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The Delta Statement

A Winter’s Coat

A Winter’s Coat

Jack Vernon, Social Media October 2, 2018

I wake up and it’s dark and I have no idea where I am at, it feels like just a couple seconds ago I was with Jack and the rest of the family being loaded onto a weird bird thing in what seemed to be...

The Artist

Madison Kalia, Copy Editor October 1, 2018

I stare at the wall. I have no choice but to look at it. I sit too close to see anything else. So, I look at the not-so-ever-stretching plane. I wonder to myself why this wall decided to become a wall...

Our Home, Ninovan

Our Home, Ninovan

Hailey Alderman, Staff Writer April 15, 2018

Your majesty can not be defined. Gliding through the air with wind under your feathers. Unafraid Your world has been taken over Two legged creatures destroyed the home you knew from birth For...

BLUE 

BLUE 

Lajuana Banger, Staff Writer April 1, 2018

I saw her today, with her lace white dress and those tie up sandals I saw her today with her brown hair and perfect skin Yes I saw her today, the one that took you away The feeling of...

I am a tumbleweed

I am a tumbleweed

Kjirsten Whitsell, Staff Writer March 26, 2018

Lost in the winds of the gyre inside my mind… Ever tightening never ending Down                 Down                                 Down                ...

peace; dot dot dot

peace; dot dot dot

Stormy Ferrell, Publisher March 24, 2018
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A secret that went untold  

A secret that went untold  

Lajuana Banger, Staff Writer March 23, 2018

I wanna know why her Was it because she was better than me? Was it because you liked her more? You see you don’t just get to taunt with peoples' feelings.... I can see myself closing my eyes...

A Leaf

A Leaf

Wenqi Hu, Staff Writer March 23, 2018

A leaf Stain in the napkin We sit around the table Wasn’t aware of time It slipped through the footprints of the brook We dance Above a leaf Clinging to it We drift down along...

Love Carried On

Love Carried On

Merissa Pittman, Staff Writer March 22, 2018

It’s warm today. Wind barely blowing. And I thought of you. This time it’s different. Difficult. I still smile. I still laugh like the joke was just heard. As if, it was a dream. Wish...

Just Call Your Mom, Just Call Your Dad

Just Call Your Mom, Just Call Your Dad

Selby Matyakubova, Staff Writer March 22, 2018

When you’re depressed, your mind is gone, You’re all alone on a battlefield, Don’t be afraid, just call your mom She'll make you feel relieved. When life seems hard, when you feel bad, And...

When Time Stands Still

When Time Stands Still

Rebecca Dickson, Staff Writer March 22, 2018

When time stands still Will we be locked in this moment forever? With this string attached to our hearts Over miles and miles away. When time stands still Can my soul race back to you To stand still...

Here I Sit

Here I Sit

Hailey Alderman, Staff Writer March 22, 2018

  Here I Sit as the jay bird beckons from a distance that makes his sweet song barely audible. Wind kisses my arms and legs, with her sweet lips she brings cool Air that rushes over you. Leaving...