Creative writing corner

The following poems were submitted in Western Dubuque High School’s creative writing and journalism course.  Both Cheyenne Puetz and Brooke Bockenstedt are sophomores at WD. 

No more goodbyes

BY CHEYENNE PUETZ

The crisp, clean pages are fresh and new.
Bold, black ink still wet like dew,
So many words just written down.
If she doesn’t get them out, she just might drown.

No one can help her when she only misses you,

But you can’t come home so her letter will have to do.
All she wants is for you to be okay,
To never leave her life and never fade away.

She knows you are brave, she knows you are strong.
She hopes and prays that nothing will go wrong.
Looking up at the sky, she closes her eyes,
When you come back, there will be no more goodbyes.

Raised by chickens

BY BROOKE BOCKENSTEDT

My name is Chicky Jo.

Normal is not I,

As you probably could tell.
I was raised by chickens,
Then served by KFC.
Mashed potatoes with me,
And gravy on the side.
I tell the injustice I lived,
Being raised by chickens.
Had dreams of a rooster
And little eggs to keep warm.
But KFC crushed my eggs
Along with my fantasies.
Drawn in by enticing seeds,
KFC took me to their factory
Just because I was raised by chickens.
So, now I come in baskets,
Complete with mashed potatoes
And gravy on the side.
My name is Chicky Jo,
And raised by chickens was I.