Writing/Poetry:
Hi Everyone! Welcome to Week-45!!!! Happy Month of the Leprechaun for those of you who celebrate or take part in what I'm talking about! If you do, enjoy! I hope you find the well-awaited pot of gold! Make sure to share it with those in need! And so, without further ado, I shall share OUR news and then go straight into the little treat I have prepared for this rainbow pot of gold of a month!
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Introduction to this week's post!
If you may or may not have heard, already, but this post is a poem! It's part of my writing edition! I wrote this post almost entirely spontaneously, then shared it online with the Young Writers' Project Community, and the response was very positive! For those reasons, I decided to share it here, so I could learn about your thoughts! ALSO I LOVE POETRY!
Author's Note:
I wrote this poem after hearing Billie Eilish’s “Halley’s Comet” for the first time. I have always believed that songs hold stories, so whenever I find a song I like, I look it up on Genius and read the lyrics and the songwriter’s inspiration. When I came across the name Halley’s Comet, I realized I didn’t know what it was. I searched it and learned about its history, and the idea of someone living long enough to see it twice fascinated me. This poem grew from that thought, but it also became the story of two best friends who carry each other through a lifetime, all the way to the moment the comet returns.
Fun Facts:
* I actually entered this poem in the 2025 Scholastics Art and Writing Awards, and this January, I was informed that it had won a regional honorable mention!
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Halley’s Comet
I was ten when the sky cracked open,
and fire spilled out like molten glass through the sky.
The fair smelled of caramel and dust,
and I was scared of how bright the world could get.
You found me near the cotton candy stand,
clutching my ticket to the Ferris wheel like a liferaft.
And, you laughed, pointed upward, and said, “It’s just light.”
At eighteen, we unlocked the door to our college dorm,
boxes piled high with mismatched dreams.
We burned toast, studied late,
and talked about how the comet would return
when we had learned a thing or two about the world.
We promised to still be watching.
Years slipped by like songs on a playlist,
some we replayed, some we let fade.
We built our lives on different streets
but never missed a birthday, never missed a call.
We wove our days into a ribbon that tangled through time.
And, just like that, seventy-five years passed,
and the comet came again, arriving exactly as promised.
We sat side by side in folding chairs,
the same sky glowing over our wrinkled hands.
You nudged me, grinning.
“It’s just light,” you said.
And I laughed–
because after all that time,
you,
my very own light,
were right.
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Comment Prompt:
1) Comment an idea for a miscellaneous blog post that you'd like me to go in-depth on! Maybe I'll write about it! Just let us know in the comments below! :)
2) What are your thoughts on the poem? What does it remind you of?
3) How can this poem be improved?
4) Share your own writing, as long as it's appropriate, I say that with a smile, but please be aware, that we have many teenagers coming to our website, so we want a healthy and positive environment! :)
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Check out my writing on other platforms! The formatting is better! :)
Medium: https://medium.com/@shivali.patra/halleys-comet-5c94853e6ecb
Young Writers' Blog: https://youngwritersproject.org/explore/writing/halleys-comet
Google Docs: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gQnrFEasrtOs_p7RYfmROiIbENOPW-pyVXG12uapepc/edit?usp=sharing
Cya folks, next month! ;)
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