of best friends To call to when you need someone to talk to Three teaspoons of junk food To clear up your stomach when sad Four teaspoons of family members […]
How to Survive a Freestyle Rap Battle
Published on :How to Survive a Freestyle Rap Battle a poem by Sofia Priego (teen) Rapping is something that can come naturally. Or it’s something you just enjoy doing happily. It’s an outlet to express yourself and all your emotions, when you have feelings locked up inside going through the motions […]
How to Ignore People
Published on :How to Ignore People a poem by Lara Mirzoyan (teen) It sounds easy, but it’s hard to do. How can one ignore a person that takes life from you. They talk behind your back, you pretend you don’t know. You talk to them with a smile, bringing your confidence […]
Roaring 20’s Poetry Night
Published on :Hats, beads, glitter! It’s a 1920’s party with the added benefit of poetry. In Roaring 20’s fashion, teens shared their self-written poems under the spotlight. The performers were teens from all over our community—some from our own writing workshops and many from our local high schools. With the help of many […]
Student Open Mic Poetry Night
Published on :It was an exciting night filled with poems, art, music, and performances. In celebration of National Poetry Month, we held several poetry nights for middle school students and teens. Students in grades 6-8 from PUSD LEARNS after school program share their own self-written poems on stage. As part of a writing […]
Found Poetry – teens write!
Published on :Our March creative writing workshop was dedicated to blackout and found poetry. Blackout poetry is the poetic form of taking an existing text and blacking out words and lines to leave a new poem… The act of redacting or recomposing the original text by presenting the remaining non-blackened text as […]