Tag: writing
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Poem in Your Pocket Day – “An External Conversation”
In honor of Poem in Your Pocket Day, here’s a poem I wrote a few years ago called “An External Conversation.” I want you. I do. Don’t say things like that… It drives me crazy… You’re so beautiful. You’re not so bad, yourself. No one’s ever said it so seriously, so honestly, so sincerely. Truly,…
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NaNoWriMo 2015: ‘Runaway Girl’ Part 5
This is the last part of Runaway Girl (for now!). I had a lot of fun revisiting this story, so maybe next NaNoWriMo I’ll write another four or five parts. Read the previous parts here. The following weeks consisted of Priya and I searching for a job. “How about modelling?” she’d suggested. “Maybe hand modelling for jewelry and…
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NaNoWriMo 2015: ‘Runaway Girl’ Part 4
This was supposed to be the last part of Runaway Girl, but since there’s one more Sunday in November, and I’ve been getting a lot of views on the NaNoWriMo posts, I’ve decided to make this a five part story! Enjoy part 4! (Read the previous parts here). I got up from the table with an…
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NaNoWriMo 2015: ‘Runaway Girl’ Part 3
Enjoy part 3 of Runaway Girl. (Read part 1 and part 2) It’s been two weeks since I left Bangladesh. I feel so free here in New York. Priya and Greg have taken me to a Broadway show and to a few museums in Manhattan. Everything is so beautiful here. A smile wouldn’t leave my face until…
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NaNoWriMo 2015: ‘Runaway Girl’ Part 2
Enjoy the second part of Runaway Girl! (Read part 1 here) It was only five o’clock in the morning when I tiptoed down the stairs and out the back door of the house. I took one last look at the family photo on the living room table and then I left. I was going to miss this…
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NaNoWriMo 2015: ‘Runaway Girl’ Part 1
I’ve decide to participate in NaNoWriMo this year! The story I’ll be sharing here on my blog is one that I wrote as a Year 1 at Bard High School Early College Queens. The prompt was “family injustice” so I wrote about a Bengali girl whose parents were forcing her to marry someone she has no interest…
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It’s Poem in Your Pocket Day!
Today is Poem in Your Pocket Day! Although I won’t be literally carrying a poem in my pocket today, I’ve decided to share a poem here on The Whisper Box. Yes, you may not know this but my writing extends to creative writing as well. I’ve actually been working on two poetry projects that I…
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