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Hollow Longing’s Torment – (A Polished Personal)Personal Exam

January 22, 2020January 23, 2020 zain13Zain

Hollow Longing’s Torment …The nature of human longing and how an individual’s life is shaped by such dreams Text: Adolescence by PK Page Human longing is formed when an individual develops a dream and yearns[…]

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Infestation

January 13, 2018January 13, 2018 jadeb2000Jade

I. The Fireflies   There was once a time when the fireflies had made a home out of me.   One evening, long after the sun had surrendered itself to the hazed horizon and the pregnant[…]

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Welcome to the Darkness

October 22, 2017 vrennieVictoria

My own welcome into darkness happens twice a day.   Once in the morning, I pop a little white disc into my mouth and let it dissolve under the tongue.   Once in the evening,[…]

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A Letter to an Old Friend

October 22, 2017October 22, 2017 goldylukesLucas

Before I get into the writing, I just want to start by thanking Sara for coming in and doing a Writer’s Seminar on herself in the Creative Writing class this semester. I would say that[…]

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This is the Definition of Beauty (This is the Definition of Pain)

January 6, 2017October 11, 2017 jadeb2000Jade

The following poem centres around the idea of body image. It also focusses on an individual’s personal definition of beauty. It explores the struggles young women often go through–though this is an issue that affects[…]

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You can run, but you can’t hide

January 10, 2016January 10, 2016 tayxtwoTaylor

  How convenient it can be to lie, how painfully simple to cover up how you’re hurting inside, and how isolated one can become from hiding behind a deceitful smile. Shallow Creek was an idea just as shallow[…]

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Pretend

November 22, 2015 saratiSara

We are what we pretend to be so we must be careful about what we pretend to be -Kurt Vonnegut

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Twelve – Polished Personal

November 12, 2015November 12, 2015 Vanessa DVanessa

When I was twelve, my father became suicidal. He used to run fiercely to the filthy train station of Andheri, Mumbai in the hopes of killing himself. He used to steal bottles of unknown medicines[…]

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A Letter to Depression

September 30, 2015September 30, 2015 saratiSara

Author`s Note: This piece is about my struggle with depression through my eyes. If you feel that you might be hurt by it, please don`t read it. 

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