Opus

Wayland Middle School's Literary Magazine

Archive for the 'Poem' Category

Abe ~Willliam Paik

How Must it be to be someone watching the Country that he held together and kept it from crumbling apart into little bite sized chunks. Imagine sitting not having a voice but letting your actions be the Inspiration of a person who would do something wonderful on these very steps How does he do it […]

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The soldier ~Dominique Griffiths

Have you ever cried for a fallen soldier, seen the blood trickle from his wounds like a never ending stream, as his face goes pale white–ice cold, eyes staring into the open sky; as his life spills on the ground like an endless puddle of death? Seen the faces of the family members as they […]

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Flames Extinguished ~Sarah Maietta

Although the sun may filter Through the leaves of sapling trees, To alight upon smooth stone, And melded steel, None of its fire will touch this place again. The souls that line these paths, Have ended their own journeys, In a chaotic order, Like a bird that suddenly Finds it cannot fly And instead falls. […]

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9/11 ~Amanda Sykes

As a three year old, everything was a mystery. I didn’t know of the innocent victims. Blurry memories show the surrealness. Streets were empty, everyone was hiding, playing a giant game of hide and seek. I did not understand. Now, I understand. Heavy wounds left deep scars on our country. Now, I understand: at the […]

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184 Little Light Bulbs ~Megan Wohlfarth

Silence ringing, the crunch of gravel bites the air. I hear the hum of a little light bulb, whose job is to illuminate the world from underneath a wing. How many of these wings is a parent or a child who was on the plane? My gaze focuses not upon the Pentagon’s facade, lighter on […]

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