One and Only
The Sunset Mesmerizing in all its radiance Brilliant shining lights peeking out and illuminating every shadow it can find As I gaze into...
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Metuchen High School's Student Newspaper Since 1948
Fully Digital Since 2023
Current Editor: Kaitlyn Hsueh
Matthew Lifton
Subtly Sweet September
The spots of subtle sunlight shine upon the patches of grassland The light of summer lightly breathing in and out upon the foliage The...
Aidan Bernstein-Lundy
A Stranger In The Night
On this dark night, I walked alone. Seeds of suspicion soon were sown, As the blackbirds that once had flown lay dormant in their leafy...
Chris Caccavano
Graduation
I wonder if time will stop In that brief moment When my cap is suspended in the air Floating higher Lifted by the wind Reaching out to...
Nicole Bellows
The Thing That Looms
It rises from the depths Harboring and stirring like a monster Wrestling me down with its bear grip on my mind I’m waging a war within...
Lillian Kupersmit
White Containment
I like containment. I like arrangement. To be laid out, not entirely bare. Only the milky cover is visible. I am what you want me to be....
Aidan Bernstein-Lundy
Traffic of the Soul: A Poem
In the labyrinth of my mind, Thoughts race like reckless drivers on a crowded highway. Each junction a choice, Each decision a road sign...
Aidan Bernstein-Lundy
Icarus’s Descent
In soaring dreams, I dared to rise, With waxen wings, through azure skies. Oh, how the sun's embrace did call, A siren's song, my sure...
Nicole Bellows
The Thing that Looms
It rises from the depths Harboring and stirring like a monster Wrestling me down with its bear grip on my mind I’m waging a war within...
Lillian Kupersmit
Mystic River
The mystic river, a clairvoyant tale A test to see who will flourish or fail The current flows through you and brushes your sides...
Aidan Bernstein-Lundy
The Corner Of Lexington And 34th Street: An Unsent Letter
My Dearest, Do you remember the donut shop on the corner of Lexington and 34th Street? God, I’ve forgotten what it was called. Isn’t it...
Aidan Bernstein-Lundy
Desire's Dance
In the time of midnight dreams, where nothing is quite as it seems, There grows a hunger, a yearning deep, a secret the heart forever...
Lillian Kupersmit
Your Resolution
My resolution? There is nothing to resolve. The wounds are still raw And nothing will absolve Is that against the rules? I know I’m...
Nicole Bellows
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...
Aidan Bernstein-Lundy
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,...
Chris Caccavano
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...
Lillian Kupersmit
Rainbow
You are slipping Dripping and dampening my fingers You say I am putting you through the wringer But I have not rung the soaking towel...
Johanna Indyk
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...
Lillian Kupersmit
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...
Aidan Bernstein-Lundy
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....
Nicole Bellows
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...
Lillian Kupersmit
Doubt
Put my vulnerability into words Delicate and deliberate. I thought that I matured. But I still obliterate. I like to be my harshest...
Erin Hart
Heliotrope
Sunlight collapses upon the floorboards of ash and echo held together by footprints from the morning after a harvest moon spiraling...
Chris Caccavano
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...
Nicole Bellows
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...
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