TEEN ZINE Spring 2010

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CONTENTS

COVER IMAGE – JULIE GELZ

SIX-WORD MEMOIRS – TEEN ZINE MEMBERS

SQUIRREL – ANNA GALLAGHER

SWAN – ANNA GALLAGER

LIGHTHOUSE – ANNA GALLAGHER

DEAR MT. DEW – ANGELICA CATALDO

SELF PORTRAIT – ANDY FITZGERALD

DEAR CHEETOS – ANGELICA CATALDO

DEAR HOLLYWOOD – CLARISA CALDERON

BLUE BUNNY – CLARISA CALDERON

ONE NIGHT – JENNA MARSH

RAINBOW PIRATE VAMPIRE BEAR – TEEN ZINE MEMBERS

I GUESS I OWE YOU – ASHLEY GERVAIS

HEART TAKES AND LINE BREAKS – KELLY BROPHY

I’LL BE – MARK KROPKE

JELLYFISH HEART – JULIE GELZ

BE YOURSELF – JULIE GELZ

CLAUDIA – CLARISA CALDERON

WHAT I SEE – JENNA MARSH

WOLF BOY – CLARISA CALDERON

I HAD AN ‘A’ IN SCIENCE – CLARISA CALDERON

SQUINTY KITTY – ANNA GALLAGHER

THAT OLD COUPLE – CASSANDRA CALDERON

LAST YEAR – CASSANDRA CALDERON

WELCOME – ANDY FITZGERALD

BACK COVER IMAGE – JULIE GELZ

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Six-Word Memoirs by Brittany Berger, Andrew Fitzgerald, Jessica Galeba, Julie Gelz and Diamond Prus

“That’s what she said!” …….SHUT

UP!!!

Uh, no… I love life, mostly.

No, I didn’t see the light…

Took AP classes; definitely not genius.

I am not judging…out loud.

Wondering if it was worth it.

Christian? Yes, is there a problem?

I live in an iron cage.

Ex-boyfriend is now best guy friend.

He claims love, but does he?

Books are heroes, saved my sanity.

My music has become my life.

My heart is not a toy.

My best friend is considered family.

My dad’s a cop, fear me.

Home: Complete chaos, never quiet, love.

I laugh when I’m in pain.

My little brother is birth control.

Safe, calm, and loving. My grandma.

Safe haven is my lovely books.

My brother’s two, silence is cherished.

Food is the answer to everything.

When you fall, it is funny.

I just hit my head. Ouch.

I don’t care if you care.

My handwriting is never the same.

Lawrence. Jonas. Travolta. Life is good.

Fan fiction owns my soul. Yay!

I love my friends – they’re freaky.

Constitution should protect me from gym.

I hate wet floors. Boom. Ouch.

17. 5 surgeries. 6 stitches. Blood.

Andy needs help. But…lost cause.

My friends worry me sometimes. Always.

All I can do is *facepalm*.

Supernatural. Misha Collins. My life’s complete.

I ain’t got no more words.

Jes isn’t writing about me. Unloved.

I will wallow in a corner.

Hyper. HYPER! Time. Losing energy. *headtable*

My goal in life is accomplished.

I live under a rock. Always.

I eat my feelings. Every. Day.

Why does the world spin? Why?

Can my heart stop? Please do.

Teardrops upon the grain. Teardrops=rain.

Why are castles built in skies?

Never introduced to happiness. Never will.

I wonder where the fish go?

Lighthouse – by Anna Gallagher

Swan – by Anna Gallagher

Squirrel – by Anna Gallagher

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Dear Creators of Mountain Dew, Dew (ha ha pun…) you realize what you have done to today’s youth? (Not that I object, in fact, I’m drinking as I’m writing this.) Actually, my friends and I love you. I mean, not you, but the drink Mountain Dew. I love every single one of your flavors. Well, not *your* flavors, but Mountain Dew’s. Here’s a demonstration of how it makes me feel:

by Angelica Cataldo Self-Portrait – by Andy Fitzgerald

Dear Cheetos People, Next time your stupid chip’s orange stuff sticks to my fingers, I will wipe my hand all over your corporate cubicle boxes and suits and computer screens. Love, Unsatisfactory

by Angelica Cataldo

Hollywood, California Dear Hollywood

I keep hearing how most people want to be rich or be in a movie or be a pop star or whatever, but every

time I turn on TV I keep seeing messed up stars and rich people getting divorced or married. They may be getting wasted

somewhere or being cheated or cheating someone. Half of this information is probably lies but if they are why they don’t

sue who ever brought the lie to light is beyond me. My real question is why you have to have at least half your life on

cameras or pictures. I mean, I don’t really care if you want to tarnish your own reputation, but putting your divorces on

TV and replacing my cartoons with your problems and wasting my time is UN-FOR-GIVE-ABLE. The only stars I

haven’t heard anything weird about is Jack Black and I think Eddie Murphy.

From I don’t like you

by Clarisa Calderon

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Blue Bunny – by Clarisa Calderon

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One Night – by Jenna Marsh

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Rainbow Pirate Vampire Bear – by Members of Teen Zine

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I Guess I Owe You

by Ashley Gervais

I always enjoyed watching you from the sidelines, the audience, and the crowded mosh-pits. The shiny acoustic guitar that you always held on to so dearly used to make my abdomen convulse and my chest cavity respire. And the way the lights reflected off your hands always looked like summer across the wooden-floored stage. Every now and then I pretended that you were singing to me directly into my ears and every verse ended with my name. So I put you on repeat and played that concert in my mind (over and over again) because you take me away from everything, to a place where I belong, where it's always summer, and we create symphonies for the entire world.

heart takes and line breaks

by Kelly Brophy

another line drifts off the page because i have no sense when it comes to centering things words lines priorities life you name it a wrinkled page tells the story of how we met awkward and young sunburned on our cheeks because that's what summer means when you're young and awkward a little star universe fills the margins when i'm at a loss for words love words and kiss words and shh don't wake the others words words that don't mean anything when taken out of context a line break is thrown in somewhere between the third and fourth stanza because that's where my heart weakens and my insides heave to catch a breath and learn what break feels like

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I’ll Be

by Mark Kropke

Who is it that you need me to be

Just picture your life with the man of your dreams

Just close your eyes and tell me what you see

Make me the man that you need me to be

I can be the one to walk you in the sand

Shyly building the courage to hold your hand

Slowly giving you the kiss that takes you from the world

Doing all in my power just to call you my girl

Or I can be the one your parents hate

Pick you up on my bike for our first date

Take you to the country with a six pack of beer

And I'll show you why life's nothing to fear

I can be your sugar daddy and buy you the world

Give you the life you've dreamed of, as a girl

You can be the queen next to my throne

Fingers iced with all kinds of stone

I can be the man our kids call dad

The one they'll come to when they've been bad

Provider of food and piggyback rides

Even the tickle monster attacking their sides

So tell me now, who shall I be

What kind of man do you want from me

Tell me who it is from me you see

Tell me the man that I must be

Jellyfish Heart – by Julie Gelz

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Claudia – by Clarisa Calderon

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What I See – by Jenna Marsh

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Wolf Boy – by Clarisa Calderon

I Had an ‘A’ in Science

by Clarisa Calderon

I had an A in science Till you transferred in and turned it all around Where logic was firmly rooted The unbelievable pulled it out You make gravity disappear And I floated to the sky Unlike an apple, I won’t come down I once said not everything is possible You made impossible possible And built a code I couldn’t hack With a lock I couldn’t crack A sensibility and reality You make it disappear As my grades fall I still hold thy dear Laws of physics got Nothing on you

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Squinty Kitty – by Anna Gallagher

Welcome – by Andy Fitzgerald

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Last year I felt numb, stupid, useless, ugly, and talentless. You helped me feel smart,

beautiful, and amazing. This year I don’t need help and I listen to my friends’ lives, worries,

hobbies and talents like you listened to me. Thank you for allowing and helping to find this

personality my childhood self would want to be.

Last Year – Cassandra Calderon

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TEEN ZINE is:

Brittany Berger, Cassandra Calderon, Clarisa Calderon, Angelica Cataldo

Andy Fitzgerald, Jessica Galeba, Anna Gallagher, Julie Gelz, Zak Klehr

Jenna Marsh, & Diamond Prus

Please join us at our next meeting!

Call the Reference Desk (847-669-5386 ext. 21) to register!

Teen Zine is a publication of the Huntley Area Public Library’s Teen Writers’ Club (Also called ‘Teen Zine’), and includes members’

work as well as submissions from area teens in grades 6 – 12. The club meets once a month. If you would like to become a

member of Teen Zine, or submit your work for review and possible inclusion in a future issue of the Zine, please contact Karin

Thogersen, the Young Adult Librarian (kthogersen@huntleylibrary.org, or 847-669-5386 ext. 36), for more information.

Submission forms are available in the library’s young adult area, and at the Reference Desk (Don’t see them? Just ask a

Librarian).