Click clack. Click clack. Click clack. The train bumped its way across the tracks stretching off into the horizon and out of sight across the huge open field. Far in the distance, there were the sharp, unforgiving silhouettes of the mountains, but the closer landscape was flat and smooth; it was lonely, but friendly and […]
I am a genuine person. My heart is full and fragile and for a young woman in high school, that isn’t always the ideal personality to possess. For a long time, I let others walk all over me which led to an ongoing depression leaving me empty for the entirety of my junior year. While […]
Over 50 miles from the nearest gas station and a five-day paddle from any sort of infrastructure, I stepped out of the canoe, waved good-bye to my fellow “leaders in training” and entered the unknown. Armed with my pocket knife, a tarp, 20 feet of rope, a fishing rod, a Bible, a journal, my sleeping […]
Again in the time of Shakespeare, performs have been a type of leisure for the folks of London. They’d not solely be seen by the wealthy, but in addition by the lowest member of the social scale. Shakespeare’s globe theatre was open to the public, and the solely perk about having lot of cash was […]
The earliest inhabitants of what is now Thailand were hunter-gatherers. However about 4,000 BC they began farming. They grew rice. At first the farmers used stone tools but about 3,000 BC bronze was discovered. From about 500 BC the people of what is now Thailand used iron. At first what is now Thailand was divided […]
His uncle– now King Claudius–murdered King Hamlet, his father. Now Hamlet realizes that he cannot trust anyone– not even his best friends. In Act 3 Scene 2 Hamlet is talking with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and he asks Guildenstern to play the recorder for him. He denies the request, but Hamlet keeps pushing and pushing him […]
My long-term goal is to become a Hairdresser. First, to become a Hairdresser I need to do well in school. I want to work as hard as I can to get my diploma and to move on with my life. I want to focus on doing my schoolwork and my homework everyday. I want to […]
“I know you can” was written on the pitboard as we came racing past my brother who was standing on the sidelines. One person stood in the way of my winning first overall at the Binghampton Amateur Motocross Nationals, and I wasn’t going to let him stop me. As we raced down the straight, I […]
Writing has been the most comfortable and artistic way I have found to communicate. Naked words, vulnerable and bold, show one’s honest voice; and stripped of confusing colloquialisms that often plague our ears, writing offers a rare clarity and permanence in a confusing and temporary world. I have come to feel at home when I’m […]
Once a child of cliches, I ate my words. Became obese; Was proud to be American. Enjoys the taste of a freshly baked poem, any time of day. Frequently brushes, but forgets to floss. Wakes up with morning breath. Was born of parents too young, And put up for adoption. Was taken in love, unrequited; […]