Opus

Wayland Middle School's Literary Magazine

Archive for June, 2011

The Warrior

The Warrior by Luke Xu On a night of flame and hate Lay a child marked by fate, Upon his eyes a blinding scar One day to spread his fame so far. As robbers upon the house did raid All but that one child was struck by blade. As rain drenched that grisly night That […]

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A Seasick Sea

A Seasick Sea by Maria Arenas An ocean totters back and forth, seasick. Its waves, like cobalt hands, pull forwards and clench at the shore in frenzied escape. But with a smirk, and a shrug of its pale green shoulders, the sea foam rolls the thinned out, glassy waves back into its not so homely […]

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The Words of Rena Finder

The Words of Rena Finder by Melissa Smith Words cannot describe Your story. They cannot feel sadness Or pain. They did not go To Plaszow. They weren’t saved By Schindler. They can Inform others. They can Tell a story. They can Trigger emotion. They will Help us remember.

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Silence

Silence by Paul Longnecker lurking around at night hunting people’s snores and other mysterious noises cutting through the air severing every sound it drops in at the weirdest times stilling all the commotion then it leaves like it was never there restoring everything to the way it was before

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Flex

Flex by Tyler Rice The clock is like a ticking time bomb. The work space is a jail cell, holding me in. The pages in the text book are endless like space. The other students are flies, buzzing round me.

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