friendship
Writing
In Orchards of Lemon Trees
By Kate Rosein orchards of lemon trees
we tiptoe, under the hanging yellow fruit
in blue moonlight, we will stay until
orange light leads us inside
Goosebumps and Gummy Bears
By Gillian KnaebelI am from hard worn leather beneath my feet.
Watching my second home from my favorite place,
4 feet above the ground.
From sounds of gymnastics filling my ears
to a layer of chalk and sweat that coats everything from my
Letters from College
By Megan SchrekHey, I miss you
School started yesterday and
I really couldn’t stand
You not being there
They had a pasta bar in the cafeteria
The germs wouldn’t mesh well with your hypochondria,
But the butter noodles were okay
Spaghetti Boyfriend
By Emma AndersonYou were my
Spaghetti boyfriend
Blonde
Full of spaghetti
That’s all I really
Know about you
You were my
Only friend
Bright
Full of potential
It’s strange how I don’t
Remember you
These Are My Friends
By Portia MillerI am me
They are them,
Three halves make a whole.
They are the oddballs
Nerds and geeks.
People with voices in their heads
And we love being weird.
We’re none of your labels,
And yet . . . all of them.
U, I, and Growing Up
By Eric Gunnarsoni, the definitive
the only you in the world
i am and you are individual
we are separate
we are absolute masters
of our individual perceived universes.
The Maple Tree
By Ramya ChilappaMarina Green had always been the epitome of normal. She got good grades, but they were nothing phenomenal. She was pretty enough, but no great beauty. She had friends (did one count?), but was nowhere near a social butterfly.
The Definition of Friends
By Caitlyn MumawThe dictionary defines a “friend” as “a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard.”
So are they homework answers?
Project partners?
A list of names?
None of the above.
New definition: