QLS High School Writing Club
By Elaine Gu, Class of 2029, Honorable Mention of “The Roar”‘s Middle School Fall Writing Contest! Fall. A truly beautiful season. Heaps of golden brown and cascades of red flutter towards the earth. The slight autumn breeze chills my bones. The ground becomes a glittering galaxy made up of red and mahogany. Delicate pine needles […]
MoreBy Mira Liu, Class of 2028, Honorable Mention of “The Roar”‘s Middle School Fall Writing Contest! Lucy and GrendaThe wind blows,through the branches,of the family tree,it rattles the leaves,and takes with it,Lucy and Grenda.Two souls,on the breeze,the only thing,that is left behind,is a memory,and grief,oh, so much grief.Crying,sobbing,tearing at fabric,that is untearable,trying to bend hourglasses,that […]
MoreBy Audrey Xu, Class of 2028, Winner of “The Roar”‘s Middle School Fall Writing Contest! Granny Smith stands at the counter, shaving the skin off apples harvested fresh from our garden. She’s wearing a gingham apron, which complements my checkered dress. I sit on a wooden stool behind her, watching the speckled peels slowly descend, […]
MoreBy Karen Huang, Class of 2026, Winner of “The Roar”‘s High School Fall Writing Contest! First frost — it’s getting colder these days. The sun refuses to rise; it floats and meanders across the heavens with a thin gray light. You bask in whichever lazy ray of light peeks through; capitalize on the brief warmth, […]
MoreI’m a mosaic of mirrors meant to reflect the personalities of the people I admire the most. I’m a culmination of plagiarized jokes and stolen souls reformed to be my new personality. Late at night, grown-up voices echo throughout the open hallways that line our house. I lay in bed, gripping onto every word, Every […]
Morefinally, it stopped raining.
i kept hoping the rain would stop tomorrow.
the rain relentlessly fell,
creating even more puddles with all the splashes.
i used to quickly run through the downpour, hoping for shelter ahead,
you would offer to share your umbrella with me…
The Roar 