These fantastic poems were submitted by Traleia McCorkle, Faith Rhodes, and Yasmine Bryant and deserve a huge shout out. Yours and Mine Yasmine Bryant Meade Senior High School When the night falls And the day is over I come home to you. When my nights Get a little bit colder I come a’runnin’ to … Continue reading High School Contest Poetry Honorable Mentions
High School Contest Fiction Honorable Mentions
These three stories by Louis Rosenberg, Zaina Abdin, and Maddie Hudson are fantastic and deserve a major shout out. Chamber 452 Maddie Hudson Squeak. Squeak. Squeak. The left wheel underneath Arlo’s blanketed legs creaked with every rotation. The sound echoed off the sterile white panelled walls. Arlo coughed violently, then leaned back in his wheelchair, … Continue reading High School Contest Fiction Honorable Mentions
High School Contest Poetry Third Place
Things, Things Yasmine Bryant Meade Senior High School Things, things, I've got things for days. I've got white things, and black things, And all the colors for things in between. Things that make me happy, Things that keep my warm memories safe. And when things get a little tough, There’s no need to worry. I’ll … Continue reading High School Contest Poetry Third Place
High School Contest Fiction Third Place
The Tooth of Time By Lucas Nieman Montgomery Blair High School “There’s no right turn on the map,” I told our ranger, Allen, over my shoulder. Our crew gazed up at the Tooth of Time, its peak looming over the wide plains of New Mexico. The sheer thousand foot cliff face and its uncanny resemblance … Continue reading High School Contest Fiction Third Place
High School Contest Poetry Second Place
Dymond By Shakya Joseph-Hall Meade High School My little girl A rose couldn't compare to your beauty The love I have in my heart for you shines like no other From the time I wake to the time I sleep You are always there for me We rescued you but really You rescued us … Continue reading High School Contest Poetry Second Place
High School Contest Fiction Second Place
Delilah's Song Janie Pitner Montgomery Blair High School Rrrrrrr r r r I turned the key of the ignition 90 degrees as the rumbling of my battered, old yellow station wagon started. Skreeeeeeech As I began to backup my slanted driveway, the exhaust pipe dragged against the ground. At least the … Continue reading High School Contest Fiction Second Place
High School Contest Poetry Winner
Grapefruit By Faith Rhodes Oldfields School The colors of a summer night’s sunset, engulfing a sphere. Sprinkles of sugar fall of the sides of the spoon, dancing onto the fiery soul. Once a soul full of rage, now calmed by the dancers. Younglings purse their lips when the sunset rests upon them. A galaxy … Continue reading High School Contest Poetry Winner
Enough
By John Grey Enough is enough. It's also a strip mall where the woods used to be. And a housing estate that doesn't know from cornfields. And people are indifferent. While they sleep, the big box store is chewing up the pond. Everything's cheap, they boast but I remember what my mother … Continue reading Enough
Brace For Impact
By John Patrick Robbins I wrote it out perfectly the letter would say that which few ever cared to admit. The news wouldn't shock anyone. Most in all honesty wouldn't bat an eye. Another writer takes his own life leaving behind the page and nothing more. I had no children. I had no wife. I … Continue reading Brace For Impact
A Find
By John Grey Poetry disturbs homeless man who finds coffee-stained magazine in trash barrel, while his comrades in the alley pass a bottle from hand to hand, catch a drop or two of liquid on the tongue, a holy elixir for the wildwood state of no comprehension required. He huddles in a corner as … Continue reading A Find
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