The January Scribe

Meet the January Scribe- Me! An amateur writer and musician who loves expressing my feelings through art. Reading, writing, and playing music have always been favorite hobbies of mine. I believe that EVERYONE should get a chance in the spotlight.

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Confession

The January Scribe

1 min read

“What did you do?”

I stabbed him, what does it look like?

“What did you do!?”

I don’t mind, I’ll drive myself to jail if I have to.

“WHAT DID YOU DO!?”

Don’t sit here and tell me again why what I did was wrong....

Poetry

Drama

Finals Day

The January Scribe

1 min read

Someone taps their pencil repeatedly

The steam rises.

Someone smacks their gum a little too loud.

The steam rises.

My well-intentioned teacher speaks to someone across the room, and I can hear it from here.

The steam rises.

Every little noise irritates me

But if the steam comes out of my ears

I’ll never hear the end of it

But still, the steam rises

And I don’t have a say....

The Thirsty Fire

The January Scribe

1 min read

If desires are a flame, then I am a wildfire.

I will burn this hopeless forest to the ground

And rebuild it as something new.

If the ranger has me,

I will rid him of his power

And take it as my own.

I will grasp each and every one of these wild animals

In my wild fist

Unti they bow their sylvan heads to me.

I will stop at nothing to spread without being extinguished.

I will stop at nothing to k...

Poetry

Drama

A Sleepy Haiku

The January Scribe

1 min read

I slowly drift off

Into a fantastic world.

Finally, escape....

Poetry

The Bored Girl

The January Scribe

1 min read

“I’m so bored!”

Cried the girl,

“I’ve nothing to do,

My brother is stupid,

And my friend has the flu!”

Her mother said kindly,

“Well, dear, here’s the truth:

That feeling of boredom

Can help you cut loose.”

“But how?”

The girl enquirered,

Perplexed as can be.

To this, her mom replied,

“Well… what do you think?”

The girl stopped for a moment

And pondered the words

And she got an idea

About a new w...

Poetry

Humour

New England

The January Scribe

1 min read

You hide your children from me,

Assuming I belong to China,

Or maybe Russia,

The big, bad commies.

That’s what you assume.

Nobody knows why I hover in the New England sky,

High above your average suburbia,

But you are scared of me

Just because you can’t see the face behind me,

But it must be someone hostile.

That’s what you assume.

I don’t know why I’m up here either,

But you are terrified th...

Poetry

Mystery

I Trusted You

The January Scribe

1 min read

I trusted you then

And look what happened to me

Look at the knife wound...

Poetry

The Dead Musicians’ Support Group

The January Scribe

2 min read

The room looked rather peculiar. Sure, it looked like any other Al-Anon meeting or whatever was taking place. There were a few chairs arranged in a circle, and one of the people, sitting towards the head of the group, had a clipboard. But it was a blank room, almost ghostly- especially the people sitting in it.

Oh, and the banner that read: _The Dead Musicians’ Support Group_.

The woman with the...

Humour

Follow The Leader

The January Scribe

1 min read

Follow the leader

In the early hours of the morning

Follow the new leader

In the dying hours of the afternoon

Follow the new leader

In the dark hours of midnight

We never stop

But we change the leader

So that no one person

Is responsible should something go horribly wrong

But it won’t

Because we follow the leader...

Poetry

Glass Half Empty, Glass Half Full

The January Scribe

3 min read

Barefoot, I creep into the next bedroom over. Dark and cold, I rush over to the figure lying in the bed.

“Mariana!” I cry, “Mariana!”

My sister rolls over, her light brown face smudged with dirt and her black hair rumpled from sleep. Her eyes are still closed, and she greets me with a grunt.

“Mariana,” I say again, walking into her room. “Where is Papi?”

“Papi’s at work, Julio,” she groans, tu...

YA fiction

Drama