elementia issue 6

Writing

Night Rain

By Julia Marquez

You listened, drifting
in that half asleep
dream world-
a tiger roared
a brave tree fell,
crashing
and black
thunder grumbled
outside your window,
quietly,
whispering
don’t tell


Bodies Revealed: A Non-Linear Essay

By Candice Ladd

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“I am going on a diet,” she announced.
“But McKenzie, you're only six! Besides, you’re beautiful!” I shot back.
“But,” she insisted, “I need to lose weight.
“No, you do not. I’m your nanny, I know these things. Now eat your lunch.”


Ebullient

By Haley Claxton

The world comes to life,
As a new day dawns;
The freeze is now over,
Frosty winter now gone.

The creatures all wake
From their deep sleep.
Now through the land
Does warmth truly seep.


Rain Season

By Edward Sapilinga

Drop, drop went the rain
Wet ground is so slippery
Here comes green all over


Forgotten

By Lena Sabih

Forgotten by their own,
Forgotten by the world,
To a place farther than disaster
Only to see more.

Peril in the ocean and in the wind
Has left them lost.
Bright and lively no more,
No more faces of affection.


Orphans

By Edith Mukonka

We are the orphans
We do not have our mother
We are the orphan


The Loyal Servant

By Lady Spritzy

I am the loyal servant
To a darker kind of master
When asked bout our lord,
My brethren bow their heads in shame
While I raise my head in pride
And my twin does the same.
But then my twin abandoned us
And left me in the dark.


Why Can't You

By Lya Tran

Why can't you ever be true to you and to me.
You cell me everything I want to hear but nothing you mean.
You always make me sad but you never know.
You never cared although you say you do.
Am I wrong to believe you all the time?


featured young adult artist: Michelle Willard

By Michelle Willard

Describe yourself in one word.

Punny

How did you get involved with the library?

I had a friend with connections.

What inspires you?


Being Cosmic Dancers: because what else would we be?

By Jaden Gragg

We live on our floating planet,
this hunk, this rock,
we are so small. 


My Future

By Elizabeth Mwalisansa

I think more about my future
I can't understand my future
I see that future is very difficult 


Boy was on a Cloud

By Ayah Abdul Rauf

Hallo there boy
You're just a child
Play on the fluffy cloud
In the air.
Think of nothing.

Until you fall
Fall a man
Live a man
Die a man


Quiet Sighs

By Drew Wilson

Whenever I' m alone I miss you
Wish I took that chance to kiss you
I feel shattered and alone
like a dog thats lost his bone 
Remembering your laughing eyes
my life is filled with quiet sighs
Seasons may come and seasons may go


Angel

By Chris Padgett

Speak in your whispers, yet love me the same,
Wrap me in wings of comfort that tears can't absolve,
See through the struggles were new paths evolve,
your silence lies down beside me with only repetitive breath,
bask in the gentle touch of my fingers caress,


Middlegame

By Seanan McGuire
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by Heather C
Dec 18, 2019

I am not one that is normally drawn to the fantasy genre.  I mean, sure, I read all of the Harry Potter books (because they were fantastic!).  I am a huge fan of the Xanth series and don't even get me started with the Incarnations of Immortality series (if you haven't read that series, I highly highly recommend it) but I find myself drawn more to thrillers or mysteries or anything with vampires and witches.  So, with that being said, I love how this book drew me in from the get go.  

Just the blurb on the jacket alone got me excited to read this book:

Meet Roger.  Skilled with words