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Life of a Tree
I sway harshly In the cold winter day, Snow showering down violently, Frosted grass silent and frozen Waiting for spring, I hang tight Stretching into nowhere, Longing for light Standing lively and tall, My colors brightening Against blazing heat like a wall, I’m awaken by the summer air Into the night, Surviving the day, Remaining still Leaves swirling, I lay
Laasya Kakumanu
4 days ago1 min read


Where Time Slows
Danville, Illinois, is not just another small town in Illinois; it's a place where memories are made, from taking your first steps to...
Anonymous
Oct 72 min read


The Ticket Collector
Rain pounded the glass windows of the speeding train. The soaking landscape outside blurred by as we moved along the tracks. Green fields...
Sophia Liu
Oct 74 min read


Capsized
The sky was blue as far as my eye could see, and there was not a smidge of white to tarnish it. It was the kind of day that you would see...
Thibaut Briquet
Oct 43 min read


Debriefing Dickenson Poems
Poems are a way that people can connect with each other. Poems can be used to prove a point or tell a story. However, many poems have...
Matthew Wiles
Oct 44 min read


Nazi Germany
It was a late night in Berlin in 1923; the factory hadn't been doing well because of the extreme hyperinflation. The factory hasn’t even...
George Mullin
Oct 42 min read


The Bargain
I’ve been chasing you for so long. My heavy footsteps cast destruction to the earth. The air holds in a breath as my lethal cancer...
Aly Trevino
Oct 32 min read


A Tapestry of Sun, Sea, and Memories
There are places on Earth where time seems to stretch, bending like the curves of the hills that roll away into the horizon. Italy is one...
Aly Trevino
Oct 35 min read


Silence
Some crave me Others strive to fill me Big or small infinities pass by Filled with uncertainties They hold their face in their hands, the...
Aly Trevino
Oct 31 min read


Picture Perfect
You must be identical ‘Picture perfect’ Like cookies cut out from the same cookie cutter Stamped to all be the same Perfection is key...
Ava Yang
Oct 21 min read


Is True Love Real?
The American dream has been seen to have love, success, and happiness inside of it. Nevertheless, Janie Crawford and Jay Gatsby chase...
Eleanor Kohnen
Sep 294 min read


Breaking the Frame: Beloved, The Life Before Us and Feminist Art Reclaim Women’s Stories
For centuries, women were spoken for, spoken over, and spoken about but were rarely allowed to speak. That silence is shattered by Toni...
Grace Kennedy
Sep 2410 min read


How?
Many people wonder what would happen if they met the world's smartest man What would they say? What would be asked? I have met him and I...
Elle Testerman
Sep 72 min read


Rewriting Reality: The Harlem Renaissance and the Art of Defiance
For the longest time, a very dim silhouette represented Black Americans, sketched by the fingers of oppression and shaded with...
Grace Kennedy
Sep 712 min read


Lost Voices: The Perpetual Struggle for Female Narrative Agency in Frankenstein and Mrs.Dalloway
“For most of history, Anonymous was a woman,” Virginia Woolf once wrote, reflecting on the systematic erasure of women’s voices...
Noor Arif
Aug 319 min read


My Story Orphanage
Half Price Books: a gold mine for a voracious reader. In grade school, those aisles filled with used books were my weekend getaway. I...
Lily Plum Gartenlaub
Aug 313 min read


The Shattering of the Kaleidoscope: the Simultaneous Power and Danger of Illusion in TheGreat Gatsby and “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall”
Cause I’m in love with my future, can’t wait to meet her –Billie Eilish, “My Future” From hip Gen Z music artists like Billie Eilish to...
Lily Plum Gartenlaub
Aug 319 min read


Behind the Paint and Letters: Uncovering the Parallels between Virginia Woolf and Pablo Picasso
The fun of Cubism is that many people can look at the same painting done by Pablo Picasso, and everyone can see something completely...
Grace Kennedy
Aug 245 min read
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