Bad Dreams
Lyndzeahia Gardner, Staff Writer
January 9, 2020
Bad dreams are scary pictures in your mind Bad dreams are you going blind Bad dreams is your brain fighting fear Bad dreams are you stuck in the same year Bad dreams is a spirit filled with hate Bad dreams is you as food on a plate Bad dreams are unfortunate pasts Bad dreams...
Motivation
Siarrah Taylor, Staff Poet
December 5, 2019
Breathe…don’t think about how school is harder to learn than Japanese. What’s happening...I went to choir now all of sudden I can sing ...,but that don’t mean nothing to me because I have this I don’t care mindset about school, it makes the hours longer but I don’t notice, I need home mo...
The World
Savannah Brown, Staff Writer
November 14, 2019
My heart is going crazy and beating so fast I feel like I’m about to crash on the floor, I’m on the floor and looking and looking there’s no place to call home. Mass pain, no gain I’m riled up it’s all a game with evil characters and evil people in the world. How can anyon...
Ocean of despair
Abigail Noll, Swoop Producer
October 3, 2019
I’m drowning in my thoughts, In an ocean of despair, But I wasn’t always like this, I wasn’t always here. I was walking along an ocean shore, With my feet in the damp sand, When a wave of sadness swept me off my feet, And suddenly I couldn’t breathe, Suddenly I couldn’t speak, Suddenly...
Love is pain, but I love it
Tirsit Enbackom, Campus Editor
October 3, 2019
My heart, It beats, pumps, Breaks, repairs, hurts, And many things more. My heart quenches with the Thirst for love, And the pain in it. But how much does one’s love, Tied with the pain, Consume before it snaps? They fade like a shadow illuminated by light, Fade like the falling sunset that...
A Family Trip to Ethiopia
Nikoy Rooyakker, Staff Writer
May 6, 2019
It was in the fall of 2018 when the day the rest of my family and I had been waiting for finally arrived. The Rooyakker family was going to Ethiopia. We had been waiting for this trip for years, and had saved money aside so that we could see my Ethiopian family again. We were flying into the capitol...
Stereotypes
Justin Cowan, Staff Writer
May 3, 2019
Black people jump high White No Black people fast White No Black thief White No White smart Black No White rich Black No White weird Black No These not true Not Black or White but all We all nee...
Memory of Snowfall
Apollo Oase, Staff Poet
March 18, 2019
Snowfall Fluffy flakes Swirling in wind Delicate six sided crystals Snowflakes dance through the sky Thick white powder blankets the ground Collecting on bare tree branches Ground covered in snow Beautiful and unique Feathery crystals Snowfall...
Soul
Ellie Voge, Quill Editor
October 10, 2018
The place where you keep your identity safe and alive. My soul is alive and full of creativity. I feel on top of the world. One second later I’m losing the light in front of me that has been there since I can remember. The things that come naturally to me are always somewhere ...
Back to School
Apollo Oase, Staff Poet
October 9, 2018
Summer begins with sleeping in Camping, boating, setting up a tent Fishing, bug spray, time well spent Road trip to Grandma’s far away Hiking, cooking, learn a new song Netflix, gaming, here we belong Playing at the beach on a sunny day Swimming, surfing, playing in the sand ...
Song of Courage
Lila Lindberg, Poetry, 7th Grade
October 9, 2018
… I miss home, This isn’t home, not yet I’m overwhelmed I am confused I don’t understand Then I look up at the sky All is still It is beautiful It will never fall So neither will I I will get up I don’t care about the drama, or rumors This is all me ...
Greenville: The Utopian City Turned Dystopian
Kacee Wells, Fiction, 8th Grade
October 9, 2018
Greenville was a city created to solve the pollution crisis. There were the good years, the lost years, and the last year. I was one of the three founders. The other two fell to greed. I was always a natural born leader, but that's the problem. So was Glenn. Let’s just say she wanted to lead, just h...
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