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An Icy Sunrise by laurenm

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The Daily Read

  • 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.

  • To Emily

    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.  

  • The City

    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

Spotlight

Challenges

  • Visual Art

    Deadline

    Happy

    Recall a favorite happy memory and put it to paper in any style. How do you go about portraying the emotion?

  • Writing

    Deadline

    Second

    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

    Holiday

    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

    Pop Up Contest! Color

    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

    Claude Monet

    How did the Impressionist movement get its name? It started with this painting by Claude Monet and an art critic's insult.

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