Hope By Simran Umatt, 9 We have hope in our hearts, Stored inside like treasure. We hope that someday, We can play with our friends with pleasure We hope that we can Hold hands forever and ever We hope that we can Have fun and come together! Together By Anna Elizabeth Linney, 11 Simran Umatt, 9 San Diego, CA Anna Elizabeth Linney, 11 Leawood, KS
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Daily Creativity #40: Think about Endings and Try Writing a Different One
Endings are hard. Try thinking about endings as punctuation: Period: it’s all neatly tied up and finished. Question mark: a few things are left open – whatever will happen next? Exclamation point – no one expected that, SURPRISE!!!!! Take a look at one of the stories you have written recently–or, you can do this as a collaborative exercise using someone else’s story (swap with a friend or a sibling, or choose one from Stone Soup). What kind of ending does it have? Can you try rewriting the ending in one of the other styles? Which one works best?
We Are Strong, a poem by Georgia Marshall, 11
We Are Strong By Georgia Marshall, 11 Fires burning across the globe Porcelain crashing True loves forced to see each other, only through windows. And when the sky is falling Through a cracked glass mirror, We have only a ray of hope Shining through the storm. We can find a way to breathe again, If we stay strong. We are strong, glowing warriors in masks. We can make it through Stop this virus. We will link arms again We just need to hold on We are strong Georgia Marshall, 11 Marblehead, MA
