“Poetry makes nothing happen: it survives
In the valley of its own making, where it was not meant to be,
In the place of its own making, where it has no purpose.”
The words of W.H. Auden come...
For many, poetry is merely a headache that is avoided at all costs—the dreaded unit of English class. Does anyone actually know what Wordsworth meant with his field of daffodils? This uncertainty, however,...
Emily Dickinson is one of the greatest American poets of all time because of her unique style and challenge of societal norms. However, modern poet Rupi Kaur has faced incessant backlash for her poetic...
Poetry and I have had an interesting relationship throughout my life. Our first true interaction was in my 6th grade English class, where it seemed that we would never get along. Poets spoke in long, confusing...
What do puns, comedy shows, rom-coms, and adult cartoons have in common? They are funny and bring people together. A shared laugh from a joke can tell much about someone, whether they're laid-back, stuck...
Many people say money can’t buy happiness, but what is happiness without the freedom that comes with having money? I believe that although a person might not be able to physically buy the emotion, they...
“Does such a thing as ‘the fatal flaw’... exist outside of literature?” wonders Richard Papen, the main character of Donna Tartt’s breakout novel, The Secret History. These are the first few...
We are officially in the month of October, which means that we have now entered the Halloween season. Among the many fun Halloween activities and traditions, there are Haunted Houses, scary stories and...
In today’s day and age, you can share fragments of your life in real-time through a quick post on your Instagram stories or a 30-second clip of a “day in my life.” Within minutes, an audience can...
How to: Deadlines (From someone who’s always missing them)
To be honest, missing deadlines is a daily occurrence for me, but that doesn’t mean it should be the same for you. Stressing isn’t fun...
A few years ago, WPS teachers were fighting for a new contract. It was a long process - months of bargaining, deliberations, picket lines. Rumblings of a teacher strike began to pick up. The Colonel Chronicle...
Back when the COVID-19 Pandemic hit, the world was hit with a surge of Artificial Intelligence. With children at home learning from lagging Google Meets and Google Classroom assignments, education hit...
