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There was absolutely nothing he could argue against these “circus animals”.

“What the — ?” James woke up in surprise to find himself in a cage with his hands and feet cuffed...

Animalia

Amy

M

Hummelstown, Pennsylvania

Episcopal High School

11th Grade

"Is that what we live for now? Waiting to tell the next story."

You just start crying for no reason. The subtle, yet wet tears rush down your somewhat lonely face...

Storytime

Arabella

Dixon

Edenton, North Carolina

Episcopal High School

11th Grade

"Life will return soon"

Hopefulness must stay...

A Promise – Haiku

Zoe

Smith

Houston, Texas

Episcopal High School

10th Grade

"To hibernate in summer"

We shall get ready...

Haiku of a Virus

Susan

Wang

Alexandria, Virginia

Episcopal High School

10th Grade

"But I was aware. I knew that our world was heating up."

Today, something changed. Every day, I woke to the deafening blare of “One Last Time” by Ariana Grande...

Loop-di-Loop

Debby

L

Alexandria, Virginia

Episcopal High School

11th Grade

"White privilege is built into the core of our nation"

Mature Content

I think it’s funny when one says white privilege isn't true / How could you think that when the evidence...

White Privilege

A.

JT

Fort Washington, Maryland

Episcopal High School

11th Grade

“'Ethan, where do you think we go once we die?'”

"Do you believe in God?" / "No."

Conservation of Souls

Karen

Zhang

Pace, Florida

Episcopal High School

12th Grade

"Then God said 'Do what you want with these gifts I have given you.'"

First there was the It, an amalgamation of everything that ever will be, and everything that will never be...

An excerpt from translation of the 21st Century text, The Bible of Gygax.

Manu

Kadiyala

Alexandria, Virginia

Episcopal High School

10th Grade

"so she didn't care anymore / about life / about family"

she / walks / clothes tattered / heart shattered / for nothing mattered / did it?

she walks

N

B

Alexandria, Virginia

Episcopal High School

11th Grade

"To find her, my angel, and where my heart belongs"

Life is like a road that goes on and on...

The Road

Charlie

Manoogian

Alexandria, Virginia

Episcopal High School

10th Grade

"I sip what remains of an old iced tea, The radio blares a Steely Dan song"

It’s locked and I can’t even find the keys I could break the glass? stitches would ensue

Midnite Cruiser

Patricia

Daum

New York, New York

Episcopal High School

10th Grade

"In these special days, We no longer shake hands With fear and fever"

Started from the ancient Greek, We shock hands, With admiration and praise, For respect, for friendship, for love.

We Shake Love, Not Hands

Anna

Ren

Alexandria, United States

Episcopal High School

10th Grade

...instead of seeing two extremes, you begin to see the faint shadows of land.

POV: You’re a student from Episcopal High School wandering the labyrinthian halls of the National Portrait Gallery...

Point of View

Cindy

Wang

Alexandria, Virginia

Episcopal High School

11th Grade

We were staying in, polluting our environment less...

Four days into my sophomore year of high school, I met him. He had dark, long hair that flopped around his ears and hung low into his eyes.

Starry Night

Ella

J

Alexandria, Virginia

Episcopal High School

11th Grade

I can tell that people are watching me, but I don’t know why.

*loud phone alarm noise* Another day. It’s going to be a great one. Or is it?

Average Day, Eccentric Me

N.

B

Alexandria, Virginia

Episcopal High School

11th Grade

I want to see who I was— / before the world told me who to be.

I have an obsession. / It's an obsession with the old me

Before They Told You

Claire

Boehm

Cornelius, North Carolina

Episcopal High School

12th Grade

Was---the word that haunts me. He was my best friend. He was alive. I was okay.

Mature Content

I’d known him for three years before he...

He

N.

B

Alexandria, Virginia

Episcopal High School

11th Grade

"With the brushing of skirts, softness in eyes, a haunting breeze."

Music brightens the moon and the dim lights are melted, Fled to the city of heaven, where the soul is accepted.

Night-Noon

Anna

Ren

Alexandria, Washington

Episcopal High School

10th Grade

"I have a hidden talent and I am ashamed of it, but I love it."

I have a secret. I feel like I can’t share this really cool part of me.

A Secret

W.

Mosby

Alexandria, North Carolina

Episcopal High School

11th Grade

"...she will put forth the energy to get to know her friends on a deeper level."

April Ludgate is a complex character in Parks and Recreation who changes throughout the show, but in many ways, stays the same.

Unraveling April Ludgate

Lucy

Bland

Goldsboro, North Carolina

Episcopal High School

11th Grade

"I remember her staying up through the night. I remember her kissing me goodbye"

If only she had lived the life I live. If only she could have been as fortunate growing up as I am. If only she knew how much she has impacted my everyday life.

The Life She Could Not Live

Lucy

Peacock

New Bern, North Carolina

Episcopal High School

11th Grade

"Kiss the air and dance in peace. Every season has its seeds"

Squirrels, sparrows, wind and bees Roam around the empty streets.

Neighborhood

Susan

Wang

Alexandria, Virginia

Episcopal High School

10th Grade

"He was stuck in life and knew he shouldn’t be there"

His eyes, concurrent with his heartbeat, were fluttering shut. He felt as if he was falling in and out of consciousness, with every consecutive breath.

Lincoln Memorial

Minta

B

Raleigh, North Carolina

Episcopal High School

11th Grade

"For just a second I saw it, I was standing on the edge To freedom."

I feel it deep down inside me, This compulsion to find a new life. Across that way is another Who feels completely different.

Standing on the Edge

James

Briggs

Beeville, Texas

Episcopal High School

11th Grade

Elizabeth couldn’t shake the feeling that somehow trash was tainting their trip

Elizabeth's feet slid from beneath the stark white sheets as she turned her head to see Blair's crown of tousled brown hair still resting peacefully to her left...

Out of Balance

Hadley

F

Nashville, Tennessee

Episcopal High School

11th Grade

"Nothing really matters out here. There is no need to seek anything. . . all you will find is peace."

Finally, it’s your favorite time of the year. This time is truly superior in every way. There is just a unique beauty at the start of Spring in the valley.

Peace

Thomas

Gibert

Alexandria, Virginia

Episcopal High School

11th Grade

"I never saw You fill up that ugly “Best Dad” mug. / It was always empty: just like Your chest"

The wind waltzed with every follicle of my hair. / And as I waited for the storm to pass / I thought of my first performance: Chopped, well, “choppy”

“Choppy”

Amber

Azmoudeh

Alexandria, Virginia

Episcopal High School

12th Grade

"Forever: / as eternal as my morality or: / lack thereof"

I’m choked with the fear of leaving, / forever, / and beginning anew...

The Inevitability of Growing Up

Amber

Azmoudeh

Alexandria, Virginia

Episcopal High School

12th Grade

"In this abyss of bliss I’m floating. / The future is something I wish I had guessed"

Events of my life I’m left here noting, / At home I am happy to be.

Of Good Things I Am a Consumer

Wyatt

Singletary

Jacksonville, Florida

Episcopal High School

12th Grade

"I find so much hardship in the heart of my city"

I sit and watch, under the pool house / As the dock spreads out over the water.

Neighbors

Wyatt

Singletary

Jacksonville, Florida

Episcopal High School

12th Grade

"Young children marveled at the towering buildings, scraping the sky above their heads. Black asphalt beneath their feet picked at their open wounds. "

Every day was the same. Get up, go to work, come home, eat dinner with my wife, go to bed, repeat. It was the average life of a working man.

Nearer

Sofi

Igyan

College Park, Georgia

Episcopal High School

11th Grade

"White privilege is built into the core of our nation"

Mature Content

I think it’s funny when one says white privilege isn't true / How could you think that when the evidence...

White Privilege

A.

JT

Fort Washington, Maryland

Episcopal High School

11th Grade

"Nothing really matters out here. There is no need to seek anything. . . all you will find is peace."

Finally, it’s your favorite time of the year. This time is truly superior in every way. There is just a unique beauty at the start of Spring in the valley.

Peace

Thomas

Gibert

Alexandria, Virginia

Episcopal High School

11th Grade

"But I was aware. I knew that our world was heating up."

Today, something changed. Every day, I woke to the deafening blare of “One Last Time” by Ariana Grande...

Loop-di-Loop

Debby

L

Alexandria, Virginia

Episcopal High School

11th Grade

There was absolutely nothing he could argue against these “circus animals”.

“What the — ?” James woke up in surprise to find himself in a cage with his hands and feet cuffed...

Animalia

Amy

M

Hummelstown, Pennsylvania

Episcopal High School

11th Grade

"Is that what we live for now? Waiting to tell the next story."

You just start crying for no reason. The subtle, yet wet tears rush down your somewhat lonely face...

Storytime

Arabella

Dixon

Edenton, North Carolina

Episcopal High School

11th Grade

"Young children marveled at the towering buildings, scraping the sky above their heads. Black asphalt beneath their feet picked at their open wounds. "

Every day was the same. Get up, go to work, come home, eat dinner with my wife, go to bed, repeat. It was the average life of a working man.

Nearer

Sofi

Igyan

College Park, Georgia

Episcopal High School

11th Grade

"With the brushing of skirts, softness in eyes, a haunting breeze."

Music brightens the moon and the dim lights are melted, Fled to the city of heaven, where the soul is accepted.

Night-Noon

Anna

Ren

Alexandria, Washington

Episcopal High School

10th Grade

"I never saw You fill up that ugly “Best Dad” mug. / It was always empty: just like Your chest"

The wind waltzed with every follicle of my hair. / And as I waited for the storm to pass / I thought of my first performance: Chopped, well, “choppy”

“Choppy”

Amber

Azmoudeh

Alexandria, Virginia

Episcopal High School

12th Grade

I want to see who I was— / before the world told me who to be.

I have an obsession. / It's an obsession with the old me

Before They Told You

Claire

Boehm

Cornelius, North Carolina

Episcopal High School

12th Grade

"Life will return soon"

Hopefulness must stay...

A Promise – Haiku

Zoe

Smith

Houston, Texas

Episcopal High School

10th Grade