poetry

  • When creativity takes over the pen

    When creativity takes over the pen

    Prologue The small yet present writers of NPHS go above and beyond the writing required in their English classes. Talented script writers, poets and authors are among campus, changing the world one word at a time through their artistic insights. Writing outside the classroom is highly beneficial for creative expression. Books For many of…

  • Poems – Hitesh Benny

    Poems – Hitesh Benny

    A collection of poems submitted by Hitesh Benny, senior: The Bird I know not Which bird am I  Flying high With its lot Flocking away From something Quite distressing Falling out The weight Pulls it Yet also lifts Towards fate The grey sky Begins and ends In no sense Yet that is fine Seeing…

  • Open Mic Night resonates with local poets

    The air was buzzing with laughter and comradery as we sat down and took our seats in the otherwise sparse community room of the Newbury Park Library, three rows back, surrounded by close friends reuniting. As regular attendee Conor Logan stepped up to the podium, the volume of the room rose with the comfortable…

  • Caitlin Meaney brings a fresh perspective to poetry

    Around this time of year English students are wrapping up their mandatory poetry unit, groaning about the ambiguity sonnets and the poetry terms they have to memorize for their upcoming test, meanwhile, Caitlin Meaney, junior, is busy constructing metaphors and double entendres to share her thoughts with others in her free time. Meaney began…