Category: Teenager

• 1108, college edition

  The Bustle in his Bedroom The Weekend after Drop-off Is loneliest of industries Enacted by the Mother — The Sweeping up of Bookshelves And putting Clothes away We shall not see used again Until Thanksgiving (nay! Christmas) — —————————————— One thousand pardons to Miss Dickinson, and to readers who are a little tired of my…

  Jenifer

  September 5, 2014

  Emily Dickinson, Family, Humor, Teenager

  poetry

• The boy stands

  The boy stands and bounces, holding the edge of the sofa, humming sloppy raspberries,

  Jenifer

  June 7, 2014

  Aging, Childhood, Family, Teenager

  poetry

• Prom night

  Corsage scratches wrist; shoes pinch little toes; fingers clenched; dizzying

  Jenifer

  May 22, 2014

  Childhood, Family, Teenager

  poetry, tanka