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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”