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at the cliff, he watches

by Euisun Hong

"at the cliff, he watches" by Euisun Hong captures a small moment turned outward. By utilizing creatively unconventional descriptions and tension, the piece begins with a man on a cliff who witnesses strained, foreign chaos and ends with an indefinite resolution that feels as if a moment of great struggle, as of now, has tided over.

at the cliff, he watches

Grades9–12

Words82

Purpose—

longing · perspective · resilience · vulnerability · wonder

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Poem · 1 min · Full text

Chopsticks

by Euisun Hong

"Chopsticks" by Euisun Hong presents to us a seemingly insignificant tool in our everday lives -- a chopstick, as simple as any utensil. However, through vivid descriptions set in a dreamlike state of longing, Hong manages to convey an illustrative scene that causes us to think a bit deeper about the weight and meaning of something so small.

Chopsticks

Grades9–12

Words70

Purpose—

longing · memory

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Short story · 7 min · Full text

How Silence Peels

by Seah Kim

“How Silence Peels” follows a young narrator and their father during the weeks after the narrator’s mother dies. A visit to her memorial and a plate of peeled apples reveal feelings that neither character can easily express. Notice how ordinary objects carry meanings beyond their everyday uses, and how memories interrupt the present. The Korean family terms Appa and Eomma mean “Dad” and “Mom.” A columbarium houses cremated remains; banchan are side dishes served alongside a Korean meal.

Appa has been a widower for three weeks. Five times that length was the first time I heard the word “uncontrollable” to explain the lump in my mother’s brain, a…

Grades9–12

Words1,209

PurposeChoice reading

Belonging · Family

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Short story · 7 min · Full text

METAMERISM

by Seah Kim

This work establishes the nuance of a memory over time -- much like how objects look different under different lighting, thus the phenomenon of metamerism, this piece establishes how life can look different under different circumstances. In “METAMERISM,” a narrator addresses their younger sister while recalling their childhood home, shared routines, and their mother’s increasingly painful absence. Ordinary objects—a swing set, colored cups, takeout containers—become ways of revisiting experiences the siblings may understand differently.

METAMERISM

Grades9–12

Words1,328

Purpose—

Family

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Poem · 1 min · Full text

Plums (Summer Eulogy)

by Seah Kim

In “Plums (Summer Eulogy),” a speaker remembers their mother peeling and feeding them plums during summer. Within the poem, the tense and vivid descriptions of fruit, heat, skin, and water bring tenderness into contact with discomfort and decay.

My mother peeled plums for me in sick summers

Grades3–5

Words169

Purpose—

Family

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synonyms for summer

by Seah Kim

In this experimental lyric poem, memories of catching minnows are intertwined with images of hands, grass, locusts, injury, summer, and home. The poem resists a straightforward story: its fragments, repeated images, and unusual comparisons ask readers to consider what can—and cannot—be held, protected, repaired, or expressed. As you read, track the images that return and notice how their meanings change.

/ carve up my hands and call it a triptych / like locusts folding in their legs on bladed grass / you’d cut your ankles on them but you wouldn’t bleed, folding…

Grades9–12

Words269

PurposeChoice reading

Identity

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