By Mya Cannon
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Anonymous author writes meaningful book of poetry
By Mya Cannon
I Wrote This For You is a story written by an anonymous author who goes by pleasefindthis. The book is a collection of 186 different short poems divided into four different groups: sun, moon, stars and rain.
The book’s description gives you a preview of how emotional it will be. The description starts out with, “I need you to understand something. I wrote this for you. I wrote this for you and only you.” This line creates not only mystery and suspense, but it also creates a feeling of sympathy for the author from the reader.
The author relates all of the poems he or she has written in I Wrote This For You back to the one person they want to read this book and calls this person “you,”
The author says in the description, “Everyone else who reads it, doesn’t get it. They may think they get it, but they don’t.” I think this shows the personal meaning behind the book and how each poem can mean something different to each person that reads them.
Each poem seems to tell a short story of heartbreak and regret. A poem from the book is called “The Skeletons In The Sea” is an example of this.
“Truth is the last thing I can take because it’s the last thing you took,” the author writes.
One of the main feelings I get from this poem is sorrow because what I think it means is someone lied to the author right before they left him or her.
All of the poems in I Wrote This For You have very deep meanings to them even though most of the poems are only one or two sentences with the occasional poem that is a couple of paragraphs long.
My favorite poem from I Wrote This For You is called “The Children Of Time” and a line from this is, “Sunday knows she’s the end. But she closes her eyes, and she pretends with all the strength in her tiny heart that really, she’s the dawn.”
I believe this line shows that even when you know something probably will not end up going right in a situation you should still have hope because you really do not know for sure how something will turn out in the end.
Over all I think that I Wrote This For You is a really great book and I would highly recommend it.
Hudson Haunted House provides new experience
By Mae Phillips
When I walked into the Hudson Haunted House, ready to interview the actors and take some pictures, I never expected to be put in one of the rooms and become an actor myself; however, I jumped at the opportunity as soon as I was asked.
I was then handed an oversized black sweatshirt and a glow in the dark mask. My job was to stand in a dark room full of similar masks and three other people dressed like me. We blended into the scene, so it was hard to tell which masks were worn by actual people and which were fake. When people walked through the room, we were to stand as still and quiet as possible and then jump out when the people least expected it.
Once I had my costume, I was led through a hidden hallway and screams from all directions rang through my ears. There was even growling and maniacal laughter that followed loud bangs echoing off the walls.
Being an actor was weird, but it was also really fun. Some people are harder to scare than others, and so many different people came through. I learned that it is not always the jump scares and loud noises that scare people the most. You have to work with different situations and be creepy rather than just do the same thing over and over.
I did scare a few people pretty badly, and it was funny not to be the scared one for once. It was a pretty cool experience, and I would love to be a volunteer.
The house has so many different characters and being able to make them come alive is hard work. I will definitely be going back next year.
Girls Volleyball falls to Brecksville Bees
By Bayley Patterson
Stow volleyball faced a tough battle against the Brecksville Bees on Tuesday night. The girls lost, but played a strong match.
As the first set started, the Bees began to take the lead and at the end Stow lost to a 13-25 score. The girls came back in the second set more focused and ready to win.
After losing the first set, the girls really increased their intensity. The ball went back and forth, from Stow scoring then Brecksville scoring but at the end Stow won to a 25-18 score. During this set, freshman Lauren Fair hurt her knee from landing on it wrong. Fair never returned to the match.
Starting off the third set, Stow was very hype and ready to win against the bees. Sadly, the girls didn’t pull and lost 20-25 but held up a strong fight.
As the final set had started, both teams wanted to win. The score went back and forth from team to team, making it a nervous set. Around the end, the Brecksville Bees did an illegal serve which created a lot of controversy. Brecksvilles coach was confused on the call and so were the fans. After multiple minutes of waiting, the referee did eventually call the illegal hit. As set three came to an end, Stow fell to Brecksville 20-25.
“It never feels good to lose but i’m still really proud of how my team played because Brecksville was 12th in the state. I think my team needs to work on communication and keeping a positive energy on the court,” sophomore Jacy Guider said.
The bulldogs held up a strong fight, with many aces, blocks and hits. Overall, the Brecksville bees won 25-13, 18-25, 25-20, 25-20 over the Bulldogs.
To see pictures from the match click here.
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