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Across the Ocean

Abby Marks, Staff Writer
March 21, 2018
To the Beach We Go

To the Beach We Go

Leilani Gibbons, Editor- in- chief
February 28, 2018
The significance of the wings is to resemble the meaning of the poem. The angel represents that I will follow you to heaven, or I will chase through hell to make sure you are okay. It was intended to help my friend get through a hard time in her life, and I hope she is doing well.

To My Friend

Lany Campbell, Staff Writer
December 21, 2017
A supposedly ordinary Friday takes a terrible turn. Can Eli make it through this day in one piece?

Fatal Friday

Ramya Raja, News/Sports Editor
December 20, 2017
“The two were dark and light. Black and white. Yin and Yang.”

A Boy and His Bird

Grace Wood, Staff Writer
December 20, 2017
“Now she can handle the pain. It is the little voice in her head that reminds her of how long she’s handled it that haunts her.” - JmStorm

I Remember.

Anna Anglin, Staff Writer
November 9, 2017
A knock at the door shook him from his stupor in front of the television, and as he stood, scraping his feet slowly along the floor, several bottles clinked in protest.  A man in a black suit stood waiting for him.

Trivial

Emily Stocksdale, Literature Editor
May 19, 2017
You are driving beneath vandalized tunnels and six feet of your own indifference, writing pages and pages about yourself in the second-person as if to project that apathy toward an invisible You. You’re me. I just don’t admit it, because people get uncomfortable when others acknowledge the fact that we’re all driving away from something.

Anywhere North

Holley Murray, Staff Writer
May 19, 2017
The art was used with the permission from a DeviantArt user who wished to stay anonymous. “Theres a gender in your brain and a gender in your body. For 99 percent of people, those things are in alignment. For transgender people, theyre mismatched. Thats all it is. Its not complicated, its not a neurosis. Its a mix-up. Its a birth defect, like a cleft palate.” ~Chaz Bono

I Am a Prince

Diana Rodgers, Web Editor
May 19, 2017
The sun’s descent beneath the clustered buildings of Paris gave confidence to all night’s shadows, which huddled amongst the tattered scraps of paper and piled dust on the streets.  Amongst them, a man contemplates life and its overwhelming consequences.

Ode to Despondency

Emily Stocksdale, Literature Editor
May 19, 2017
He had promised never to leave her.  Now, as Lucy stands by the river, she wonders how he could have fallen back on those words.

Stiff as Granite

Emily Stocksdale, Literature Editor
May 19, 2017
The next few days are the same, thinking about the trees and dirt outside, thinking about God, thinking about finding a new job, thinking about her. Some days she comes home and when it’s sunny outside, I’m on the ground and she’ll sit beside me. We’ll talk about our day and write words into the dirt before going inside to wash our hands and make dinner.

Rot

Ashton Bruce, Staff Writer
May 15, 2017
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