For these two poems, I've captured unexpected items in their most dramatic form. I enjoy the idea of reading something very deep and thorough, creating an implicit image in one's mind about the theme of the story, only to find out at the end that the subject matter was primitive and completely unimaginable.

My artwork is a poetry collection of 3 pieces. It displays 3 struggles of 3 mental illnesses that i do not have. I chose this idea because i thought the research would be fun, and to bring awareness to often disregarded illness.

This piece is about a young boy who escapes an abusive household, and his reflection on his prior experiences in life. I had written this piece over the summer, and decided to come back to it. I wondered what it would be like for someone to leave everything behind.

When I was taking a walk at night I saw an x-shaped cloud in the sky, and I thought that an x mark was a cool thing to write a story about. I didn't really think about much when I was writing this piece and I just put what I wanted to on the page, and that is how most of my pieces are.

My piece is about the process of coming to terms with your sexuality when your whole life you've had different plans for yourself. I wanted to capture the raw emotions I endured when going through this.

The Whole World Passes By: This is a reflection of my hope that I could be one of those good people out there who would stop for those the world has tread on, looked over, beat down; but when I feel that way, that someone would also do the same for me.

These poems are not a set; the file name is the first poem's title because I didn't like the idea of mashing all three together. "But he left no marks" and "come home" both express varying levels of regret, distress, and loneliness within unhealthy relationships. "enough to be" depicts the fear of rejection and perceptions of others regarding one's gender identity.

My first creative work, “Hollywood Dream,” is an ekphrasis poem based on the painting “The Lovers” by René Magritte.

This piece is about a group of people I became closer with in the beginning of my sophomore year.

My artwork started as a list of thoughts scribbled in a notebook, late at night. The most interesting thoughts usually come to me at night, when I have time to explore my thoughts.

title: An Episode of Awful, Non-Stop Weather

This piece is about feeling every emotion all at once, in one place. It pulls inspiration from a Jewish Sleepaway camp I attend each year. The piece discusses how one day I won’t be able to visit every year.

Our world is what you may call the epitome of limitations, one of dreams that shall never exist. Our world is an abyss where hopes shatter, shards breaking at the foundation of a bottomless chasm. Reality’s oceans are filled with bitter tears.

Qing is a collection of poetry written to answer a question I faced throughout my life— how do I explain my beliefs about love, which have been so deeply shaped by my identity?

I wrote this piece because I was recently reminded that pondering about the past won’t change the present. Moving is a very difficult process for many different people including me.

STUNT is about childhood/adolescence and how throughout mine, I have always been very shy, but I have also always loved to move, and how it worries me sometimes, that I am not participating enough.

This piece began with a few rhyming lines I had jotted down in my notebook. I had had a family reunion a month before where I saw a family member I hadn't seen in a while because they had dealt with addiction.

This piece was written when I was going through a lot of stuff. When I wrote it, it made me feel very good about rebirth and how life can be carried on within others hearts.

This piece is very personal because it talks about a subject that I've always wanted to talk about.