W.o.o.t.s.

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by Alex H.
From the WITS Program at Alliance High School
Sun rising.
Sun rising
Growing older with me
Do you see?
What I see?
Sun rising
Growing older with me
Do you live the same sweet memories
As me?
Sun rising
Growing older with me
Have you climbed?
Those same green hills as me?
Sun rising
Growing older with me?
Will you say goodbye
To the world with me?

MOM KEEP YOUR HEAD UP
by Samantha N.
From the WITS Program at Alliance High School
Keep your head held high
Never let them take your self worth
Though they may try,
Your, smarted than they know
Your integrity is strong
And soon they will see it show,
Right now they are dumbfounded
But wait until it is over
Because no longer will you be [...]

Who Made Morphine?
By Alex H.
From the WITS Program at Alliance High School
I ask my self as I sit here in a dark, dark room with my thick old curtains sealed shut, only the little flickering light of the television peeking through. I am lost in a daze, a warm, tingling, funny daze. What a [...]

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by Dan S.
From the WITS Program at Alliance High School
I see the quarterback,
I’m ready to get the sack
He doesn’t see me coming
The crowds screaming
I’m ready to get the sack
I think he’s crying,
The crowds screaming
My teammates are going crazy
I think he’s crying,
I need to get another one
My teammates are going crazy
I love this game,
I need to [...]

Free Verse
by Alex H.
From the WITS Program at Alliance High School
He escapes the night
Searching for a perfect canvas to write on
When he walks you can hear the faint click clack
Of the rattling spray can in his pocket
He is a young, brown, strong, Da Vinci, and full of pride
He is ready to express himself so the [...]

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by Kalee W. from the Harriet Tubman Leadership Academy for Young Women
Submitted to WITSWOOTS
Shivers of fear
Distant cries of pain
Forgotten memories, coming back.
The fathomless thought of the future,
Of any future.
Anguish taking over my body,
Creeping down my back,
With the stabbing sensation of regret following
Closely behind.
The blatant dripping of leaking pipes
Filling my ears
Making them ring.
A wet trail of [...]

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by Nathan V.
From the WITS Program at Alliance High School
A winter foretold.
Prepare for the worst.
This curse will unfold.
The diminished: dispersed.
Prepare for the worst.
The godless triumphant.
The diminished: dispersed.
The luminous. The magnificent.
The godless, triumphant.
Blot the sun.
The luminous. The magnificent.
The end has begun.
Blot the sun.
The shrill of the dead.
The end has begun.
The ocean is red.
The shrill of the [...]

Religious Pantoum
by Jonah M.
From the WITS Program at Alliance High School
 
Our prayers to useless gods
They don’t seem to get replies
Isn’t it a little bit odd
How we are unseen to their “unmissing eyes”
 
They don’t seem to get replies
No answers from the clergy
How we are unseen to their “unmissing eyes”
Remains a bit of a mystery
 
No answers from [...]

Tucked amidst live music, sunshine, bustling PSU students, and the vibrant atmosphere of the Park Blocks was WITS Writer Laura Moulton’s mobile art exhibit- Object Permanence.
 
Working with scientist Jean Piaget’s idea that humans, when they are very young, associate meaning with objects, and remember those associations after the objects have disappeared, Moulton collected various objects [...]

The summer is upon us and school will soon be over. WITS programs are wrapping up in the various schools and our latest anthology is in production. Because of this, WITS’s WOOTS is switching over to a summer schedule. We will still be updating and posting student work for you to enjoy. The biggest change [...]