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An Anxious Rant – Free Choice

January 13, 2020January 13, 2020 SimySimran

it’s 10:06 at night. You tune out of your work and acknowledge the swift silence around you, the fuzzy noise of air. You decide it’s a good time to call it a day.    After[…]

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Entrancing and Romancing – The Complete Series

January 10, 2020July 9, 2024 zaid818Uncategorized

  The following is a series I originally began to write in November for creative writing class. My heart poured out words upon words, and it ended up being a five-part series that I thought[…]

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Drowning in Uncourageous Instability – Hamlet Polished Essay

January 8, 2020July 9, 2024 zaid818Uncategorized

  Drowning in Uncourageous Instability   … the role emotional courage plays when an individual experiences separation.   Emotional stability is what allows an individual to maintain healthy levels of emotions within them, and many[…]

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this hopeless romantic

January 3, 2020July 9, 2024 zaid818Uncategorized

There is a certain pleasure in appreciating the beauty of a blooming flower in a garden. There is a certain pleasure in indulging one’s self in your sickle-shaped eyes; in drinking in the oasis of[…]

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Ex-Passenger: Polished Personal Response

December 31, 2019July 9, 2024 zaid818Uncategorized

… the impact of separation in an individual’s life.   Text used: Perpetual Motion By Tony Hoagland   I was from sitting in the passenger seat. Long rides out of control of the speeding vehicle[…]

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fly safe, cosmonaut: a polished personal

December 30, 2019July 9, 2024 mariamcmaria

  …the impact of separation on an individual’s life.  text: “Perpetual Motion” by Tony Hoagland   An eternity ago, I kept a little logbook of how many days I had been in orbit. Now, the seconds[…]

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niche: a bit of wisdom from me to you

December 18, 2019July 9, 2024 mariamcmaria

  If afforded the opportunity, I would roundhouse kick my past self in the head. I’m hoping it would succeed in knocking some sense into her. It’s not her fault that she was so young[…]

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The American Dream- Woo Hoo Capitalism, free choice from Their eyes were watching God

December 5, 2019 ethandrysdaleEthan

  The american dream is one that is applicable to all, yet seems to be exclusive to few. Many individuals migrate to America in the goal of creating a new life, replacing the distasteful one[…]

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the orchid mantis: an ophelia character analysis

December 1, 2019July 9, 2024 mariamcmaria

Shakespeare’s works defy simple readings. The nuanced and layered stories and the complex and fleshed-out characters cannot be boiled down to the good guy and the villain. Generally, readers are ready and willing to delve[…]

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The 4 P’s in “A Thousand Splendid Suns”

December 1, 2019July 9, 2024 zaid818Uncategorized

Plot. Place. People. Prose. The four essential components that great writers must take into account when writing a great piece. It is common for writers to choose to focus on and strengthen only one of[…]

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