Summer Dreams
Fireflies danced in the sky Merging with the starlight Below the glowing night A fire burned bright as a red rose Reflecting in amber eyes And through the trees A lake sparkled with moonlight diamonds The night's tears And there…
Misérables, Les Enfants
Little hands Huh? Inside, embers of the children "EMPLOYEES MUST WASH HANDS BEFORE-" What works? Scattered blabber, severed rubies stolen Inhaled by those not in the soil Sitting comets hiding, the pop p op po p p o p ping!…
The Life of a Surgeon
The knife is my guide I am a Surgeon This was meant for me Looking into the body is like seeing into the soul, so delicate, one mistake and its ruined The screens,monitors,lights Hearing the beep,beep Knowing I'm doing just…
I will always Believe
Well people I’ll tell you from my very own words It’s not as easy as just sticking around and doing nothing but eat, sleep, and watch TV. Working 4 hours after school and getting nothing but I have to be…
Throbbing Pain
Throbbing pain, a hammer to his vains, That's what occurs inside his brain. It isn't close to what a birthing women feels, But he thinks he's going to squeal. The beat of the drum follows his pain, That's what occurs…
Shay’s Wonderful World
Red; Hot sun-baked bricks emitting waves of heat; A poisoned apple, gleaming in the sunlight; The color of blood and war; Anger; Red Orange; Leaves falling off a tree on a brisk autumn day; A butterfly, hovering just out of…
Mouses Quest
The Mouses Quest A hunt for a home, The mouses quest, Whisking through the tall grass, Thinking, Every step could be its last, “The bird, bigger than I,” His eyes whispered, “Might just strip me to its sky.” Leah Dougherty…
Judith Sargent Murray
Judith Sargent Murray by Alicia Judith Sargent Murray the lady of the Day, was shining all the way!!As a student she already knew she was prudent.Couldn’t enter college but she knew she had all that knowledge.learning all the basics of…
The Russian-Polish Hero
Antonina Zabinski was a Russian-born girl that lost her parents to the Bolsheviks. She managed to open the Warsaw Zoo with her husband, Jan Zabinski. Later in 1939 of September 1st, the Warsaw Zoo was bombed by Nazis. Years and…
Ruby Bradley
Twice hits the bomb Three more people run Four cars explode Five of them are drunk Six of them by gas Seven of them by lies Eight of them have died Nine more seconds left Ten people left You had…
“La Miss” Susan Travers
Koenig decided we had to try and cross the enemy line I didn’t know what to do except accept his command Afraid I was since he decided to do so at night Through minefields and like tanks that surrounded that…
A True Hero
Nancy Wake That was her name Fearful Brave Confident That was her name She saved people Not herself Strangers Especially Allied Soliders That is what she was known for Nancy Wake That was her name She was dead She wasn't…
Rosie The Riveter
Many of us have probably seen or heard of the iconic propaganda poster, “We can do it!” featuring one of the oldest feminine figures, Rosie the Riveter. However, are you aware of the fascinating story and real woman behind it?…
May Brill
Human nature as interminable debaters often leads to taking sides on fate, and Friday the thirteenth is an infamous subject matter—yet a certain May was born on one! Beginning in the month she was named after, year of 1924, southern…
Lyudmila Pavlichenko-Graphic Novel Drawing
This is a small, foursquare piece on Lyudmila Pavlichenko and how she chose her path to be an amazing sniper during WWII.
Krystyna Skarbek/ Christine Granville
Comic Strip about a Polish spy named Krystina Skarbek who would later become Christine Granville.
Moving on…
Eleanor Roosevelt is a very important person with a very sad background. Following the death of both her parents, she had to moved in to her pregnant grandmothers house with her little sister, she was forced to take care of…
Robert Kashiwagi Comic Strip
This is a comic strip about a Japanese American soldier in world warII who was thrown into an internment camp while bedridden in a sanatarium. Once he was healthy again, he was recruited to join the infantry in the 442nd…
Benjamin O. Davis Jr.
The first African American general in the United States, Benjamin O. Davis Jr., set high standards for integration in the U.S. Air Force. Ever since Davis was a child, he had set his standards high to become a part of…
Vernon J Baker
What do you think it's like to be one of only seven African Americans to win the Medal Of Honor and the only one to be alive to receive it. Some people can’t even imagine what fifty years feel like…