“Untitled”
By Samantha Jensen
The house for rent was far from new
Residents came one day and left the other
It sat there thinking not having a clue
It was a home to offer to a lonely child and mother
While life passed it by, it was nothing more than show
Each glance was denied but hope was not lost
Why nobody wanted it the house would not know
It wasn’t too small or even at a highly great cost
Just when the house started giving up all of its hope
A family of stray critters came to make it their home
The house finally had no more reason to sit there and mope
The critters had never been so happy to freely roam
And yet, if the outside of the house didn’t catch the human eye
Then they also wouldn’t bother to appreciate all that’s inside.
"I lived in Woodruff Wisconsin my entire life, and this is my first year at Nicolet. Next year I am starting the nursing program at the University of Milwaukee."
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“Untitled”
By She’haman
My friend,
If I should tell you
that I am hanging on
by just a thread,
please feel free
to draw your knife.
