Author: Sanjana Karthik
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The Importance of Volunteering
Featured Illustration: Sascha Morawetz Volunteering is the act of an individual or group freely giving their time and labor for community service. For some, it offers the chance to give something back to their community or make a difference in the lives of the people around them. For others, it…
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Education
Featured Illustration: Lina Mulik Read a narrative when not mandated Nurture a love for a learning Follow your passions They may turn One day, Into your earnings Acquaint with the world Perhaps even amend it Discern something You once couldn’t But now can name it Learn And…
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I Am More
Featured Illustration: Mayra Arvizo I was sad, And I will be sad, But I am not today I am more than just my despair, More than the words I write, And more than the tears I fight I will allow my tears To descend where they may And…
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Love
Featured Illustration: Samiksha Singh Love is meant to be pure Golden streams Of honey A heart traveling One to another Without any stop signs Natural Not contaminated Or filtered by conditions A heart That’s an open book Misunderstood at times But loved by others Pages Now…
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Autumn
Featured Illustration: Lara Paulussen Splatter of maroon across the canvas Neighboring pine trees Tickling lush green bushes Light playfully resiles from the trees Their silhouettes Conceived In light autumn breeze The cold is comforting Matching our despondence Instead of bright lights Stretching lips Into smiles That take precedence …
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Torn
Featured Illustration: Fernando Cobelo I know we’re tattered Because every day We distinguish a new face With the same frayed hands And grin Deemed out of place Foraging with their eyes For a soul That will reinstate hope Discerning for hands That might donate more And there…
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Heart Awareness
Featured Illustration: Shelia Liu Your heart Centering your chest Could center more The window to your soul The words that you let go Perhaps the way you view the world Could all be the reflection Of the heart Ever so raw And without Your mind’s protection You…
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Granted
Featured Illustration: Titus Kaphar We take human life For granted We treat a mother’s child Like they’re an isolated entity We see Through hollow eyes And empty hearts As if one teardrop Doesn’t stain their clothes Or one death Doesn’t ripple into more A life Wrapped by…
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Community
Featured Illustration: Ranganath Krishnamani Let them into our home There is nothing You can clasp onto More than a hold From a hand Extending out Letting you know There is solace Lying about The surface of our world Beautiful And unknown Locking myself In…