By: Ursula Machi Somewhere, beyond the mounthills, In a lantry far from being recembered, Lives the vulrow. When it flies, it spreads ferills, When it shries, it is Febmember. It hunts woldoe. The vulroe lives alone, the only birl. It sits sad in thje talees; lonating. Never finding anocend. There will never be such curlons Quite [...]

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By: Kevin McGonigle “Fight! Fight to the last man!” The sounds of battle rang across the field, the sounds of horns, drums, clashing steel and men dying. This was nothing new to Jean, war was his life for the past fifteen years. He had joined his mercenary company when he was 16, that was back [...]

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By: Bethany Lewis Driving down the PA Turnpike Radio playing “There You Are” Mom and dad in the front seats Eating cheese and crackers on the way to New Jersey American Diaries book in my hand As we head into the tunnel, the radio fades out Skip forward Singing and dancing with my sisters “Come On [...]

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By: Bethany Lewis I slammed the water bottle to my lips and threw my head back until the bottle was almost vertical. By now I knew better than to drink slowly. One mouthful, two, three… Coach’s voice rang out behind me. “Ten, six, two, one, you’re done!” Not bad. I put down the water bottle [...]

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By: Ed Rosenbusch What a great museum you have wrought, With the Lions, Tigers, and Bears you’ve sought. To make this place perfect to you, For they do not morph or change from view. For that is what you want, To nevermore let them hunt. In your museum they stay forevermore, Only change for you [...]

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By Ellie Riedel   Tossing and turning Wondering why My stomachs churning The reason’s clear as the sky Passing it off As the heat Maybe a cough I’m being a cheat If it was the heat Then why would I be cold If it was a cough Then why would my voice be bold Finally [...]

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By: Kevin McGonigle I hate myself and where I’ve been I can’t seem to find my way home again The world is cold the faces dark I can’t find the light it hides from sight The ones called friends all turn their backs I can see now that there is no return The leaves are [...]

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By: Bethany Lewis He was almost starting to wish he hadn’t been the one to survive. Well, all right, that wasn’t quite true. What was true was that he had already had to tell three men’s families about their last moments, and he still had to face two more women. At least these two would [...]

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By: Ed Rosenbusch The waterwheel creaked as it slowly turned one revolution every thirty seconds while the cogwheels meshed with the teeth of the gears and hummed like a hive of yellow jackets.  As long as these sounds resounded throughout the basement of the Blackwell house, the villagers of Puddle-Basin did not have to worry.  [...]

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