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Backyard

Poem Age 12 Published June 6, 2023 by Sofie Dardzinski

My outside workplace holds ivy, the tips of their leaves gently pointing towards the patio of brick, clustered together, the surface of the greenery shining like an emerald jewel, covering a...
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Observing the Night Sky on a Summer Solstice

Poem Age 12 Published June 6, 2023 by Sofie Dardzinski

Situated on the compact grass, grains of sand underlying the plant that wildly grows. Shamrock color coating the square piece of meadow, fading to a flaxen pigment at the tip of each miniscule stal...
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Pandemic Echoes

Post Published July 7, 2022 by Sofie Dardzinski

An invisible enemy has changed our lives. Lives lost, all too soon. Soon slinks fear, that we contain in isolation. Isolation bringing bitter loneliness; thoughts echoing.
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Time

Poem Age 9 Published September 28, 2021 by Sofie Dardzinski

Nobody knows what time is. Time stretches everywhere at different speeds, in peculiar shapes. In space, time expands with the universe. The speed of light is time— we just can’t see it.
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Moonlight

Poem Age 9 Published September 28, 2021 by Sofie Dardzinski

My gentle fingers landed on the heavy strings as I saw the round circles spiraling around the shining strings The golden light entered the darkness of the room as my thumb pricked the chilling s...
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The Common Worker

Post Published September 7, 2021 by Sofie Dardzinski

The common worker, Coal miner, stockyard worker, bricklayer, steel worker, table waiter, grocer, Fight for their share of their chance of a dream.
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Coming Together

Post Published September 6, 2021 by Sofie Dardzinski

The isolating, eternal chaser, A monotonous virus alarming our world Broke delicate bonds, Relations and connections lost in a dark standstill.
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Mother

Post Published June 18, 2021 by Sofie Dardzinski

Caretaker of the House, Cooker, Organizer of Paraphernalia, Player of Music, and Reminder of Kindness; Motivated, strict, loving, Mother of our Home: They tell me your house i...
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Notes on our Nation, an inauguration day poem by Sofie, 10

Post Published January 20, 2021 by Sofie Dardzinski

We the People have been creating cacophony dissonant chords and jagged notes, scattered rests and twisted octaves the chaotic melody vanquishing a weak, sibilant harmony as tritone chords overwh...
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The Chosen by Chaim Potok: A Discussion Guide created by Sofie, 10

Post Published December 18, 2020 by Sofie Dardzinski

Introduction The Chosen by Chaim Potok is a wonderful book about coming of age and growth. It shows how you mature as you get older and the important things you understand about life.
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Observations on COVID-19 by Sofie Dardzinski, 9

Post Published March 20, 2020 by Sofie Dardzinski

Somewhere in China, a bat had a virus. That is how it started, a virus no one had seen before. It was a coronavirus. The bat passed the virus on to a person, who passed it on to other people in Wuh...
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