“It’s okay,” said the rose to the boy. “I know you didn’t mean to.” Billy did not think what he had done was okay. Not even a little bit....

Created with a structure based on another fictional work in Advanced Comp class. Content-wise this story is mine, but the sensory...

How hockey kept me moving forward. The following was used as my Common App essay for my undergraduate applications. I have an absolute...

Nobody can comprehend the depth of your complexity This beating heart shuns simplicity and simple sighs, Tussle and tear your skin in...

Our beds are stacked together Each at their own height Each with their own color Purple, Pink, Blue They fit together, But they are not...

Another day, another failure. I sighed as I left the interview, knowing that I had blown it. None of my jokes were ee remotely funny, and...

I have a daughter, beautiful and bright She has locks of hair which are different from mine Long where mine is short, curled where mine...

Why this political principle must be used sparingly among healthy friendships and teams. “It is a weak mind that imagines its version of...

Watches speak They tell us of ends and beginnings They help us feel the Ticking murmurs of inevitability Approaching both infinitely...

When I said “I do,” the first time it was already apparent that my marriage would not last. There was a look of sad uncertainty in her...

A lighthouse casts starlight across the harbor. A young boy drinks some as he rows. The stars taste like fire, though they look like ice....

The forest is filled with life alien to me Unpleasant things buzz around me harshly Their view of me altered by their alien eyes I must...

“When will you admit it?” The boy cocked his head questioningly. Taken aback, Warren took an involuntary step backwards off his porch and...

Sun rests lightly on the roadside where flowers grow They spring from the cold, dank soil with warm life They organize themselves in...

This poem was written in 2012, during 6th Grade. Fluffynose Almondtail was a small, tan squirrel He slept in a tree hollow on top of a...

Written September 2015. This is an ancient folktale told in the Valley. Once, many years before humans walked the Earth, there was a...

Written September 2015. “Number twelve. You have to do something….please I don’t know how much longer I can hold out against the warp.”...

Written August 2015. Elements Co-Created by Mari Harutunian, Erika Karlin, and Alexa Marquis. Benton Warwick had always been wary of the...

tear up the instruction manual they left for you & break free push away the boxes they built for you & be free do your best and get a B...

Written November 2012. A Sequel to Whiskers & a Keen Mind. A cat quietly rested in a towering oak, delighting in the dawn’s gentle...