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Third Eye
By Jade Buan, 16 Medium: oil pastels Most people are born with two eyes: one that sees fury and anger, and another that sees sadness and anguish. But some people…
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The Battle of Two Goods
By Aaron Stokes, 17 The battle of two goods. No one is right, No one is wrong. But “you must pick a side. You must pick a flag to wave,…
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Misery
Misery, by Niema Hussain Medium: charcoal This piece is meant to raise awareness about the importance of maintaining your mental health...
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Flowing Fins of Fascination
By Breanna Ross, 16. I used to have a Betta fish named Sheldon that disappeared one day. I was fascinated by his beautiful yet violent fins...
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I Am
By Jamea Johnson, 16. I am art. I am light and dark. I am joyful and moody...
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And Then the Doorbell Rang
By Catherine Chung, 17. We had just moved into our new house, which had a leafy backyard...
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Joke
By Atom Valderrama, 15 This piece was inspired by my emotions...
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Capturing Their Environment: Youth Voice Shared Through Photography
Middle school students in Southern Illinois learned how to use photography and writing to share insights into their environment.
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Junior Year Playlist
By Charlotte Cheung, 17. At the restaurant I work at, we pack fortune cookies with the to-go orders. I decided to draw these ordinary...
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Dear Future Daughter
By Camyia Shobe-Thomas, 16 I was mostly raised by my dad so I was taught to be strong, Taught to never let people see you cry, So I lived by…
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Masked Together
By Helen Ngo, 16 Medium: digital art Covid. Asians. Violence. Blacks. This is a split portrait between an Asian and African-American child bound together by a mask. This piece was…
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I Miss Her
By Helen Ngo, 16 Medium: paper and colored pencil This is a portrait of my beautiful grandmother–a reference I took myself when I visited her long ago. I wanted to…
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This too Shall Pass
By Maya Goldberg, 16 This too shall pass, A phrase that helps in dark times and light I thought as time stopped drowning in fright A tidal wave of a…
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Before the Fall
By Tiffany Huynh, 18 Medium: pen and ink I drew a landscape (a street in Saigon before the Fall of Saigon in 1975) that symbolically depicts my origin story. I…
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Summer Play
By Hana Ismaiel, 16 a fruity summer greets the neighborhood: june embraces fleeing spirits and euphoric laughter that melts forgotten yesterdays into cotton dust so blissfully…
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You, the Miracle
By Aarti Kalamangalam, 16 The world is a tired, worried woman. Lifetimes are stones in her pockets, history a black garb draped upon her figure. With each tear, she inks…
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Fertilizer
By Rianna Griffith, 14 As more black bodies drop weekly at the hands of your hate I wonder, Do we make better fertilizer? Nourish your ground and grow your systems…
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Western Portrait
By Trish Le, 17 Grandma says: Con, bring an umbrella, look more AmericanNo boys will like you if you don’t look AmericanBe more American means be more white means disappearMy…
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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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Hypnos
By Charlotte Cheung, 17 Ohio Medium: digital art This is a piece based on the feeling of not being productive and wanting nothing but to sleep. Knowing that you have…
