I wake up in the blistering heat of my dorm room. Out of the window Earth is still covered in powdery white. My phone displays a message from last night. “I love you, goodnight.’ She wrote. My body fills with that familiar warmth, and I smile. Most of the day […]
Poetry
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Four More Haikus: The Love of the Game
Four more Haikus added to the vault! Again, I need to continue to work on the focus of each haiku. As I progress, you’ll see that the focus will gradually become sharper. I’m hoping to get to the point where I can use all three lines to focus on a […]
Secret Project
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Serendipity Entry #7: Love in Sickness
“My skin hurts.” She said. I remember thinking to myself how odd of a statement that was to make. I had never heard anyone say that before. I would only understand her sentiment hours later when she fell asleep on her bathroom floor after vomiting endlessly for the majority of […]
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Serendipity Entry #6: In Pain and In Love
The seasons quickly changed. It went from Summer to Fall to Winter in an instant. Snow now covered buildings, roads, and driveways. A green landscape buried beneath. It was so cold that Icicles had formed on the bumper of my parent’s car. My head was pounding as we pulled out […]
Book Reviews
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Piranesi by Susanna Clarke: A Modern Classic
Piranesi is a mystery/fantasy novel written by Susanna Clarke. This novel is super short. It’s only 245 pages so I have to keep the summary vague and brief to avoid spoilers. This story details a house filled with statues and devastated by ocean currents. The halls of this house are […]
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Serendipity Entry #5: Protesting for No Good Reason
We would take turns going to each other’s dorm room. Most of the time we’d be doing homework or studying. Sometimes we’d watch YouTube, Netflix, or movies. For months I had silently refused to sit on her bed or use her desk chair. I didn’t want to overstep any boundaries […]
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Serendipity Entry #3: Simple Miscommunication
It had still been just weeks at this point. I was away for the weekend with my friends. We had been texting back and forth. That feeling of radiating heat was beginning to stick around with me more than not. The place that we were staying was a couple of […]
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Serendipity Entry #2: Embarrassment to Last a Lifetime
It had been a week or two since we first started talking. There had been a lot of texting and talking on the phone. Just trying to get to know each other better. We were at school and without transportation so it was hard to go on dates. Instead, we […]
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Serendipity Entry #1: Summertime Magic
It was August when we first met. Heat waves were visibly rising from the pavement. Humidity was enhancing the thickness of the air as if you could grab it with your own hands. I’ve always felt a fondness for summer. Summer air has electricity in it. The days are long. […]