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By Raquel, grade 10 Artwork by Bianna Ochola, Grade 11 Her mother laughed, roses in hand. They glowed with the buttery light of the setting sun, saffron and gold dancing across smiling faces. There they stood. The roses. Pristine, impeccable. Stark against the dull green, padded walls. Perfect in their uselessness. Strangely luminous under theContinueContinue reading “The Yellow Roses”

By Piper, Grade 9 Art by Maya Davis, Grade 10 She burst with yellow and that was obvious to all around.The yellow got brighter every time she smiled at a stranger walking by or held open the door for ten people in a row.The yellow around her never disappeared, yes it might dull or fadeContinueContinue reading “Titleless”

By Sharmila, Grade 10 Artwork by Sharmila Bommadevera, Grade 10 The standard door chimes sing above my head, indicating an arrival, and prompting the staff to either bombard customers into buying this or that or silencing them into maintaining the mysterious air associated with antique shops. My arrival, however, does neither. I’m greeted with theContinueContinue reading “The Hourglass of Heroes”

By Sharmila, Grade 10 Artwork by Sharmila Bommadevera, Grade 10 Gray, gray, and gray. Grass, charcoal. Trees, graphite. Sky, lead. The clouds, at least, are grayish-white. Is this truly all there is? I’ve wandered the mountains, seas, and valleys, gray landscape, followed by gray seascape, by gray landscape. Surely there must be more? This world,ContinueContinue reading “Dreams Coming True”

By Anonymous Artwork by Isabel Holder, Grade 10 The sun was so yellow but ever since I was a kid my parents forbade me from bathing in its light. Unlike the rest of my relatives who were content in the darkness, I was drawn to the beauty that the natural yellow light brings. All I’veContinueContinue reading “Yellow”

By Katie Amen, Grade 9 Artwork by Tea Charette, Grade 10 Sunlight speckled the ground and made the leaves above me glow bright green. I sat in the hollowed-out space behind a massive bush, leaning against the old brick wall behind me. Minutes ticked by, each one agonizingly slow, as I waited. I passed theContinueContinue reading “Yellow Flowers”

By Anonymous Artwork by Isabel Holder, Grade 10 The world will be destroyed in a billion years. You and I will not be alive for it. But that angelic future generation of yours that refer to you as great great great something will die. It’s not your fault, nor is it mine. Then again itContinueContinue reading “Yellow is to Blame”

By Anonymous Artwork by Bianna Ochola, Grade 11 They were watching, they were always watching. She mused with a hint of irony in her thoughts as she watched those tremendous big eyes blinking back at her. She had been put into an asylum however, nobody knew why. As far as they could tell she wasContinueContinue reading “All the Colors of Insanity”

By Emir Abdellahi, Grade 9 Artwork by Isabel Holder, Grade 10 He rose steadily out of the sand as the grains slid off his back. He stood up abruptly and looked over the looming hill from which he had emerged. The silver crescent moon illuminated the otherwise pitch-black sky, and its rays shone upon theContinueContinue reading “Titleless”

By Gayoung Cha, Grade 9 Artwork by Alessandra Veveiros, Grade 11 Water was shiningI was riding a boatIt was a warm springI was looking at the waterfall Water was swooshing and clinking,Like whispering to my earsHitting the rocks and whacking the waves,Like forcing me to go through the waterfall,I went through the waterfall Splash,Then IContinueContinue reading “Yellow Flower”