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On Being Self-Reliant.
As a sophomore in college, I am currently revisiting "Self-Reliance," an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson, in my American Literature class. I...

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Oct 7, 20204 min read


Reflecting on "The Vegetarian Crusade"
The Vegetarian Crusade by Adam Shprintzen The Vegetarian Crusade is a novel that discusses the initiation, persecution, growth, and...

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Oct 6, 20204 min read


Irreplaceable
Teardrops they slide Where feelings hide In heart, soul, mind Are you afraid to find? Gone with last night Your smile-painted face Gone...

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Sep 19, 20201 min read


Same Sad Song
I have played the same sad song on those meager plastic keys both before and after I had you secured in my life. And before I realized...

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Sep 15, 20203 min read


My Mind At 18
I am placing these thoughts into boxes of letters only once as to not forget the mind and gravity of my world at age 18. If you read this...

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Aug 20, 20204 min read


Peach's Smile on Tuesdays
Her name was Peach and she liked to smile violently in the mirror at her reflection when things were going wrong. She would stare at each...

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Aug 20, 20204 min read


A Pot for One Made by Two
There is alarm in her eyes As pink and red fly Away post being Brought to their demise Add berries to the pot Make it all turn blue Add...

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Aug 20, 20201 min read


To a Lost Friend
Memories of you still run through my mind at times. I wonder if you know how much you meant to me or if you think about our former...

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Aug 13, 20203 min read


Almost a Halfway Love Story
I stay with him because he loves me. He doesn’t expect much from me—dinner three times a week, phone call on Sunday, embody a plus-one at...

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Aug 11, 20201 min read


Fear at 18
When I was in kindergarten, my dog Sophie chewed up my favorite stuffed animal that I slept with every night, leaving the tiger a...

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Aug 11, 20203 min read


A Marriage Story?
I don’t remember happy I remember compliance And sharing out of necessity I don’t remember happy A blossom in full bloom The majority...

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Aug 11, 20201 min read


Youth Culture in Bedroom Pop (research essay)
Over the past few years, the bedroom pop music genre has gained a significant following in younger listeners in their teens and twenties....

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Aug 11, 20204 min read


Starving for Connection / baggy
I just want to talk. I want our words to intertwine like melodies, and I want those melodies to turn into songs that I can listen to on...

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Aug 11, 20202 min read


I Am A Teenage Girl
I am a teenage girl. I am a weird teenage girl. I am a teenage girl who feels like she is going through everything at once yet thinks she...

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Aug 10, 20205 min read


Rise with Black Lives
I’m trying to rise Head on pillow Pillow of problems Pillow and head working to solve them I’m trying to rise Sun in sky says while he...

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Aug 10, 20201 min read
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