Your Poems Your Stories: What’s Your Story
Anyone who travels, works, lives, or breathes, has a story. Some story.
“We walked down the mountain but when we had almost reached the bottom it was dusk and we got lost among the big rocks … we wound up walking for hours along a narrow ledge in the dark, with a precipice to our right and trees all around … we could see the village to our right but then the electricity went out and all the lights of the village went dark … “
“We built our website in 1999, then realized it was the wrong niche so we dropped it to follow other endeavors. Three years later we found out the website had climbed to the top without our realizing it and we were suddenly making …”
“When we were 7 years old we lived in Ireland. We used to hitchhike around the country and sleep in abandoned castles … me and a group of kids … I can’t remember if we were supposed to be in school”
“When I first saw my wife she was in an office, she walked in and out quickly and gave me a passing glance. Five years later I met her again but this time it was in a bus …”
“My mother home-schooled me for a year when I was 9. I spent most of my school time walking around the beaches and getting lost amongst the tall reeds, attending theatre classes, and making artwork out of shells. When I returned to public school the following year, I was ahead of everyone in my class and eventually I had to be advanced a year in school …”
“My first job was for a newspaper. I wrote about the latest weddings and engagements. We always had to write about the theme of the party and what colors would be used. One day I accidentally reported on the wrong color and the newspaper got a phone call from the bride …”
“I wanted to be the first to … “
“I always dreamed that one day I would ….”
“We picnicked under the same birch tree every spring time until …”
“I saved up for three years before I bought my first ….”
Everybody has a story. We like to tell each other our stories sometimes. In long car-rides, at dinner parties, while waiting for the bus …
What’s your story.
At Your Poems Your Stories we are always interested in publishing your story. We like to hear what you have to say – about anything.
by Anna Williams