Author: lwortley

  • A TURN FOR THE WORSE

    by MICKAEL

    I was coming to school and I seen a
    bird following me. Then I went in school.
    Then I seen it staring at me again. I run,
    then it started running.
    After that I lost it.

    Then I went home as fast as I
    could. Then the next day I went to
    school and seen my friends. Then
    we went to class and after last
    period I left, then had a wonderful day.

    Then someone tried to steal my things.
    So I ran back and told my mom.
    She tried to kill him because he was
    trying to kill me.

  • TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE

    by ERIC S.

    Everything went well and the rain
    fell. My heart raced as I
    leaned in for the kiss. First
    time kissing in the rain? Yes.

    I went to the store and I saw
    my friend stealing. I felt as if I
    started to steal and we left.
    Next thing I noticed, I had
    something in my pocket. Bad
    influences, I guess.

    Video games everywhere! Under the
    tree and in my room. I felt
    so excited. My heart and blood spread.
    But, it was nothing but a normal
    Christmas.

  • UNTITLED

    by ERIC S.

    A fairy tale is not fake and never will be.

    A true story will make me crazy.

    A lie can make me happy.

    Windows are not made of glass
    doors
    do not have knobs.

    Fans do not blow air.
    Heaters don’t give heat.

    Stories do not give…something.

  • THIS BEAUTIFUL NIGHT

    by AUSTIN

    This beautiful night,
    Your shining eyes,
    As you prowl through the forest.
    Hunting your prey,
    Ready to strike.
    You move,
    Stealthy, unseen,
    Unkillable as always.
    You approach your prey,
    Your gleam in your eye sets them off,
    and they run.
    But you’re fast,
    Faster than the ind.
    And you strike them down,
    With one blow to end it.
    And you’ve won it.
    You are the champion,
    Mr. Wolf…

  • HOW TO LISTEN

    by KYLA

    Don’t think
    Don’t speak

    Don’t move.
    Just sit on the leveled park bench.

    Hear the musical notes blowing
    along the chords of the violin.

    Hear the finch’s symphony
    as he reinvents Mozart.

    Take your ears and use them
    as guitar picks; so you can

    experience the guitar’s thrashing melody.
    Use them as a bow for the

    world’s smallest violin. That way
    you’ll see that no sound is too small.

    Use them to ring each
    bell in the choir of the bells.

    String them up like puppets so they
    can hear from a composer’s point of view

    as he instructs an orchestra.
    Seat them at the front of the theatre

    so that sleeping beauty’s fatal gasp
    rings in their memory.

    Let them sink to the Titanic so
    they can hear the song

    of the blue whales.
    Then, you’ll know how to listen.