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  The Ultimate Present for the Holiday Season? The Gift of Education.

  

  By elizabethwaterstone, Walnut, CA

  We are spoiled. We are equipped with the luxuries of education, the gift of free speech, the joys of clean water, and the spoils of a democratic system. A system that enables us to both grow as a nation, but a system, that also empowers us to help others. However, for the majority of U.S citiz...
• Opinion > Points of View
  Pressure to Get Ahead

  

  By elizabethwaterstone, Walnut, CA

  In elementary school, I defined summer as a cornucopia of brunches, re-runs on the Cartoon Network, and the innumerable tubs of ice cream in the fridge. My summers were as carefree, lazy, and happy as any other eight-year-old in the world. I didn't really understand the need to go to a summer in...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Crimson Falls

  

  By elizabethwaterstone, Walnut, CA

  Back at Crimson Falls The nights are dark, and hallow From the spell of the moon's lair The trees dance wildly with it's branches Branches, playing it's midnight tune Back at Crimson Falls The chill sweeps through the valley As it whispers it's cool chant Birds flee th...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  He Was There

  

  By elizabethwaterstone, Walnut, CA

  He was there The moon clouded over me and made my soul unravel I wanted the nerve to tell him but my voice was in despair he loved that beauty not me so my hopes hung in the air He was there In the back the crickets sang and urged me on The wolf howled and taunted me no but in my mind, ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  I stared

  

  By elizabethwaterstone, Walnut, CA

  You stopped, I stared. And wondered what it's like to be over there. The sun gleamed and the moon smiled All I know is that: its going to take awhile. The larks sang and my heart beat Everything seems so complete To my eyes and over the land Faraway an outstretched hand. Waiting, but...