week 22
Week 22: The Key
Submitted by ggevalt on March 27, 2007 - 13:39.YWP received many submissions for the prompt "The Key," particularly from our youngest writers. The work was great and many thanks to our team of student judges and the judging coordinator Liz Matthews. More selections for "The Key" have been posted this week. To see them all, click here.-- gg
Week 22: I Found A Key -- Maggie Kinzel
Submitted by aanderson on August 22, 2007 - 13:08.By Maggie Kinzel
Main Street Middle School, Grade 8
I found a key,
Just yesterday
And all my troubles
Went away
For what the key opened
I wouldn’t have found
If that old key wasn’t
Lying right on the ground!
My steps were steady
Hands at my side
My eyes wandered to my feet
And what did I find?
Its handle was chipped
Two notches carved in
Week 22: Forgotten key -- Gretchen Kaija
Submitted by Gretchen Kaija on August 22, 2007 - 13:06.By Gretchen Kaija
Woodstock Union High School, Grade 10
Tarnished, dusty, old
Hidden from the light of day
Long-forgotten key
Week 22: The key to everything -- Gabriel Mantegna
Submitted by ywpinterns on August 22, 2007 - 10:52.By Gabriel Mantegna
Renaissance School, Grade 6
What if there were a key to everything?
A key to cease war?
A key to stop suffering?
A key to cure cancer?
The golden key.
The key to ultimate nonviolence.
A key to fit into the smallest holes
Of mankind.
A key found in the realms of heaven
That God sticks into any problems that appear.
Week 22: Captain Shimi -- Phoebe Plank
Submitted by ywpinterns on August 22, 2007 - 10:50.Key of Wiki Treasure
By Phoebe Plank
Ferrisburgh Central School, Grade 5
“Land ho, mateys!” shouted Captain Shimi to her crew. “There it is, the Mishi Village. Lower the anchor!” This is the first time Captain Shimi and her crew stepped on land in a long while. As they stepped off their ship Captain Shimi’s parrot shouted, “Land! Land!”
“Quiet!” snapped Captain Shimi.
Week 22: The beach key -- Mahoney
Submitted by ggevalt on March 30, 2007 - 18:01.By Kenzie Mahoney
Hinesburg Community School, Grade 8
I opened the drawer on my bedside table and pulled the key out like I had so many times before. It wasn’t anything special or fancy it was just an ordinary, dull silver colored key. It had some dents on it, but other than that it looked brand new. Even though it wasn’t. I knew it wasn’t because I had had it for 10 years. I can remember the day I found it very clearly.
Week 22: Key of Hope
Submitted by ggevalt on March 30, 2007 - 17:59.By Kameron Clayton
Hinesburg Community School, Grade 8
The key doesn’t unlock a door, or some locker at the local gym. As the man walks down the street, belongings thrown over his shoulder, and food tucked under his arm, he sees it, sparkling like a diamond.
Week 22: Poe's key -- Bogdanowicz
Submitted by ggevalt on March 30, 2007 - 17:57.By Adam Bogdanowicz
Renaissance School, Grade 5
Was it not the pitch-black smoke
That framed the golden windowsill?
Or if it was a moonbeam that shone,
The inky dark need not be scared.
Upon the sill, lay the golden thing
The raven carried off into the night.
Off it flew, wings beating like bellows
Against a fire. And just
Week 22: Key to magical world -- Kamman
Submitted by ggevalt on March 30, 2007 - 17:56.By Aliza Kamman
Mount Abraham Union High School, Grade 8
Laura walked in the door and her eyes fell across the wooden kitchen table. They linger there for a moment, but soon catch a glimpse of gold on a far off counter. She slowly began to walk towards the interesting shape that caught her eye. As she approached the counter she made out the shape to be a key. Slowly Laura reached out her hand and grabbed the key. It felt smooth and cold against her skin. It was the brightest gold she had ever seen.
Week 22: A key to future -- Cerasoli
Submitted by ggevalt on March 30, 2007 - 17:52.By Alicia Cerasoli
Hartford Memorial Middle School, Grade 7
A world awaits me,
A world unknown.
It’s silver and sharp,
Cold and shining.
A key can open,
A whole new world
Of dreams,
And love,
And desires, too.
A new world
Can die within a day,
Or live forever.
A house is opened with a key.
A world is opened with a key.
Week 22: A key can do many things -- Borsh
Submitted by ggevalt on March 30, 2007 - 17:45.By Kati Borsh
Woodstock Union High School, Grade 10
A key
Can open
And also close
Keep locked up
Or set free
Keep safe
Or trap
Conceal
Or
Reveal
A key can show the way
Or hide it forever
A key
Secrets -- Katherine Hobart
Submitted by ggevalt on March 27, 2007 - 13:44.
Katherine Hobart, an eighth-grader at Westford School, took this picture and says: “Two of my friends and I were out on the school's tennis court at recess. We were playing with my camera and I took a photo of my friend Taylor Reynolds (right) telling my other friend Marissa Gwinn (left) a very surprising secret! I really like this picture because it tells a story, and it makes you wonder what the secret is.”
