For the past three years I have been attending the Colgate Young Writers workshop in Hamilton NY. The week long camp is held in the Case-Geyser Library which is right on the Colgate campus. The experience of being on the college campus was just one of the things that made this camp awesome. There...
Over mid-winter break I visited Syracuse University. Founded in 1870 Syracuse sits atop a huge hill in the middle of the city of Syracuse NY. Home to about 20,000 students Syracuse is one of the top private schools in the state of New York. Not only does it offer many stunning undergraduate progr...
The book Accomplice by: Eireann Corrigan explores an exciting topic through the eyes of high schooler Finn. Finn and her best friend Chloe have gotten themselves into some big trouble, but they knew it was coming. Both of them faked Chloe’s’ abduction so they could get attention from colleges....
Mother used to tell me how father was a royal knight fighting for the king. He was draped in shining armor on top of his white horse riding gallantly into battle. I had asked who the king was, but she never would tell. Mother never wanted me to worry. As I’ve grown I’ve come to realize it wa...
Why
You sit pompous and happy proud with your
100 percent
I boil like a kettle
whistling ready to blow
but I don’t
I keep it inside
sending it to my store of already built up anger
Anger and frustration of how I will never be better
than you
Anger at myself for being who I am
...
I see her for the first time
grey eyes piercing into my blue
something tells me I will remember this moment forever her soft skin against mine
soft as a baby
which she is
Time passes her small fingers growing slightly larger
she knows who I am
her small hands cradle my pinky as if hanging o...
The battle seemed to have been going on forever. Why couldn’t I find my son? The Dark Lord had called us to see him in the Forbidden Forest we would pull away and wait for the Potter brat to surrender. But I didn’t care I wanted Draco so much it nearly made me breakdown crying.
As we made ou...
"Get your arse over here you filthy creature" Bellatrix shouted to the house elf. She was starting to get tired of waiting for the snatchers to come back. It was her job to question and kill, her master knew it would suit her well. She always had been good at torturing people. Narcissa wal...
Speak by: Laurie Halse Anderson is one of the few books that I can say I’ve actually read twice and will read a couple more times. Speak tells the story of fourteen year old Melinda Sordino who is entering high school as an outcast. After calling the cops on a party where there was underage drin...
Her Mother
I entered the funeral home
scared out of my wits of what I would find
Would I find a
crying friend
shocked friend
happy friend
or no friend at all
My mother by my side said “be respectful”
I didn’t say anything back
I was afraid that if I tal...
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