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Metuchen High School's Student Newspaper Since 1948
Fully Digital Since 2023
Current Editor: Kaitlyn Hsueh
After Hours
Lights out The house asleep Silence save for crickets chirping The occasional car revving past I gaze at the moon Its light shines...
Nicole Bellows
Jan 23, 2024
The Dark Angel
In a realm where shadows fell, under the moon's arcane spell, In a land untouched by the dawn, where light had long since withdrawn,...
Aidan Bernstein-Lundy
Dec 21, 2023
Snow Falls on a Lonely Place
Snow falls on a lonely place. One figure stands stark Against the darkness. Piercing eyes protrude from The shadows, a gaze fleeting yet...
Chris Caccavano
Dec 21, 2023
Forced to Mature
The older siblings got their childhoods But where did our’s go? Being forced to mature No accomplishments were new We weren’t ready to...
Johanna Indyk
Dec 11, 2023
I Didn't Understand
I shouldn't have taken you for granted. I didn't understand it. I was never honest with you. I never really liked you. But we liked the...
Lillian Kupersmit
Nov 27, 2023
The Moonlight Carnation
In the garden of whispered fears, blooms a flower watered by tears, A bud of beauty, pure and bright, nurtured by sorrow's quiet night....
Aidan Bernstein-Lundy
Nov 27, 2023
It Runs Deep
It runs deep in our blood Like every grain of sand far below the ocean Like all memories our mind buries Like all the deep-seated...
Nicole Bellows
Nov 20, 2023
Heliotrope
Sunlight collapses upon the floorboards of ash and echo held together by footprints from the morning after a harvest moon spiraling...
Erin Hart
Oct 24, 2023
Erode the Soul
fall. crumble. dissipate into Nothing until remains… dissolve, let your soul leak through the Cracks …but how to fill the gaps? from...
Chris Caccavano
Oct 24, 2023
Life Awakens
Moss creeps up the tree bark, Petals flutter to the ground Seeds break out of their shells beneath soil Lush plants sprout in their wake...
Nicole Bellows
Oct 24, 2023
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