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Meet Chris Baxter: Finance Professional, Poet, and YBH Writing Judge
Chris is a 30-year finance and investment professional who enjoys writing as a creative distraction. We are grateful to have him serve as one of the judges for our writing…
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Human Eye
By Zarria Clark, 14 Viewed from the human eye I am unpolluted air difficult to breathe in.Concealing myself away like camouflaging a black eye,I still stand out, yet I don’t…
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大龙与天后 (The Great Dragon and the Heavenly Empress)
By Alisha Wong, 16 A dragon and an empress rest in my living room, Expressions austere and pensive As I ask what molded his talons and fangs; Forged his vermillion…
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You Tried to Kill God
By Maya Goldberg, 16 Congratulations, thank you for killing God. Bravo! The rationales have won. No more will we be subjected to the torment of illusion, you have provided us…
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Art & Writing Contest!
Enter the Youth Be Heard Art and Poetry contest by September 15th to win up to a $100 prize and have your art featured and printed. Ages 13-21 allowed to…
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Graduate
Scottlynn Ballard, 18 Graduate. Grad—to step. -ation—the state or quality of Graduation—the state of stepping into a quantitative unknown. Dear senior, You mispronounce unprecedence You Phoenix from the ashes of…
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Body Image
Emilee Adams, 19 How we see ourselves has an immeasurable impact on our lives. I have found that my “body image” changes rapidly, even on a daily basis sometimes. One…
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Mammoth in the Monolith
Lena Diakite, 16 The vote of who if not all?Clones controlled by one hive.All the kin are skins.Separation of thought, not heard of.Those who have broken free, have done so…
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It’s Pride Month!: Remembering Marsha “Pay It No Mind” Johnson
Charlotte Cheung, 17 In honor of pride month, I created this pink and purple colored pencil drawing of Marsha P. Johnson. I only first learned about her through someone’s post…
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Stuck Inside
Charlotte Cheung, 17 Medium: digital Here’s the first piece that I made during quarantine. It refers to the confinement in our homes that virtually everyone is experiencing right now. Because…
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Introductions
Hannah Sterkel, 17 Hello! My name is Hannah. I am seventeen years old and I live in St. Louis. My pronouns are she and her. I have a dog named…
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I AM BLACK EXCELLENCE
Tra’Lia Winters, 16 Even with the odds stacked against me I still persevered! I’m already labeled before I even enter a room! I AM BLACK EXCELLENCE! You are intimidated by…
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Knowledge
People say that knowledge is power and if that is true then I wanted to be powerless again.
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COVID-19 and College: Disrupted yet Hopeful
“Without suffering there would be no compassion.”
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COVID-19: A Weird New Life
"Weird is one of the best words I can think of to describe this experience" -Hannah Sterkel, 17
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Finding the Bright Side Amid COVID Darkness
Perhaps once the quarantine period is over, we will emerge more in-tune with ourselves and aware of the good in those around us.
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The Corona Diaries
Life in Quarantine: a diary of exerpts accounting our new realities caused by COVID-19
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Chasing After the Wind
By Jonathan Koons, 23 My thoughts flutter all around and above my head like sun-sparks in the deep evening skies. I try my best to catch them all and stuff…
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Living or Dead
I will never understand why Lilly continued surrounding herself by people that would hurt her. Maybe she wanted our parents to notice her, only her.
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The Most Public Voice of Moral Conscience
Hate cannot drive out hate
