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The Raider Wire

The student news site of North Forsyth High School

The Raider Wire

The student news site of North Forsyth High School

The Raider Wire

Melting snow, a reminder of the coldness of loneliness, and that nothing stays forever.

Just Out of Reach

Wilbur Law, Staff Writer January 31, 2025

Connections. A foundation for everyone So it should come easily, all said and done Yet it doesn’t, with every stride you fall further into despair Looking at others with an envious glare Their...

The leaf that reminded me of her eyes.

Her Eyes

Reagan Hudgin, Staff Writer January 24, 2025

Her eyes are the shade of an autumnal Leaf Every time I catch a glimpse, I feel like a thief She completes me like a key to a lock I carry her on my back as I walk She’s too tired to go on So...

My Sister, My dog, Heidi, and I posing in front of the mountains of Tennessee.

Sisterly Love

Kinley Waltman, Editor-in-Chief January 17, 2025

Through every struggle, you were there, a quiet presence when the world grew loud. We didn’t need words, just the comfort of knowing we shared the weight.   In the silence, in the ache, you...

Flower Garden at The Biltmore (Asheville, N.C.)

Seasons of Life

Jackson Blackwell, Features Editor December 18, 2024

New years bring news seasons of life Struggles might come to cut you down like a knife But dreams are being born, and opportunities are arriving Potential is springing, and hope is thriving   Under...

Our sunset.

Fading Sun

Sadie Woodard, Staff Writer December 13, 2024

I begin slicing   Thinly displaying your layers   The deeper I delve,   The harder I cry   The stinging pain pierces my eyes   I start to shield but...

Time passing

Live in Time

Ross Akins, News Editor December 9, 2024

Time   You can't speed it up You can't slow it down We can't pause it We can live in it   As it passes people change They may change for good Or they may change for...

Kitty enjoying the spotlight

Cat Burglar!

Mylaina Earnhardt, Staff Writer November 27, 2024

Never one to bite, Ollie the cat Vanishes from sight. Elegant yet fat, Mischievous and quite Beautiful, that acrobat. Eventually, he might Reappear to steal your hat; Sneaky little cat!

A mist-covered field.

Desolate Mists

Cameron Simpson, Literature Editor November 19, 2024

Heaviness weighs on me like a blanket, Churning, Wavering, Waiting.   Sadness clouds me, Down, down, down I go. Trembling, Breaking.   Bleak eyes peer out of my...

Georgia Bulldogs Mini Helmet

Battle of the Southeast

Jackson Blackwell, Features Editor October 28, 2024

All eyes were on the big game Georgia versus Texas, with a throne to claim For the Dawgs to win, we would pray The Battle of the Southeast is underway   Both teams started slow A...

2022 First Four March Madness Game

The Madness of March

Jackson Blackwell, Staff Writer March 25, 2024

The ball is tipped Scripts will be flipped The tournament has begun Every team strives to be number one   Top teams will fade History will be made Unpredictability looms The winner, no one will...

Love!

Moments Before Junior Prom

Katelyn Tillotson, Staff Writer February 28, 2024

  Butterflies twist and turn throughout my stomach as the clock approaches four, the time he should be here. I run my hands down the front of my dress to straighten it, the sparkle of glitter and...

Oh, to be a kid again with no worries except when the next big wave is coming.

Oh, to be a kid again

Kinley Waltman, Editor-in-Chief February 13, 2024

  In the soft glow of twilight, I find myself wandering back, To the days of bare feet and endless summers, When time was a concept foreign to me.   No structured routines,...

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