Papers Poetry & Prose Volume V: An Anthology of Eighth Grade Writing, Volume 5

Students at Pierce Middle School

iUniverse, Sep 15, 2010 - Fiction - 164 pages

Middle school is a crazy, busy, confusing and difficult time in our lives. Papers, Poetry & Prose is a look at the middle school experience through the eyes of eighth graders. The young authors openly discuss the passions in their lives, the pain and the joys. It is a collection of stories, memories and poems that capture all that they are focused on. Inside you will see the importance of friendship, family, sports and acceptance. Papers, Poetry & Prose will remind you of how challenging it is to be a teen. Enjoy their heartfelt words.

Contents

• Gone Forever: 1
• Friendship Means: 2
• The Accident: 3
• My Passion: 5
• Stitches: 6
• Broken Arm: 7
• Untitled: 9
• I miss you: 10
• My Great Friend: 11
• Untitled: 12
• My Aunt Jenny: 13
• SUMMER: 14
• Taekwondo: 15
• Untitled: 16
• Untitled: 18
• I Miss You: 19
• Rosy: 20
• Broken Arm: 22
• GREAT NFL DUOS: 23
• A Baseball Story: 24
• Buzzer Beaters: 26
• Friendship: 27
• Best friends?: 28
• Fourth Grades Pains: 30
• Miss You Two: 34
• My Hobbies: 35
• Baseball the Best Sport in the World: 36
• Always: 37
• Milos Story: 38
• My Dog Riley: 40
• Dad: 41
• 1: 42
• My Baby Brother: 43
• Pieces of a broken heart: 44
• Memories That Will Never Fade Away: 45
• Right Hand Man: 47
• The Campsite Ghost: 48
• Green: 50
• Thunderstorm: 51
• Soccer Story: 52
• Broken Ankle: 53
• Letter to Mr Plautz: 55
• Collision with Disaster: 56
• GETTING BIT BY A DOG: 58
• Without you: 59
• Gone but Never Forgotten: 60
• True Beauty: 62
• Technology Abuse: 63
• The Tears Spoke For Me: 65
• The Close Game: 66
• My name is Chris: 67
• For Petes Sake: 69
• HUNTING: 70
• Untitled: 71
• Amazing Vacation: 72
• Emily M Gilbert: 74
• As Time Goes By: 75
• Clumsy: 76
• Magnum XL200 The Hypercoaster: 77
• Slavery: 79
• ALASKA: 80
• Heaven: 81
• Zoey: 82
• Words of Lies: 83
• Do you remember?: 85
• I Dont Know What to Do: 86
• Tyler: 89
• The Pain Ill Never Forget: 90
• Untitled: 94
• Tornado Alley: 95
• The Ocean: 96
• A Soccer Balls lifestyle: 97
• Nail In My Foot: 99
• The Struggle: 101
• GRANDPA: 102
• The Battle Within: 104
• GUITAR: 113
• How I Got Stitches: 115
• Ride: 116
• Basketball: 117
• My Brothers Messy Room: 118
• Lacrosse: 119
• Cancer: 121
• This is the Most Redundant Thing Ever: 122
• One Little Teardrop: 123
• What is Soccer?: 125
• Runnin Into the Unknown: 126
• Cherry Red Dodge: 131
• High School: 132
• Speed Demon: 133
• Untitled: 134
• Runt: 135
• Basketball Brings Out My Family: 136
• The Bracket: 138
• Biking: 140
• My Dog: 141
• The Divorce: 143
• No Longer Mine: 144
• Untitled: 145
• I Will Be There: 147
• My Sister: 149
• What It Was: 151
• FRIENDS: 152
• Never Thought Id Have to Go on Without You: 153
• The Alien: 154
• The Black Eye: 155
• If You Give a Monkey Peanut Butter: 156
• The Tragedy: 157

About the author

Writing is hard work. In writers workshop the students tried many different kinds of writing. They wrote essays, narratives, editorials, feature articles, short stories, memoirs and poetry. They attempted to try writing from new perspectives, with different not so obvious narrators, creative and detailed settings, science fiction and historical fiction plot lines, important themes and work that was important to us. As they tried to improve as writers they found that the work that seemed to drive them was the work that came from their hearts. Things that happened in and around them was what they most wanted to write about. This publication represents those things that are important in their teenage lives. Each student chose only one piece to contribute to the book. We hope you enjoy the snapshot of eigtht grade life from all of us at Pierce Middle School in Waterford, MI.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Papers Poetry & Prose Volume V: An Anthology of Eighth Grade Writing, Volume 5
• Author: Students at Pierce Middle School
• Publisher: iUniverse, 2010
• ISBN: 1450258964, 9781450258968
• Length: 164 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Anthologies (multiple authors)