“We look at the world once, in childhood. The rest is memoy…”

— Louise Gluck

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  • Ivy on Poisoned Lips

    The most important thing to understand about secrets is they very rarely stem from an action with consequences. Rather more from actions that society questions. Be it something unconventional, odd or merely a natural action with prejudices against it. My… Continue reading

    Ivy on Poisoned Lips
  • Saturday Mornings

    I walk out on a Saturday morning, So convinced of my goodness, My feet thump in rhythm to others on the cool road, And I cross to the other side, Careful to run a bit, As I can’t be run… Continue reading

    Saturday Mornings
  • Exam Week

    This is my first time writing a diary entry sort of thing here. But I believe that maybe you’ll find something about the life of a 13 year old during exam season amusing. I am a homeschooler who is associated… Continue reading

    Exam Week
  • The Magic of Ghibli: Whisper of the Heart Review

    Review by Janx This is my first time reviewing a movie, and I’m starting off with my favourite Ghibli production of all time. This was the 3rd Ghibli film I watched after “Kiki’s Delivery Service” and “From Up on Poppy… Continue reading

    The Magic of Ghibli: Whisper of the Heart Review
  • The Lantern of Lost Memories by Sanaka Hiiragi

    Book Review by Janx Blurb: One photograph, one treasured memory, one chance to go back In Mr. Hirasaka’s photography studio, in the mountains between this world and the next, someone is waking up as if from a dream. With a… Continue reading

    The Lantern of Lost Memories by Sanaka Hiiragi
  • Call me rumi

    Call me Rumi, Because I like how the ‘R’ rolls off my tongue, Like crisp toast fresh out the toaster, And how the rest sounds like soft butter spreading on it, I tell my mother these reasons, She agrees it’s… Continue reading

    Call me rumi
  • A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

    Book Review by Janx Its already the end of September and most of us still haven’t asked the person we like for a cup of coffee. And reading slumps eat away at our brains and bones, the way the thunder… Continue reading

    A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
  • My father loves my mother…

    My father loves my mother, And it shows, When she shows him a dress and he can’t react how she wants, So, his search history is filled with variations of, How to compliment your wife properly. My uncle loves my… Continue reading

    My father loves my mother…
  • Elizabethan Era info

    The Queen: The later queen of England was born to King Henry VIII and his second wife; Anne Boleyn. Soon after her birth, her mother was executed after an annulment of her marriage to the king. Anne was executed for… Continue reading

    Elizabethan Era info
  • Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

    Book Review by Janx I am not a big fan of dystopian works that are as old as I am; but after much persuasion from close friends, I managed to pick this book up and put it on my shelf.… Continue reading

    Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
  • Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

    Book Review by Janx 🙂 I am back with my love for Japanese books and their heartwarming ways of capturing the regular life. Today I’m introducing “The Convenience Store Woman.” Sayaka Murata’s story about a convenience store woman and her… Continue reading

    Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
  • A Doctor’s Journal Entry for August 6, 1945

    -Vikram Seth Analysis and Themes… -Janx 🙂 The poem relates to the bombing in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. An attempt at capturing the shock, horror and gore that came over people in those sudden moments where their lives changed forever. The… Continue reading

    A Doctor’s Journal Entry for August 6, 1945
  • Heart /House

    I think I’ll pack my feelings, In that brown briefcase, And leave this heart behind, Because it has leakage, And the marks on the wall, Look like you, They are red, And make me want to claw my eyes out,… Continue reading

    Heart /House
  • Anne Frank analysis [first quarter]

    Important Events: The first most important event of their lives was when they got a call up for Margot (Anne’s sister) to go work in Germany on ‘July 5’. This forces them to shift to the annex before they originally… Continue reading

    Anne Frank analysis [first quarter]
  • If we all die…

    If we all die,The soil will benefit,It will be nurtured,And plants will grow,The skies will be clearer,Most animals will have food,The endangered species will flourish again,The water will turn cleaner,Plants will keep growing,The world will keep functioning.If we all die,No… Continue reading

    If we all die…