Category Archives: June 2020 Edition

Welcome to the June edition of Elements! It’s been a rough and odd past few months. Regardless of how you may feel about staying home, life in lockdown has given all of us a lot of time to think deeply about ourselves and our relationships with others. Considering all of this, we, Writer’s Club, thoughtContinueContinue reading “Elements June 2020 Edition”

June begins, dear readers, as Elements gears up for its second edition. This June is one of our most unprecendented, with the majority of us in some sort of lockdown, self-isolation or self-quarantine. Summer is coming upon the Northern Hemisphere, and many of us will be unable to enjoy it like we have previously. Summer to me wasContinueContinue reading “Ink and Opinion”

Alanna Grade 10 May 21st 2020 On the topic of self-exploration and discovery, I am great company.  Sincerely, yours truly.

Alanna Grade 10 The sun and I don’t agree.Even in quarantine, it is an unwelcome guest staring at me through the glass. When the sky is pale and covered with clouds And they melt into droplets that trickle onto my window,I welcome these gloomy days with a smiling and adoring gaze.I find that it’s easier to focusContinueContinue reading “The weather is beautiful today”

Michelle Grade 9 Reserved. The entirety of the seats was booked by a singular individual. The janitor swept the dust off of the seats and from the sides of the wooden platform. Music stands were rubbed down until they shone like glittering stars. Silence enveloped him from where he worked, and only the dull sweepContinueContinue reading “Reserved”

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Arissa and Arianna Grade 10 Verse 1: Want to be me,All on my own.Design normality, Standing my ground,So I can be found. I lost morality Pre-Chorus: Being on your own don’t mean you’re alone,But losing yourself is when you’re truly alone. Hook (chorus): Is it possible to be me?To see through all the rules of society?Is itContinueContinue reading “Be Me”

Leah Grade 11 The film is available at this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qclB0aGkTrztIvsVD-8nkBfTh7tlRPcO/view?usp=sharing

anonymous Life was good, relaxing, calm, it felt like everything was going so well. I was going out, hanging out with friends, partying, getting, well…appropriate grades. There were hardly any worries, and if there were, it was about how I would get from one party to another, or get my parents permission to let meContinueContinue reading “I Was, Now I Am”