Stories tagged with "stage"

  • Place to Think

    I understand this. The grass, with the chalk lines. The two frames with white netting. How one ball is the only factor of win…

  • Misguided Rain

    The rain is falling-
    upside down
    falling up, from the muddy
    grass, the dark pavement
    under my feet
    like a reflection gone
    aw…

  • Thank You Inspired by text

    Everyone was clapping for us. I felt amazing. It was like Wes and I had suddenly become famous. Nick came up to us. He turned…

  • To The Stage Inspired by text

    Joe and Wesley came back shortly after. We sat on the beach for a while, until Mrs. Jonas came and told us we had to head ove…

  • Burn, Boy, Burn

    Its time to lose the picture.
    Its time to move on.
    Time for the next stage.

    Burn, Boy, Burn

    I want to let go,
    So I will.
    I …

  • But Alas, She Could Not Fly Inspired by text

    But alas, fly she could not.

    I watched in horror as the cable supporting her body snapped like a twig in a heavy wind. As if…

  • Butterfield Stage {nanowrimo} Inspired by text

    “What bout them” Ruth nodded toward the masked riders?
    _“Spect their wait’n for the Butterfield stage,
    being their carry’n…

  • A Night at the Theatre{April14,1865} Inspired by text

    The curtain rose for the play Our American Cousin.

    In the audience was a Captain in the Union army, sitting next to him was …

  • My First Time Inspired by text

    I stepped out on stage the lights were bright and hot.
    I started sweating almost immediately.
    Maybe it was nerves being my fi…

  • Roses for Emma Inspired by a photo

    My first bouquet of flowers was an arrangement of pink blooms. As we filed off the stage, all six of us five-year olds, dress…