"Ticket to a Child" by Rosanna Oh - When it stormed, as it often did on many moonstone evenings, the lights went off in all the houses. Our town expected it before summer left and water veined the streets, pouring and cementing wells of muddy broth...then silently misted into September clouds. The moisture slinked into the candlelit walls of the house, diffusing a dusty mildewed odor throughout of dead wood. Sometimes during random bouts of heat, the house itself yellowed, soiled by earthenware wafts; the marble floor seeped with sour sweat, of the sewage in the innards of our neighborhood. I didn't want to spend my vacation doused in pork smells but, more importantly, I didn't want my future in-laws to think me as just an incompetent paleontology major at a decent university...

untitled short story by Amy - Cat creeping. Dog barking. Snoring coming from Pedre's room. The rustle from behind the bushes... Wait! The rustle from behind the bushes! What is that!? Whoa! Oh-oh-noooooooooooooo!...

"Once Upon a Fairy Tale" by Kristen Kells - Once upon a time there lived a young woman. This young woman was unique for many reasons, but perhaps the most interesting of them was the fact that she was best friends with Blanche Brown. That young woman is I. My name is Melinda. You don't know me, but I'm sure you know Blanche, better known as Snow White...

"Inveigle" by Rachel ArceJaeger - Think of the apple/That smooth, golden apple/Whose shimmering skin/Caught the eye of sweet/Atalanta...

"The Tuna Chronicles" by Jake Winkler - How gracefully the tuna swims/Gliding smoothly through the crystal water/With its shiny silver fins/Sadly awaiting its slaughter...

"The Firmest Raspberries" by Marina Bessel - You asked me to paint you a picture./Remember?/I laughed at the cliche but asked you what of./And you said: Anything./As long as the Earth serves as the canvas...

untitled poem by Aryel Heller - Two runners race/Across a starry sky./The pace quickens,/As they race against time./Passing by books, blood, super novas...

"The Note" by Derek Gideon - His parents sobbed when they received the note,/The postman trembled when he delivered the note...

Read more poems and stories by teen writers in the Pomegranate Words Archive.