By Ellah

The rain nipping at my face, sign slipping out of my arms, “my body, my choice” making my voice hoarse, I wondered why I had been dragged...

I shouldn’t be scared. My ear shouldn’t be glued to the computer screen, volume on five percent, brightness even lower but even through...

If I had courage, I could do anything- in poetry, I can do anything- in theory, I could be courageous so I could do anything- like, climb...

Thursday is like a jack in the box, sweet, cheery tunes floating as the handle is cranked, like the chirp of chatter in a coffee shop, a...

Monday is the busiest day of the week a wayward strand of hair dangling in front of her eyes red and rimmed with sunken blue She’s always...

Once upon a time, in a faraway kingdom, there was a young girl, weak-spirited and naive, held hostage by a massive, terrifying, dragon....

If the world was made of candy, I’d stick out my tongue to taste the sweetness in the air, inhaling the sugary scent of powders and...

It was a busy night in the Pink Macaron. Like most nights, crowds of important looking men and women swarmed the small street corner on...

"If the kid that was you five years ago showed up in your bedroom today, what would you do with them? What would you tell them?" It’s...

The daily life of an ancient Egyptian girl. Dear Friends, I carefully open my eyes, blinking groggily at the blinding sunlight. I reach...

Even though it may not seem like it, diving boards are strikingly similar to books. When you ‘dive into’ a book, you are beginning an...

The number line, The never-ending highway that connects all languages and cultures, because we all speak math, The number line, Where...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg was so many things- an inspirational supreme court justice; a warrior, fighting a battle for justice and equality; a...

“In the final analysis, a riot is the language of the unheard. And; what is it that America has failed to hear?”- Martin Luther King Jr....

I will try, through head pain, high fever, and bad scores, I will try. Even if the world around me is spinning, I will try. I will try,...