Tick-tock
Here we go again
Blank walls and counting popcorn
The ceiling is slacking
Tick-tock
Wakefulness drags on
Leaving me with no chance
The moon rises
Bright and proud
Tick-tock
The sleepless...
His deep blue ocean marbled with wonders of green
Underneath that beautiful color multiplied
Mysteries that will never be unseen.
Creatures swim aimlessly trying to be untied
Others trying hard to...
Lights come out through the window-shades
Now I can see the stranger in the glass:
Distorted smile
The blues tunes are screaming on the radio
Raindrops take away remorse tears
I moan
My despair...
Quiet and still,
gazing down the slopes—
only blinking when necessary.
Vision flickers from one tree to the next.
Each never ending from top to bottom.
Taking in the large distance
between the...
Lockers Slam
Book Bags Zip
Clumsy chatter fills the Hall
Dry Erase Markers Squeak
“Good Afternoon Class”
Binders Open, Pages Turn
“Did you Do the Homework?”
Bam, Bam, Pow
Screams...
Once upon a time, there was a king so generous and kind. He would always wander across the streets in disguise to listen to his people’s conversations, their problems, and their thoughts.
One fine...
This inspiring poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, (1807 - 1882) was first published in 1838. It uses an ABAB rhyming pattern. Longfellow explained the poems purpose as "a transcript of my thoughts and...
Rachel Red, Contributing Writer
• November 19, 2017
One morning as tear gas ghosts waft from sobbing streets,
A little boy huddles inside a car.
The left door is missing. The boy remembers
Metal shrieking the previous night, and
Flares and flashlight...
Bugg Davis, Contributing Writer
• November 17, 2017
Close the dike for the day
And go fly a kite, but watch out,
Ellen will kick you
And the birds will lick you [cute].
Get ten cakes while you’re out,
Eat them all in one day
See a magic show- it’s...
Jack Reddecliff, Contributing Writer
• November 17, 2017
You do need sleep, go to sleep.
You can’t sleep 3 hours a night and function.
Coffee isn’t a replacement for sleep.
When stress drinking don’t choose liquor.
When stress drinking...
What happened that night was so strange, and yet so real. It seemed to have lasted for quite some time, yet it was only in a single night! I will try to explain it as best as I can. The details are so...