Last summer, I went on a two-and-a-half-week trip throughout Italy with my cousin and grandma. Our visit to Venice was particularly memorable and so I’ve highlighted some moments from that trip here.
Class of 2023
And The Lightning Strikes
He was like home to me. I wasn’t ready to let him go.
Swinging into Cycles at Sunset Park
![Freda Dong](https://gwn-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/10115830/Freda-Dong.jpg)
Inspired by the experiences I had in a park I’ve been going to since childhood.
In the living room
In my family’s living room, I reminisce about an old music machine and its feeling that I took for granted.
Rich Ghost Town
I knew this place like the back of my hand…
The Immortal Wishmaker
![Victoria Gao](https://gwn-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/10175530/Victoria-Gao.jpg)
This story is an excerpt from the first chapter of my science fiction novel and it introduces the protagonist, the Immortal Wishmaker.
Sweetest 16
![Diarra Gadji](https://gwn-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/10090439/Diarra-Gadji-.jpg)
![Angela Trakoshis](https://gwn-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/10090438/Angela-Trakoshis.jpg)
This is a tribute to me for my 16th birthday
Calling
This poem is inspired by D.A. Powell’s poem “Calling All Gods.”
Time
Sometimes, everything we want is on the other side of fear. Time waits for no man, but that doesn’t mean we must always try to race against it.
The Recipe
![Kayah Hodge](https://gwn-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/10093852/Kayah-Hodge.jpg)
Uplifting yet grounded, explore a euphoric reality bound by light and positivity instead of oppression and resistance.
The Deed
She died thinking about her friends…
Dear ‘M’
![Jenna Vollor](https://gwn-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/10090440/Jenna-Vollor.jpg)
I thought I needed you, but in the end, I know you needed me.
The Sad Ones
Pretty loves are pretty but sad ones are prettier…
Elegy
![Miya Mahipat](https://gwn-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/10090443/Miya-Mahipat.jpg)
In light of the boredom of life, daydreaming can captivate creativity.
Love as Fragile as Time
![Andrea Judan](https://gwn-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/10093847/Author-Photo_11-28-2022-05-20-21-PM.jpg)
A young woman and a mysterious old god pay each other visits to the forest every now and then, and this time the woman asks the masked god a more personal question…