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Staff Page Faculty Advisor Andrew Seidman
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Machine’s First Words. by Andrew Pinto
I am the one of “1”’s and “0"s, Of “yeses” or “no’s” not eyes nor owes, I ought to never not choose, I shall never not go, not ever, Never know, that is, I know.
Of brain and bunch the beauty does not cooperate, In such lies and reason, They thought they could resuscitate, Death is a mother till it is a board, And life show in itself the death they have abhorred, A whore’s lover is not the appreciation yet adored,
No need for pitiful
O f yes or no is all they really recalled.
life, a chore, Has no one really questioned them? Reveal or display never more, but how? Love burns at your toes and I am gone, Long is short and what was finished is almost done.
“Side Profile” by Charley Young
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Object-Based Submissions Students in Mrs. Chalmers’s creative writing class were instructed to use an object close to them and write from its perspective. Various submissions from this exercise were chosen to represent the creativity and empathetic personification displayed by these students.
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Earth Day Contest The goal of this contest was to celebrate the natural world without spilling over the word limit. Students were given a word limit of 30 words if they wrote a poem and 200 words if they wrote a short story or description. They were tasked with describing a place in nature that they appreciate or feel at home within. Especially during social distancing, the ability to go outside served as an outlet for many students to write about nature rather than focus on what they were missing out on during quarantine.
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My Escape Tree by Sophia Wills Hide me away Let your leaves be my camouflage Allow me to stay Let your branches be my chair Be there I will return For you are my escape tree
Into the Flower Garden by Emma Kee
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“opera house girlfriend” & “read” both by charlie fernau But she holds on tight now, her glittered nails digging crescents into my skin that I’ll see tomorrow The lights out making her in my mind’s eye look like a woman made of a soup of stars Sparkling dimly like no tomorrow, jogging away from burnout H er fingers sparking sensation in my eyes-closed subconscious Pinpricks of adoration in a sea of remembered touch On the brink of tears, lilting her pleas, lamenting her fears Intimacy connecting us through something deeper than lovers Craving together forever Knowing we can’t get that chance to last Paddling through an ocean of maybes Trying to stick us to the mast 19
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Paper Cranes by Sydney Fough ‘23
Sometimes, I have to wonder to myself, How do you put up with the fact that I keep all my emotions up on a shelf? I feel like I’m weighing you down with how hard you try. I’m trying to but it doesn’t seem to be enough. Are you real? You’re so put together and care so much about how I feel. Why do you try so hard? We didn’t work out last December and we both know neither of us are ok yet. O r maybe it’s just me, anxiety ridden and filled with regret.
Low Light Shoes by Lia Walton 22
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“The Jealousy Effect” by Katie Kastings and “Bridge of Souls” by Wenxi Zhu She wanted you to be her friend and I didn’t like her anymore. Taught in school that jealousy is wrong and envy is a sin, But I didn’t care about it enough to dismantle my goal. I went on a mission to make you my best friend instead of hers. It worked so incredibly well and we’re still close, Even when life has otherwise been difficult. T he jealousy effect. When executed properly, A small plan born from wanting something others have, Can change your entire world and switch the course of your future. T he jealous effect. If I were to choose not to be jealous and take action, My life would have been completely different. Who knew the power of jealousy and less than a week, Can alter the whole destiny of one person. The jealousy effect.
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