Monday, June 30, 2014

the nymph met the pixie by Swift

the nymph met the pixie, and saw the pixie fly.
the pixie asked if she enjoyed it.
the nymph said she'd never tried.
she then covered the nymph in pixie-dust.
though, the nymph cried "ahhh! it's in my eye!"

Thursday, June 19, 2014

The Unknown Woods by Falcon

In the very small peaceful town of Port Leo, where everybody strives in living a normal, routine life
without having anything to do with strange woods that unconventionally lie right off the border of Port
Leo, where mysterious incidents have occurred in the past. Well, everyone except two Brothers who just
moved to Port Leo, Jared and Nick, who thoroughly enjoyed the idea of venturing into those woods.

One morning Jared and Nick went around town trying to find out what happened in the woods so many
years ago that scared the people of Port Leo so much. “Oh, why on earth would you even mention
those horrible woods?” said the shop keeper of the local pharmacy.

“We’re just curious,” Nick replied.

“Nothing to be curious about, my dear boy. Stay away from those woods!” They tried the local baker next.

“Young man, here in Port Leo, we don’t talk about the woods,” The Baker said.

“Thank you,” Nick replied, clearly not grateful. They tried a few other places, all of which they got the same answers:

“Don’t talk about the woods” or “Why would anyone want to know about the woods?” Finally, they tried a small shack at the end of town. It sat barely 5 feet from the edge of the eerie looking woods. They knocked on the old house, and were answered by a dreadful looking old man, in old, torn up cloths and long, unkempt gray hair. A large number of bags sagged below is bloodshot eyes. The expression on his face was weary.

“Hello!” Jared said brightly.

The old man grunted. “Uh... me and my brother are new to Port Leo, and were trying to learn a little bit about these woods,” he gestured his head towards the dark, towering trees that grew behind the old man’s house. The old man took in Jared for a few seconds, then gave them a cold, hard stare and finally gestured them in. They followed the old man into his home, where spider webs hung in every corner, the furniture was torn and burnt... the house looked like a crime scene.

“Nice home you got!” Nick said humorously. Jared smiled.

The old man raised his eyebrows, “so what is that you seek to find in those woods, eh?”

The brothers looked at each other, “An adventure!” Jared replied.

The old man didn’t acknowledge Jared’s answer. “I want to know exactly who you are and why you came to me asking about the woods!” his mouth trembled as he finished.

Nick blinked, “Uh, I’m Nick, and this is my brother, we’re knew to Port Leo an-"

 the old man cut him off, “Don’t give me that story again!” he shouted.

“It’s true sir!” Jared said.

The old man scowled at him. “If you’re telling the truth,” the old man said, calmed down “then get out of my house and never, ever go near those woods! Jared looked at Nick, Nick looked back, disappointed. They turned to leave. “The last kids that went into the woods, they never came back!” The old man said as they were walking out. They turned around to look at him, but he slammed the door.

Later that day, Jared and Nick walked down the quite street of Port Leo. The sun was setting, children were being called in for dinner. In the distance, they could see the deadly looking woods, the trees towering over the little shack of the strange old man they had met just hours ago. “Come on, I don’t want to run into that old geezer” Nick said.

They walked a good distance from old man’s shack before entering the woods. “Not so scary in here!” Jared said after they walked about two feet into the woods. Nick gave him a sideways look. Other than the breaking of dead leaves and twigs at Jared and Nick’s feet, it was extremely quiet in the woods, “It’s almost as quiet as Port Leo in here!” Jared joked.

Everything was so still, it was as though nothing ever moved under the trees of the woods. After walking about a couple hundred yards, Nick suddenly stopped. Jared looked at him, “What is it?” he asked.

Nick held up his hand for silence, “I heard something.” Jared listed.

“I don’t hear anything” he said with a tilt of his head.

Nick shrugged, “Oh, well” then they continued their pace. That’s when they both heard it, the sound of
a motor.

“What?” Jared said, extremely confused. The vehicle was getting closer. He looked at Nick, who
didn’t look like he understood much more the Jared.

“Duck!” Nick cried and scrambled behind a large tree. Jared did the same. Getting right up against the tree, Nick peeked around the tree. The vehicle was really close. Nick could see it in the distance now, a bright red ATV, and riding it, the old man that warned them from coming into the woods.

“It’s that old geezer!” Nick exclaimed.

“Get down!” The ATV drove past.

“What is he doing here?” Jared thought out loud.

“I don’t know,” Nick replied, “but there’s more!” And sure enough, five more ATV’s came into view. They recognized the shop keeper of the pharmacy, the baker and everyone else they asked about the woods.

“What’s going on!” Jared said quietly, ducking lower behind the tree.

“I have no idea,” Nick replied. “But we’re going to find out!”

After the ATV’s had passed, they got up and headed deeper into the woods. The brothers couldn’t help but wonder what was going on and why the few people they’ve asked about the woods (who seemed to fear it a great deal) had come marching into the woods on ATV’s.

“They might have been looking for us!” Nick said to Jared. “Maybe...” After walking at least a mile, the brothers slowly stopped. It was dark out, all was silent now that the crunching of dead leaves and twigs stopped. “What is it that we hope to accomplish by this?” Nick thought out loud.

“Maybe we should go back. One thing’s for sure, it’s not nearly as exciting in here as that old geezer
promised!” Jared replied. They began to turn around, only to come face to face with the old man Jared
had just mentioned. His eyes were more bloodshot then before, his cloths looked even more worn and
ripped up, his long, grey hair flying everywhere in the breeze that just came out of nowhere.

“There you are!” He said with his mouth twisted in a sinister sneer. Jared gasped.

“Run!” Nick cried and took off, Jared right behind him.

“There’s nowhere to go!” cried the old man. “I’ve got you!”

The brothers kept running. “What is that?” Jared cried as the brothers approached a clearing with the eerie ruins of a large stone temple in the center. The brothers had no choice, they had to go for it.

“I’ve got you now!” cried the old man, but Jared looked behind him, he did not see and old, ragged man, but a beast with fur.

“Don’t turn around!” Jared shouted to Nick.

“Why?” he yelled back.

“You won’t like what you see!”

But of course, Nick looked back. The beast was trailing them on all fours. “Ahh!” Nick screamed. “Keep
running!” The beast was at their heels. When they thought they were goners, they heard the sound
of ATV’s coming their way. The next thing they knew, a pair of huge arms that belonged to the baker
swung Nick onto the back of his ATV. Jared was picked up next by the cashier they talked to at a clothing
store. A loud, earsplitting roar of defeat echoed through the dark woods.

Nick and Jared never found out exactly what happened that night. They tried to get their answers from
the crew of townspeople that had saved their lives (after many thanks, of course) but they refused to
tell them anything more then: “We told you not to go into the woods!” The brothers searched the now
empty shack that had once belonged to the old man, but couldn’t find anything suspicious. “We could
go back to that temple-thing?” Jared suggested. Nick gave him the “that’s-never-going-to-happen” face.

“Something’s, I guess, are meant to be left unknown.”

Friday, June 6, 2014

Animal Planet by Raven

On my way home from school.
A flash of blue light.
Surrounded by giant snakes.
They make me fight for my life.
I'm in a jungle.
We escape.
Find a raft.
Crazy rabbits.
Swim to another island.
How is this better?
Take us to your leader.
Professor Carrot Top.
We have to visit The Hunter
The wise old owl can take us home.
He's actually not that old.
But he can still take us home.
He gives us a potion.
Before I leave, he gives me a feather.
It will make me dream of this land.
I wake up in my bed.
It must've been a dream.
A letter from my great uncle.
Only I drink it.
The feather.
Is inside.
The envelope.
Maybe it wasn't a dream?