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Questioner by Stephen Kenyon from Lincoln High School Published in the 2007-2008 WITS Anthology I Once Was Young and Strong (Available for purchase) Where am I? Maybe I’m nowhere Maybe somewhere I could be in the center of the universe or at the edge of some farout galaxy. Perhaps I am in the mind of [...]

Literary Arts’ Writers in the Schools program is pleased to announce several student readings in February. The readings feature student authors who worked with our writers during the fall semester. Writers-in-residence and classroom teachers will read with the students. Readings are free and everyone is welcome. Cleveland High School Tuesday, February 3rd at 7 p.m. [...]

House of Capricorn by Megan Ferguson from Metropolitan Learning Center Published in the 2007-2008 WITS Anthology I Once Was Young and Strong (Available for purchase) She’s trying to listen to her father’s voice, she tries to hear the words behind it, leaning into the bluish shadows of their forest green minivan. June, and although she [...]

All great writers had their beginnings somewhere! In 2007-08, Writers in the Schools placed 25 writers in 73 classrooms to lead semester-long writing workshops with students. During this dedicated writing time, students experimented with poems, plays, fiction, creative nonfiction, and graphic novels. Students wrote about themselves, their families, their friends, and the world we all [...]

The Drawing by Adriana Rojas-Echenique from Grant High School Published in the 2007-2008 WITS Anthology I Once Was Young and Strong I draw two people face to face. Contour lines almost touching, stories intertwined into the shape of her mouth his eyes. Two lines all I know of the secret written there.

This Life of Women by Isabel Burri from Open Meadow High School Published in the 2007-2008 WITS Anthology I Once Was Young and Strong 5 years old “Mommy, why do I have these holes in my face?” thunder thighs thick glasses in the first grade self-doubting kind of women 9 years old “You’re the one [...]

In Light of Matches by Emma Brown from Cleveland High School Published in the 2007-2008 WITS Anthology I Once Was Young and Strong 1. Johnny Cash fell into a burning ring. 2. Bright colors that faux witches feared in Salem. 3. Gooey marshmallow, chocolate, and graham-cracker creature. 4. A force in which to make things [...]

The Shortest Word by Dylan Jones from Grant High School Published in the 2007-2008 WITS Anthology I Once Was Young and Strong What a word “I” So much, in so little a word Who you are And what you will become Contained in a single letter

A Different Kind of Cathedral by Melissa Wood and Harriet Tubman from Jefferson High School Published in the 2007-2008 WITS Anthology I Once Was Young and Strong Walk, walk, walk It’s the only way No planes, trains, or cars Up the street And up again Across the busy street, You’re practically there Expanding, expanding The [...]

Encyclopedia Entry: F by Sarah Habibi from Lincoln High School Published in the 2007-2008 WITS Anthology I Once Was Young and Strong Encyclopedia * F * Fingers Fingers. We all have them. Well, most of us do. And the cool thing is, they’re not all the same. There are long fingers, fat fingers, short little [...]