“Summer was our best season: it was sitting on the back screened porch in cots, or trying to sleep in the treehouse; summer was everything good to eat; it was a thousand colors in a[…]
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Poetry Seminar
Dear Present Self, You are finally realizing that in life you truly don’t have friends. I hope you protected your heart to the best of your abilities. Darkness from jealous people will always[…]
When We Meet Again
Explain to me why Why do you feel the need? To look into my eyes And tell me I’m not worthy Though you didn’t use words Your facial expressions said everything. I don’t even[…]
Liberating the Soul
This is my Poetry Seminar Response and what I think about the poem. Invictus is a hopeful poem, a poem that when you think you have reached the end of the road, teaches you to[…]
What Could’ve been- Frankenstein Personal
As a grade 10 entering into the AP program, I’ve been one of the many individuals given the delightful task of reading and analyzing the novel Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley. It was both a learning[…]
Reparations
Life has given us a choice. To follow the story written for us, Or build a bridge to our own, …. The city was prospering; the people were happy, and living peaceful lives. The last[…]
To Fall In Love With Ones Self…
For a long time, I had been afraid of judgement. I’ve been scared of the rude remarks said behind my back, the statements and facts about me that everyone but me could see. As time wore[…]
The Miracle of Love
Dear My Future Baby, Love. What is love? Love is madness, love is delight, love is pain, love is passion. Love is behind all the rational and irrational decisions we make in life. And it[…]
No Dogs or Jews Allowed.
This post was inspired by the movie Life is Beautiful. It is written in the perspective of a Jewish girl in the 1940’s, around 11 years old. “No Dogs or Jews Allowed” The sign was[…]
Why Do We Laugh?
This piece is my personal response to the movie Life is Beautiful by Roberto Benigni. It’s currently 4:18 p.m. in BC – 5:18 p.m. in Calgary – and as I gaze out the car window,[…]