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Love; a Requiem, Epistle, and Journey

May 8, 2020June 24, 2020 daimat10AP 2020

Requiem   The thin layers of will and faulty delusion, I make my way up higher and higher, never fulfilled; life was greed and greed was life. Oh, the exhilarating landscape I had been promised,[…]

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What True Heroes Look Like

May 8, 2020June 16, 2020 zanhappy10AP 2020

“Be strong now because things will get better. It might look stormy right now, but it can’t rain forever”-  Kanika Gupta on Physch2Go   As I gaze out into this mysterious world, I wonder what[…]

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Bursting at the Seams – A Polished Critical Essay (Hamlet Response)

January 25, 2020 SimySimran

“…the role emotional courage plays when an individual experiences separation.” Text: “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare All people hold truth their hearts, but only glimpses of it are shared with the people around them. This sense of[…]

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Beyond Me – A Personal Exam (Polished Uncertainly)

January 24, 2020January 25, 2020 SimySimran

Quick disclaimer: I tried polishing this piece, but I honestly don’t know to because I think I made some pretty clear connections, but it turns out that I didn’t, sooooo 🤡. If you have any suggestions,[…]

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Living as Another- A Polished Critical Essay

January 20, 2020January 20, 2020 SimySimran

Text: Their Eyes Were Watching God “…the significance of an individual’s attempt to live unconstrained by convention or circumstances.”   When an individual is placed under unwanted pressure by either societal norms or  is controlled[…]

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Something Bright – A PechaKucha About Growth

September 26, 2019December 2, 2019 _luca.jr_Luca

As you may or may not know, my name is Luca which means the bringer of light. The following is a PechaKucha about me, but more specifically the change that has happened to me over[…]

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For Every Lost Soldier

October 21, 2018October 24, 2018 jieoalekstecsonJieo

PROMPT: A recurring theme is the classic war between a passion and responsibility. For instance, a personal cause, a love, a desire for revenge, a determination to redress a wrong, or some other emotion or[…]

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The Thousand Splendid Suns Between Our Souls

September 16, 2018September 24, 2018 HijabHijab

  “Laila watches Mariam glue strands of yarn onto her doll’s head. In a few years, this little girl will be a woman who will make small demands on life, who will never burden others,[…]

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Restless Heart

September 16, 2018September 19, 2018 jieoalekstecsonJieo

It’s the song, they said. No, the sea. The luxury. The ship. It’s the sex, they whispered. Leo, said Aziza sheepishly. It’s all about Leo. “Everybody wants Jack,” Laila said to Mariam. “That’s what it[…]

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Of Colour and Humanity

January 1, 2018March 22, 2018 ZiyanaKZiyana

Colours. They are everywhere, involved in every aspect of our lives. Colours transform the dull and the depressive into the beautiful and the bright. Colours provide our lives with interest and with meaning. Colours allow us[…]

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