Author: GG Ballou

• -Reflection-

  Overall I really have enjoyed this project, it was a very good experience. I think my research was really beneficial for me. Rupi Kaur’s works were specifically very influential for me. She was my first main inspiration for wanting to start writing, I’ve really enjoyed her works and her style of writing, as well as…

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• -Last night-

  This poem is one of my favorites in terms of the imagery included in it. The thought of the sticky-sweet ice cream covered in crystals from freezer burn. The idea of peering into the freezer late at night and seeing it, almost feeling it staring back at you, a reminder of everything in the past.…

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• -mentoring feedback-

  For my project I have been working with Emma Schneider as my mentor, she is a former creative writing teacher and teacher at compass. For my mentor work I wanted to hear what someone who writes themselves and has taught writing would have as feedback about my poems. Overall I very much enjoyed this part…

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• – the awful truth of the twentieth century-

  This poem was inspired by the corruption of Hollywood through a female perspective. The surface level glamor of old Hollywood and the fame of current media stars has historically lead many young girls into a world of using that they often may not even realize their getting themselves into. The focus of this poem was…

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• -This town-

  This poem was written about one of the towns I grew up around, although I didn’t live there it was definitely the place where my most developmental years took place. The first line “Isn’t it ironic, this place I go to solve my problems faces a challenge the moment I step inside”. This is in…

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• -The letter-

  The short story included in this book illustrates a first love, falling hard and dramatically is a tendency in these moments. Bits and pieces of this story are taken from personal experience along with things I’ve observed between others in my life. Although it is mostly fiction, I still feel a deeply personal connection to…

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• -First post-

  Hello! My name is GG and I am currently a student attending compass school for my senior year. The purpose of this blog is to post pieces of my book that I have written for my senior project and highlight what I enjoy the most through out my writing. The book, mostly focused on young…

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