Adapted from “Julia” by Wendy Rose Moon-painted, soaking green eyes, The warm, smooth, tender doll on my bed Reflected, hair so dark Rose from the summer sun. Tell me it was just a clever joke, That above the confusion You floated slowly In the mirror, magic love burnished bronze By my side, Lioness with [...]
Senior Debates 2012 The Senior debates are always fun For Juniors, Seniors, Sophomores, Freshmen, everyone And this year was no exception Because the 2012 senior elections Brought out some propaganda that was great None of them filled with hate (Unlike the current presidential race) The senior elections moved by with a quick pace For a [...]
One Year Later The amount of things that can happen within a year Are innumerable and enough to fill many ears Some are good and some are bad And some make us happy and glad Others make us regretful, full of shame Others add praise to the U.S. name Others bring tears to one’s eyes [...]
It should not have happened. That doesn’t change the fact that it did. We can either move on or mull it over. Though people say, “Let it go, and carry on. Life is too short for us to live with regrets.” Of [...]
Remember me when… There are smiles to share We laughed because we didn’t care You eat an ice cream cone You use the phone Your heart is torn You’re feeling worn You’re stuck in a hole There’s heart and soul You feel you can soar You burst through [...]
It had been several weeks that Ryan lived with Lauren. He’d been enrolled in a new school, which he hated, applied for several jobs, which he didn’t get, and met several new people, who all ignored him. Overall, he was seriously regretting the move. Lauren Forsythe was nice enough, he supposed. She didn’t get upset [...]
The worms slide through her eye sockets, Like threads trying to stitch vacant button holes Back into sight. Poking into the dark of blind, Not noticing the emptiness of their world, The void inside the body of Jane. Futile workers, optimistic and busy, In the absence of the sun. Don’t realize they are the only life [...]
Everywhere the trick or treaters run In costume, collecting candy, and having fun Hay Rides run around town Carrying cowboys, aliens, and princesses in big gowns Look left, look right You’re sure to get a fright Normal houses become haunted for a night Covered with fake spiderwebs and wrapped up tight Ghouls, ghosts, and gargoyles [...]
Lauren approached the table tentatively. She nervously tucked a piece of blonde hair behind her ear and smoothed out her skirt before sitting in the boxy wooden chair. Talia stumbled in after her and collapsed into the nearest chair without any regard to grace or courtesy. She nodded to the round-faced woman across the table. [...]
Ryan Chance was most definitely not a happy camper. All morning long, he’d struggled with his case worker and several members of the janitorial staff over his clothes. They thought he should look nice for his new family; he stubbornly thought otherwise. “Why should I look all dapper if it’s just pretend?” he demanded while [...]