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By Anonymous Princess Catherine’s bloodshot eyes grew heavy as she flipped through another page in her book. She paused for a moment and sighed before sitting upright, glancing at the clock beside her. Two hands positioned themselves at 2:00, one moving achingly slow and the other not budging. The second hand ticked against the glassContinueContinue reading “Sleepless Beauty”

By Anonymous He lay next to her, as the sea would the ocean. Clouds hung in the sky, as puppets would to strings. Shapes drew the skies- images of bunnies and bears flew carelessly through the open air. The earth below them threatened to fall, yet they hadn’t had a care in the world.  TheContinueContinue reading “Snow White”

By Sharmila, Grade 10 On a cushion of the purest silk rests a round metallic circlet, with intricate designs studded with glistening, multicolored jewels weaving around. In waves, they rise and fall, with the crests forming crescendo of musical grace, the troughs being seemingly no less. It’s an eons-old symphony of elements, tied with meticulouslyContinueContinue reading “All Waiting For Tomorrow”

By Georgia, Grade 9 Watching the sea, Eileen suddenly understood why her father was so certain that spirits dwelled within each wave. It made sense why her father so revered the subtle undulations of water that before long flourished into waves, which caressed the shore with a touch at once gentle and fierce – soContinueContinue reading “The Daughter’s Death-Song”

Artwork by Kati, Grade 10