The Poetry Project was ongoing from early 2013 through April 30, 2014. It invited readers to submit prompts, which I turned into poems. The prompts were quite varied and let me stretch my skills, like doing calisthenics. The project is over, but the poems remain.

She has the most biggest challenge yet! Enter Liv Valentine. “You have two months, to make Mr. Cutie over there to fall for you, make him reveal it and embarrass him in front of the whole school” Ever since she could remember, Liv was the most popular girl. She is the girl every guy wants and every girl wants to be. Until she meets Blake, the new boy and Liv find herself rejected for the first time in her life. Her best friend makes a bet out of this and Liv –confident as ever- accepts the challenge. But the task soon proves to be harder than expected. How is she going to make a person fall for her, when he doesn’t even acknowledge? In two months no less! Also she has competition. Who? Her best friend, it seems she doesn’t want her to win this bet. Will she win? Follow Liv, through this funny, humorous journey and watch as she learns new things. 78% Cliche 100% Original plot. Try to figure out how that works ;)

A few years down the line and the One Direction boys are both exactly the same, and completely different. Harry's gone overboard with the girls, Zayn's on the verge of an overdose and Niall just doesn't care about anything or anyone. Set in the bustling city of New York, it's about time the boys got together and started afresh...Maybe this time it won't fall apart.

Callie Picket,the-fat-girl-next-door has a big fat secret. Well, a secret she's been successfully hiding from her oh so sexy apartment neighbor Chris Walker. In their first meeting, he mistakes her for a fat guy and she does nothing to correct him. "That awkward moment when the man you love doesn't know you're a woman" Very over-weight 22 year old girl Callie has a mega crush on her hunkie new apartment next door neighbor Chris ...(age 24). The thing is, since Callie is so overweight, Chris mistakes her for a guy but she doesn't tell him the truth because they've become buddies and she doesn't want to lose that bond with him. Then Chris makes her start going to the gym to lose weight and as the pounds comes off, Chris begins to see these changes...like Callie starts to look more girly, and since he's a total playboy and lady lover, he starts getting attracted to her while thinking that she's still a "he". Basically, he thinks he's going gay. Will Callie ever tell him the truth as her lie begins to take its toll on both of them as she and very confused Chris becomes closer? Or will he be the first to finally see her for what she truly is? A Big Fat Liar.