7:53
7:53 My mother has creases under her eyes I’ve forgotten I contributed to, laugh lines around her lips I didn’t realize were from jokes I’d made.
7:53 My mother has creases under her eyes I’ve forgotten I contributed to, laugh lines around her lips I didn’t realize were from jokes I’d made.
In Amherst's shade, where whispers grow,
You stitched the seams of all we know,
A bee's soft hum, a slant of light,
Became the fabric of your night.
When you walk the streets of this city,
What do you feel?
What do you see?
Do you see the life and wonder,
That lies in the cracks of the sidewalk.
The curious child asking his mother
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Visual Art
Deadline
Recall a favorite happy memory and put it to paper in any style. How do you go about portraying the emotion?
Writing
Deadline
Write a story or poem in the second person point of view, making the reader a part of the written work by addressing them directly (otherwise understood as “breaking the fourth wall”).
Writing
Deadline
Describe in detail – from morning to night, or over a period of days – how your family celebrates your favorite holiday of the year (a December holiday, or any holiday). Do you decorate? Cook special foods together? Hold special traditions?
Visual Art
Deadline
In the short, dark days of December, make it a mission to find vibrant colors around you and share your discoveries in photography, painting, or another medium of your choice.
Visual Art
How did the Impressionist movement get its name? It started with this painting by Claude Monet and an art critic's insult.
Writing
What or who are you grateful for?
Iris Robert, YWP alumna, intern, and book lover, shares some of her recent finds with us. For December, Iris, eyesofIris on YWP, reviews "Agua Viva" by Clarice Lispector.
Are you looking to submit your work to contests for a chance to win prizes or to publications such as journals and anthologies? Check out our lists of writing and visual arts contests curated for YWP by Alumni Advisor Sam Aikman!
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