AmandaBrookeWrites

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Spider Bite (A Ballad)

Poem / Poetry

Feb 02, 2013

The Booksie Classic House

Innocence is taken away by something so simple. The first glimpse of pain sticks with you but surely, it's not the end of the heartbreaks and pain. Read More

Fragments (Crooked Mirror)

Poem / Poetry

Feb 02, 2013

The Booksie Classic House

A poem about being born broken but the world tends to make it worse and all of a sudden you're shattered; you've become a fragment of a crooked mirror. Read More

Tickling the Ivory

Short Story / Romance

Feb 02, 2013

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Alicia never thought it imaginable for her to marry, but she reaches the night before her wedding ceremony with fears and second thoughts. Will she let it all unravel into the happiest day of her life or… Read More

Please Be the One

Poem / Poetry

Feb 03, 2013

The Booksie Classic House

I promise it is not what you expect and that when you are done reading it you will not what it is about because the whole thing is a metaphor for my life. Let me give you… Read More

The Lying. The Crying. The Prying

Poem / Poetry

Feb 03, 2013

The Booksie Classic House

Inspired by the definition of beauty that the world has encouraged. Read More

What Kills Me

Poem / Poetry

Feb 03, 2013

The Booksie Classic House

It's easier for me to be completely vulnerable on paper than it is for me to say it face to face. Read More

That's a Wrap!

Poem / Young Adult

Feb 03, 2013

The Booksie Classic House

Old Poem about being scared of the future. Read More

Overturned

Poem / Poetry

Feb 03, 2013

The Booksie Classic House

I never curse in my works but I made an exception for this one. Read More

The Art of Writing

Poem / Poetry

Feb 03, 2013

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Why I write and what makes it art Read More

Pulling Daisies

Poem / Romance

Feb 03, 2013

The Booksie Classic House

I wrote this poem when I was in the seventh grade, I believe. It's an oldie but it meant a lot to me at the time. Read More

Transparent Me

Short Story / Thrillers

Feb 03, 2013

The Booksie Classic House

Julie Taylor is sick of her life at home and she decides to runaway. Things, however, aren't unraveling the way she thought they would. Impulse is a dangerous weapon. Can she simply run away because life gets… Read More

I Am Patriot

Book / Action and Adventure

Feb 04, 2013

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We've all been lied to. For over a century, Human beings have been brain washed and forced into indoctrination in the country of Stigma. Emily is awakened from what she believed to be a normal life when… Read More

Fear of Freedom

Poem / True Confessions

Feb 09, 2013

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Freedom can be a scary thing. Can you handle it? Read More

Mommy, I Can Touch the Sky

Poem / Historical Fiction

Feb 09, 2013

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Inspired by the Industrial revolution spreading to the United States. More mother son relationship then industrial Read More

Just Reveal

Poem / Religion and Spirituality

Feb 09, 2013

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A free verse written in an odd rhythmical pattern to explore the omniscient God. Read More

Feed My Sheep

Poem / Religion and Spirituality

Feb 16, 2013

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Instructions. His are the best! Read More

Dear Beloved

Book / Poetry

Feb 18, 2013

The Booksie Classic House

A series of poems for a future husband I haven't met of course Read More

Hardest Goodbye

Book / Young Adult

Feb 24, 2013

The Booksie Classic House

Lily and Evelyn Evans were more than sisters; they were best friends. Despite the three years apart, they did everything together. After one last piece of advice, Lily was gone breaking Eve’s heart when it was ruled… Read More

Oh! The Agony

Poem / Young Adult

Mar 16, 2013

The Booksie Classic House

I am going to choose my words carefully because of those I know on here that will take my words and might twist them completely. This poem is inspired by my High School's coffee house where many… Read More

Eat Her Words

Poem / Young Adult

Mar 16, 2013

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Inspired by past experiences Read More

Blink. Brink. Sink.

Poem / Young Adult

Mar 16, 2013

The Booksie Classic House

No one will ever begin to understand this poem, but it doesn't mean that you can't relate to it. Read More

This Is Home

Book / Fantasy

Mar 18, 2013

The Booksie Classic House

Aubrey O'Malley never had the desire to find her biological parents until two years ago when her father died. With the annual father daughter dance nearing, she's struggling to not think about her biological father. One day… Read More

Needing Escape

Poem / True Confessions

Apr 01, 2013

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Sometimes, I really just want to get up and leave. I want someone to just help me forget! Read More

Eternal Prison

Poem / Other

Apr 01, 2013

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I'm so sick of this eternal bondage that allows no freedom. I'm sick of strict rules. I'm almost an adult and the leash has not be released from their tight grasp. I love them but I wish… Read More

Somethings Never Change

Poem / Young Adult

Apr 03, 2013

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Somethings never change, but I really wish they would. NOTE: I write poetry to vent, and although it's not the best thing you've ever read like Edgar Allen Poe - it doesn't give you the right to… Read More

Eternity Alone

Poem / Young Adult

Apr 04, 2013

The Booksie Classic House

I'm tired of sleeping in a room by the house of neighbors that don't stop fighting. Either work it out or get a divorce, but I suggest you work it out. Read More

Weeping for Humanity

Poem / Literary Fiction

Apr 04, 2013

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Look how far we've fallen, it's a shame. I weep for all ofus Read More

"In Memory of"

Poem / Young Adult

Apr 04, 2013

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I got carried away at first and then I got extremely lazy...so I'm sorry for the poor work ethic exhibited in this poem but I encourage you to read - you actually might, MIGHT relate ABOUT :… Read More

The Game of Hearts

Book / Young Adult

Apr 21, 2013

The Booksie Classic House

Back in middle school when I was a hopeless romantic, I wrote a story about a girl in High School named Penny and a baseball jock named Nick. These two struggle in their Senior year graduation challenge.… Read More