We’re excited to share our joint issue with Elipsis, our school’s literary magazine in Spanish. It’s dedicated to this year’s Seniors, who have had to deal with a very different ending than the one they expected. We hope you enjoy this bilingual edition from the safety of your home and that you all stay safe and healthy in these difficult times!
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2020 Valentine’s Day Issue
Hello all! Please enjoy our 2020 Valentine’s Day Issue! Have a day of full of love and friendship!
November 14, 2019 – Volume 6
Check out our sixth publication, in which we tasked our writers with writing about “Painting your blank canvas.”
See our May 16, 2019 publication!
We’ve just released Volume 5 of our magazine. In this issue, we challenged our contributors to write about “Accepting the past, living the present, and preparing for the future.”
Access it by clicking this link:
https://www.yumpu.com/s/SCfyk0biHOm7QAw3
Day 29 – National Poetry Month
April 29, 2019
Prompt #29: Write a poem about your interpretation of abstract art.
Abstraction
When a painter yields colors
– Pablo Rubín (12th grade)
When a writer yields characters
When a poet yields rhythms
When a sculptor yields realism
When an artist yields
Control
And all that’s left is
You
Do you run?
Do you look away?
Do you close your eyes?
Do you stare?
Do you… stare?
Check out Pablo’ Writer Profile here to get to know him!
Day 28 – National Poetry Month
April 28, 2019
Prompt #28: Write a poem about yourself in which nothing is true.
Me?
As he stares at the mirror
– Lotus (10th grade)
The mirror stares back at him
The reflection he sees
does not reflect what he feels.
Is he really the happy, smiling boy
the mirror makes him out to be?
Does the reflection reflect the truth?
Or does he want the facade to be true?
Sadness and anger build upon his eyes.
The glass mirror shatters
As he strikes to the reflection
of the boy, he does not consider himself.
Check out Lotus’ Writer Profile here to get to know him!
Day 26 – National Poetry Month
April 26, 2019
Prompt #26: Write a poem about your shadow.
Shadow
I truly am who I am in the dark.
– Lotus (10th grade)
Apart from fake smiles, prying eyes
and positive remarks;
it’s a deep abyss of lies…
as the umbrage takes over the light.
Shadow, bear with me
in hate and pleasure
as I expose my real nature
to the comfort of your eternity;
as the moon shines through twilight.
Check out Lotus’ Writer Profile here to get to know him!
Day 22 – National Poetry Month
April 22, 2019
Prompt #22: Movie Character: Write a poem about a character from a recent movie you watched.
Our Archeological Savior
The Ark of the Covenant
The Temple of Doom
The Holy Grail
The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull– Mariana Rosado (10th grade)
He’s been through it all
Indiana Jones saves lives
Saves archeological findings
And, most importantly,
He saves our history
Check out Mariana Rosado’s Writer Profile here to get to know her!
Day 21 – National Poetry Month
April 21, 2019
Prompt #21: Food: Write a poem about food.
Food Dreams
With my recent operation
– Mariana Rosado (10th grade)
Food has been just a dream
I can eat only liquids
While I yearn for some meat
The sweet taste of meat
Of chicken
Of fish
Of anything other than Ensure
Would bring a smile to my face
Check out Mariana Rosado’s Writer Profile here to get to know her!
Day 13 – National Poetry Month
April 13, 2019
Prompt #13: Parallel Universe: Imagine yourself living a completely different life, based on making a different decision that impacted everything else.
My Life’s Pages
Some days I stop and wonder
What if I hadn’t opened the first book?
The one that took me under
A spell that held me captive
Had I not gazed upon those crisp pages
Ran my fingers along their edges
Visited kingdoms from the kitchen chair
Cowered in a lion’s daunting lair– Lucía Garrido (8th grade)
I don’t think right now I’d be writing
Maybe I wouldn’t think it exciting
And the words that now entice me
I would not find so enchanting
Check out Lucía Garrido’s Writer Profile here to get to know her!
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