They Say
Imogene Ragan, Staff Writer
December 3, 2019
She doesn’t exist they say, She will never exist they say, But she knows in her heart She will always exist. She’s crazy they say, She’ll always be crazy they say, And she knows she might be A little crazy. She doesn’t matter they say; She doesn’t need to matter they...
The Vessel
Melody Scott, Staff Writer
November 15, 2019
Loving and hating; laughing and crying; relationships and disconnections; these things make up the vessel of life. This “vessel” as I call it isn’t always the easiest ride. The ocean blue waves around me seem to Always crash and collide, Its white seaf...
Music Has Lost Its Soul–Where’d It Go?
Katie Harrill, Staff Writer
March 20, 2019
There was a point in time where music meant something important. It was raw and vulnerable and full of soul. Singers played their instruments instead of using technology to create sounds. The artists could sing without autotune or voice filters. The records were real; they were true and organic. Now...
Anywhere North
Holley Murray, Staff Writer
May 19, 2017
Your veins have begged you to run since the first beat of your heart. It’s a call you can’t ignore forever, but after three hours of driving toward Anywhere North Of This God-Forsaken Place, trees turn into looming soldiers lining the highways with their guns pointed at heaven, finger...
Ode to Despondency
Emily Stocksdale, Literature Editor
May 19, 2017
The sun’s descent beneath the clustered buildings of Paris gave confidence to all night’s shadows, even the most fickle in spirit, and they drew to huddle amongst the tattered scraps of paper and piled dust on the streets. Huddled, too, against the back of a young man, barely upon the age of eight-and-ten,...
A Letter to a Pessimist from an Optimist Who Thinks Like a Realist
Diana Rodgers, Web Editor
April 18, 2017
I could tell you to smile, To let your tear stained face go dry, Because there is so much in the world to look forward too, To cheer up, Because the sun is shining high and the birds are singing out their heart song; But it’s not true. None of what I just told you is true. I could...
The World Spins Too Fast for Me to Keep Up
Holley Murray, Staff Writer
April 18, 2017
I struggle to decide if the significance of life outweighs its brevity as I stand in a crowded subway station, shoulders hunched and surrounded by people with different lives and families and late-night insomnia prayers. I can’t help but look at each person passing by and wonder what they’ve seen:...
As Seniors In High School
Diana Rodgers, Web Editor
December 19, 2016
Life gets bolder. The weather gets colder. We grow older. As seniors in high school, the weight of the world seems to rest on our shoulders. Words grow sharper. Nights get darker. The world becomes starker. As seniors in high school, our worldviews become clearer. The...
A Collection of Poetry
Noah Smith, Opinion Editor
December 7, 2016
The following are three poems that I have written. They all follow a central theme of love; however, I always try to keep my creative writing ambiguous in order to allow more people to relate to it. My personal favorite of these three is definitely Sunday Morning, but I hope you enjoy all of them! The Road I Ta...
The Things We Were Told
Leilani Gibbons, Features Editor
November 7, 2016
At 4 am, When it's too late to go back to sleep, And it's too early to start the day, Remember the things you were told Remember that your mother Called you pumpkin and peach With a sweetness that stuck like cavities Making homes in the cracks and tight spaces Remember...
Us
Jack Kern, Staff Writer
May 26, 2016
Time goes by, bringing some, and leaving far too many. Life creates to watch its creation flourish. Life is the novelist, and Time is the passionless publishing company, telling Life that what it has made is not enough and denying its work, a piece entitled, “Humanity.” Life nurtures and cares...
Fragile
Danielle Stone, Staff Writer
May 23, 2016
Everything was perfect, But only for a moment. It couldn’t last Because no beautiful thing can. It was a delicate thing, Fragile, as if made of glass, And it cracked Right under his fingertips. All at once, Everything shattered. In the glass cascading...
Imogene Ragan, Staff Writer
October 26, 2020
COVID-19, commonly referred to as the coronavirus, has changed many aspects of people’s lives, including work, schooling and daily routines. As an example, many stores now...
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