W.o.o.t.s.

Untitled 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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

Untitled 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 [...]

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 [...]

Untitled 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 [...]

Untitled 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]