elementia

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By Tori Gardner
issue 11

We’re just dancing,
partying,
smiling. Having

Fun

For once in our lives;
being ourselves, knowing
no one can judge us. It

Is


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I Wish

By Anonymous
issue 11

I wish…

I could run like an Olympian

I could draw without restrictions

I could dance like nobody is watching

I could sing as pretty as a mockingbird

I wish…

I could be a world traveler

hope

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Iowa

By Aaron Peterson
issue 11

When I think of Iowa,

I think of cattle,

I think of the rattle under the road,

driving by humble abodes.

I imagine cornfields,

I imagine barns,

driving by the farms,

I hear the rumble of tractors,

identity
Place
memory
family

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U, I, and Growing Up

By Eric Gunnarson
issue 11
best of elementia 1-15

i, the definitive

the only you in the world

i am and you are individual

we are separate

we are absolute masters

of our individual perceived universes.

relationships
friendship
identity

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