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Poetry

Poetry Editors

Hi! My name is Gillian Lamphere and I am currently a junior at HMTCA. I play softball and I am a catcher! Listening to music has always been my kind of therapy. Music has always been there for me when no one else has. I love writing songs and I’m currently learning piano so I can add music! My poetry style is kind of on the deep side. I tend to write about deep stuff and I genuinely enjoy it. I am not native to Connecticut, I was born in upstate New York. I was also born without the ability to see 3D. 

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Gillian Lamphere

Hi, I’m Emily Talavera. I’m in 9th grade. I’m lazy, quiet and stubborn. I'm also the oldest child. Drawing is my favorite activity, I also love spending time with my family, and dream equality. I love my dogs and sleep, however I hate mushy grapes. My fear is tight or crowded space, inequality continuing and pain to their loved ones. I do play violin. My wish is to visit different countries. I live in Hartford, Connecticut.

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Emily Talavera

Jacob Gonzalez

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Fiction

Fiction Editors

Hi, My name is Emerson Scarlett and I'm a freshman at Hmtca. I am a fiction editor here and I enjoy watching anime and writing things like short stories and poetry. Writing is a nice way for me to express myself and I enjoy doing it when I have free time. I swim and run track and I currently live in Meriden.

Emerson Scarlett

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Hi, my name is Donelius Parker. I'm a 9th grader at HMTCA. I enjoy playing video games at home. My favorite video game is Modern Warfare, But at school my favorite subject is science. I enjoy being with my friends and hanging out with them.

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Blog Editors

Donelius Parker

Korey Logan

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Art

Art Editors

Jessica Mark, I’m a sophomore here at HMTCA.

I am the Art editor. 

I’m creative, weirdo, caring, kind.

Sister of 3 younger sibling, and no older sibling

I love watching YouTube, listening to music, and drawing in my free time

I have felt determination that brought forth disappointment 

With the fear of failing, struggling and not getting my picture right

But discovered, strength, imperfection and laughter with the things I do

I want to see myself succeed and graduate high school

I residence to my mind where anything is true,

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Jessica Mark

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Hi, My name is Marley Bocchichio, and I'm a sophomore at HMTCA. I enjoy writing poetry, drawing, and photography. I've been creating art ever since I could hold a pencil, and for me, art is a way to express emotion that can't be expressed with words. It's also a way to capture the beauty, as well as the struggles in life. Creating art also helps me to cope with the struggles I face in life, and has been a key part of healing my body and mind.

Marley Bocchichio

My name is Iris, and I like to draw.. I’m in 9th grade, I also have a twitter and youtube channel.. I have an obsession with YuGiOh..

Iris Vann

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Social Media

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Hi I’m Vinesha!

I’m 16 years old and I’m a senior. 

I’ve only been at HMTCA since my sophomore year. 

I was born in Guyana and came to the US when I was about 11. 

In my spare time, I like to write poems that rhymes

Regular poems are fun too, poems about the color blue

Or poems that describes memories, made from previous centuries 

Poems that tells a story, or show emotions like glory

This is what poetry is to me. 

Mohini 

Independent, caring, loving and beautiful

Child of Ravena and Lionel

Who loves photography, music and good food

Who hates school, but yet pushes forward to become a better person and help others

Who feared what this generation will come to sooner or later, feared losing the opportunity to change the community,

and feared that younger children will lack the motivation they need

Who tries to make a change around her to make it a healthier living 

Who wanted to see love and happiness to the people around her

Born in connecticut and living in connecticut 

Bhola 

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Mohini Bhola

Vinesha Gajadhar

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Website

Webmasters

Hi my name is Erin Woods and I'm a junior at HMTCA ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ I like almost anything creative; drawing, theater, dancing, singing, and of course, writing. Writing for me is a way I can lyrically and uniquely express myself, instead of just telling something flat out; that’s boring. I like to write poetry, songs, and sometimes short stories if I have the right inspiration. I’m also a big political activist so I enjoy making articles about many topics.

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Hi my name is Clotilde but everybody calls me Chloe and I'm a junior at HMTCA.

I like expressing myself through so many different ways, that's why I joined our school yearbook club to be photographed. I began writing poetry a little over a year ago, 

I love writing because it helps me cope with stress and others like to read my poetry.

I love to write and am often found jotting down notes in my little black notebook.

I love to write because it brings out one’s true words.

I like to write because it provides an opportunity for me to describe the world in ways we don’t usually see it.

I enjoy writing because I love stories, making my own seems to be a great way to tell my own as well as understand others.

I also found writing to be a great way to express myself.

I like writing poetry because it allows me to express deep thoughts that I don’t verbally share with anyone.

I love to write because it helps me to cope with the whirlwind of high school.

Clotilde Agbetossou

Erin Woods

Web. staff

I am a poet by craft and teacher by profession. I have a passion for poetry but not only writing poetically but teaching others to write and enjoy it. I've completed my MFA (Masters in Fine Arts) in Publishing and Creative writing at Fairfield University.

Senior Publishing Editor and Teacher

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