(Onstage is a young boy/girl sitting in front of a desk and a computer with a web camera. The recording is projected onto a screen on the back wall of the stage, or wherever.)
Riley: Hello, my name is Riley and I am 16 years old. This is really weird to be talking to a camera and knowing people will see this. I feel like a freak. (Riley chuckles nervously, as if embarrassed.) I've seen a lot of these on the internet and I thought I'd give it a shot. It seems to help a lot of people. I guess I should tell you a little about my self to start off. I am currently enrolled as a junior in high school and my favorite class is Algebra II. I know that
Poetry
Poetry is
Chains
Restraints
Fences
Boxes
Barriers
Vines wrapping around the throats and pens of poets who try to express emotion and scenery
It blocks true meaning with rules and rhyme
In order to have that perfect rhyme, you have to choose one word over the other, the one will be what you want, the other will be a settlement in order to follow those rules of poetry. Instead of choosing the word that will best express your true meaning, you will have to use a word that is less fulfilling in order to abide by the rules and beauty of rhyme.
In other words...
You are rhyme's bitch in order to please the reader's itch in order to stitch th
The Year In Review 2013 by AccountTo-BeDeleted, journal
The Year In Review 2013
A LOT of things happened in 2013 to say the least. I'd say it was equally good and bad, bur that the good outweighs the bad all to nothing. Got kicked out of two houses... had a sweet love and I lost it.... but found one that's even better. Quit school in my 4th year but joined a different program. Got in touch with long lost people but lost touch with some that I love. Barely made any new art but reminisced about the good old days since 2011. Can you believe I will be starting my 4th year on here? I have no idea where that time went, but I don't doubt that it was time well spent. I didn't work on my book project AT ALL but found out that I