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The Prospector

The student news site of Manitou Springs High School

The Prospector

The student news site of Manitou Springs High School

The Prospector

My Clock

My Clock

Emma Wall November 11, 2025

My clock is ancient. The gold swirls capture the wooden frame. Rotted with holes, rusted gold. Tall, it leans as if waiting to fall. My clock. My clock energetic, The hands lively. Smudge,...

Becoming Me

Becoming Me

Ezra Rasmusen November 5, 2025

As the sun hides behind the horizon lines, the waves cave over. My heartbeat beats slower. The waves start to become me.   My sun soaked skin is laying along the board, A timeless...

The Waring Pacifist

The Waring Pacifist

Becket Wendell-Evans September 25, 2025

Although I prefer the pen to the sword A pen is for open eyes I am a warrior, disgusted with his craft Even so, on I must war Try as I reason, meaningful words fall flat Words are for open ears And...

Mirrors in Every Room

Mirrors in Every Room

Izabella Smith September 25, 2025

You You stand outside your tall, Victorian-style house, peering at the foggy windows with much curiosity. You shouldn't have to be curious, for this was your place of residence. You have inhabited all...

Sun Bath

Denver Zoo

Frank Brost September 23, 2025

A clock with a piece of paper saying "strongly agree" underneath.

Women on the Wall

Brooke Ferguson December 19, 2024

Every eye was on her, watching as she held her arms to the sky in offering and devotion. Their gazes were seeking, pressuring, begging her to break the slow, circular formation. She knew better than to...

Steel Shoulder

Steel Shoulder

Aiden Snow February 21, 2024

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