“The Hymnal,” by WITS Student Lily Trinneer
November 19, 2015
The Hymnal I am the hymnal and I have heard prayers. You call them prayers, I call them hopes Of a mother who drank away her youth.
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“I Used to Be a Small, Thin Bone,” by WITS Student Aubrielle McNeil
November 17, 2015
I Used to Be a Small, Thin Bone I used to be a sloppy flower afraid to take bloom, but now I seem to walk the clouds, ruling over all that crushed me. I seem to be a small, thin bone too shy to find m...
“I Used To,” by WITS Student Joseph Hairston
November 16, 2015
I Used To I used to worry about my life: what will make me finally draw that smile, what makes me chase the dreams. But as soon as I hit high school, things weren’t as they seem.
“My Blankie,” by WITS Student Daniella Edwards
November 6, 2015
Daniella Edwards wrote this comic while a student at McClure Middle School in 2014-15, with WITS Writer-in-Residence Greg Stump.
“Light,” by WITS Student Jaeden Caldwell
November 5, 2015
Light My mind is like a light bulb getting switched on and off. When I get turned on my mind explodes with ideas, all filling my brain with different things to do, write, play.
“Silent,” by WITS Student Elena DeMaria
November 3, 2015
Silent The buzz of cyan, teal, turquoise against my eyelids so different, yet so alike Whoosh, I’m gone A shadow of a man needing redevelopment The A-frame taking a spot in my shell of a self then f...