This is an excerpt from a story about a girl’s process of learning to be independent and self-confident after the unexpected loss of her brother.
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Claire Yu
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Claire Yu is a junior from Queens who attends high school in Manhattan, NY. She enjoys writing poetry and memoirs, dancing and playing the flute. She has won regional and national awards at the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.
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bloodline
A pair of poems inspired by the title “bloodline” and the poets’ own heritages and culture. How do our family and our history connect and define us to ourselves and to others?
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interludes
This piece is inspired by my love for dance and my team. It is a reflection on the moments from dance I find myself thinking about and the reasons for my passion for it.
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we were made to be poets
‘we were made to be poets’ is about poets, and the reasons why we write and connect with this form of art.
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breath
breath By Claire Yu This poem is about the serenity and cleansing nature of standing in the rain and the…
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pause.
This poem is from the perspective of someone having an existential crisis and, in direct contrast to the title, has no pauses or punctuation.