I was able to create a piece that I am extremely proud of. I hope the readers feel they can connect with this poem, in one way or another.

These poems are centered around social issues, arranged marriages/sex trafficking, and toxic masculinity, as well as one about fantasy. Pointing out these problems, which are rarely talked about, is influential to those who are affected by them. Giving a voice to those impacted, is necessary for change, and change is what we need.

This particular piece discusses the process of grief and confusion surrounding the unexpected disappearance and presumed death of two lovers.

This story was one of my favorites because of how well it really flowed.

This is very close to the Utopian dream that a lot of thinkers have been imagining about. But is it really?

I was interested in getting my story and my feelings regarding the piano onto paper and into words, and it turned into the creative writing piece I am submitting here.

I write poetry, and take inspiration from the world around me to describe how I see it. My poetry can be defined as my perception of the world.

I just told a story. I wanted to put it down on paper. It's about a girl I used to know, I'd spend a lot of time with her, lead her on. I really did her wrong, and I'm guilty.

Maggie's artistic process is sometimes complicated but for many of poems she puts on jazz or swing music and she partially closes her eyes and just writes about anything she can.

After being stuck at home during the COVID pandemic, I began to notice small things around my house; the scratched paint on our banister was the inspiration for my poem “ghosts".

The memory behind it has so much meaning and I’m so happy something good has come from it.

I am naturally a quiet and introverted person who can be more sensitive to noise than most. Sometimes I feel as if my needs are ignored because I don't make the biggest, showy-est production of them. This collection of poems is inspired by my experiences and double as entreaties for those who may not as of yet how their actions affect others like me.

This piece is about being a teenager, and the stresses that it induces once you begin to reach the end of your high school years but have not yet done the basic high school things (e.g. kissing someone, drinking, partying...).

This piece is from a project that I did in my creative writing class that required me to use the words Goat, Broken Stained Glass, and Drawbridge.