17. Tie Dye The Sky
Florence is moved to poetry by a couple of breakups in high school, and then finds enlightenment in France. And then decides, eh, France was...
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17 episodes16. Violets Are Blue Forever
Karen nearly fails a class in high school trying to finish her novel, in which a troubled young girl gets mixed up with speed.
15. War Bats
Matt discovers poetry, looks at the Shakespeare's sonnets, and thinks, eh, I could do better. Also, politics.
14. The Music of the Heart
Demka works out her orchestra-crush by writing her feelings into a novel. Her first boyfriend reads it, and marries her.
The Diamond Sword
Briana's school assignment becomes a trilogy. Emotions run high as telepaths fight with demon swords.
13: Memorial
Ethan finds his voice in slam poetry, processes the loss of old friends, and finds some things work better on the page.
12: Wishes for Library Patrons
Phoebe makes strides to stay an individual while balancing two high schools and a library gig. Parents magazine proves invaluable.
11: Americana Madonna
Melissa discovers poetry, rocks out to black sabbath, and eats some low-cal hearts.
10: A Thanksgiving at Cookwillow
Luke learns a meaningful lesson from a clown in an elevator that helping the elderly is not an activity meant to benefit him. Well, maybe th...
9: Bouts of Alienation
Kalila writes a semi-autobiographical book for NaNoWriMo, gets feedback from an idol, and is forced to decide between being Proust or Bukows...
8: Resign
Christie discovers heartbreak, and subsequently, poetry. Meanwhile, while her friends murder each other via Axl Rose fan fiction. Yes, High...
7: Answer
A 4th Grader defeats Darth Maul and saves the universe before helping the Bulls win the championship. Then he goes to high school and experi...
6: Sweat The Small Stuff
Ben gets tired of cutting weight for wrestling, writes about weight for film, and decides cutting film will be a lot more fun .
4: In The Tent
Ryan rips off Saving Private Ryan to beat me in a writing contest, and some scouts try to remember what they're supposed to do when they enc...
3: Young Moss Won't Clean His Room
Moss gets published by Poetry.com. I know, I know, but he's on the first page. And you should hear what he has to say about BBQ Ribs.
2: Love Screw
Sara revisits and processes some hella high school feelings with her poetry.
1: Present Enemy
Our First Episode! Meg shares an assignment from school. It was supposed to be a thesis paper, but it somehow turned into a story about a hi...