As I sit here and write about a colorful tree,  I watch the leaves fall and think to myself,  this is the key.  The key to our memories,  the key to our families.    I see the beautiful...

6 AM is when you first wake up.  When you don’t know yet or don’t even care what the day is going to bring. This is when you two meet for the first time. You feel refreshing feelings of love and...

It's what I need to do, This work that takes all day, It’s not a choice to be made.   I have a list of what is due. I put everything else away. It’s what I need to do.   All the effort...

6Apologies from some are genuine. The people in the wrong remain the same. Without the help of realization the people in the wrong would always see themselves as right. Taking accountability makes...

“Wow you’re so mature for your age.” “You're gifted, talented ahead of the class.” That is what I prided myself on. Little miss high achiever they’d say, little miss goodie two shoes, Little...

The euphonious melody of metal on scarred hands, the smooth wood is cutting into my collar as the mellowness of my bow glides across strings.   In the dead of night my feet dance across...

15Childhood memories lost in time of space. The gnarly wooden beast fell with a thump. Going anywhere else might cause an erase.   It’s not something you can replace. Wind winded...

I thought everything hated me. The universe was against me. I used to think God didn’t care. I used to think He wasn’t there.   I was followed by rejection. Was despised for...

The following piece won the Quill and Scroll writing contest for December 2021. She listens to the ticking of the clock, Pen glistening by the light of the morning. Ink dried... still infinitely Stuck...

As the year closes and students and teachers start to look back on the past year with the Frederick Dreamcatcher decided to look back ourselves with some poetry. Below are several pantoums from Mr. Coon’s...

Let's face it, it has been a frustrating year. Fortunately, some students in Mr. Coon's Creative Writing class found a way to vent their frustration about the year using one of the newest trends in poetry,...

Forget the pandemic for just one second, there’s another crisis that needs to be heard. The Amazon Rainforest is shrinking, receding; we can’t ignore it and pretend it doesn’t exist. We have...