By Zuha Jaffar Everyone tells you to focus on the important things, except what’s important has escaped my mind. Get good grades, get good test scores, this is the year to get it all right. But you’re sixteen years old, and life just gets so much harder from here so enjoy it. Don’t let school…
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by Caroline Cannon To say it was a rough day would be an understatement. The missed alarm clock, the pop quiz I was not prepared for, and the gross fish sticks at lunch made school almost unbearable for me as a sixth-grader. And then, when I got home and logged onto my iPad, I found…
Read MoreBy Jazmine Halawa In 1945, on Christmas Day, the Sodder Family awoke in the middle of the night to smoke filling their house. In the house were George and Jennie Sodder, and their 9 children. They were able to get five of their nine children out of the house. When the flames settled, there were…
Read MoreGabby Quintana During the cold season, there is a warmth that wraps around you inside the comfort of your home. As you huddle into a blanket and the sink into the abyss of your television, the magic of the holiday season is magnified. In a seemingly distant and foreign world, is a holiday love. This…
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By: Violet Webster In sixth grade, I was introduced to the poetry of Sarah Kay. I was eleven, a spoken word virgin. At the beginning of our poetry unit, my English teacher found a youtube video of Sarah’s “Toothbrush to the Bicycle Tire” and played it for the class. I was immediately hooked. After two…
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by Emma Gerber A month ago, Mr. Parsons asked me, along with some other writers at HB, if we wanted to participate in writing for a summit called the Cleveland Rising Summit, which aims to envision and guide Cleveland towards a more amazing future. This was the prompt: Let’s assume that tonight you fall into…
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by Emily Jones The crisp warmth of the fire gives me goosebumps that run up and down my body as I shiver with a cup of hot chocolate in my hand. I look out the window and the snow is drifting through the air, it gently sticks to the windows dissolving instantly. The feeling of…
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by Abby Coffey If I don’t come back this time There will be trapped doors everywhere I look Double-double helixes everywhere I look I will feel lost and overwhelmed Not knowing where to look Oh look a lighthouse Reminding me of an old blaze of fame Reminding me of wanderers But I am a prisoner…
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By Nola Killpack In my dreams, I fly.No longer must I merely survive,here I can die a thousand times.I shed my body like a huskand emerge a butterfly,carried to the threshold, whereall these worlds meet.I know things too lovelyto exist anywhere, but herewhen I wake they just disintegrate.Slumber pulls me from the depthsuntil I’mburning. Here,…
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By Olivia Moore My dreams come to visit me every night, Bringing revenge on the troubles of the day. Expressing their loyalty to my happiness. I can’t suppress them or their meanings. They show me my fate, and what I truly lust for. Help me cope with loss, as well as show me The next…
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