Contents: Literature Poetry 9 The Sun Will Still Rise // Ava Watters ‘22 10 English and Italian: Le Due Strade // Alessia Welch ‘21 11 Moonlit Vigil // Teah LeBlanc ‘23 13 On Being a Divine Creature // Mi-Lan Hoang ‘21 19 Weep for Me // Truett Ramsey ‘21 20 Quoth the Raven // Emma Brodsky ‘22 22 Deep Space Slumber // Samantha Liao ‘23 24 Lesson Learned // Reagan Engleman ‘23 27 Mother // Ava Love ‘21 28 I’m a Big Kid Now // Theresa Tran ‘23 31 Secret // Katherine Reynolds ‘22 32 Saturday Evening // Brooke Bergin ‘23 34 False Light // Taylor Allen ‘24 35 Ode to the Ocean // Annabella Ritter- Pleitez ‘21 41 Olive Tree // Olivia Sikes ‘21 51 China Doll // Anastacia Chu ‘23 52 Away into the Garden // Maeve Padian ‘21 54 Movement of Life // Morgan Lemler ‘23 57 Embargo on Humanity // Jana Elawar ‘23 58 Hidden Stars // Grace Keller ‘23 59 Dear Mother // Francesca Massey ‘21 62-63 The Cottage // Jamie Lim ‘22
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Once Lost, May Never Be Found // Delia-Rose Constantin ‘21 Pluviophile // Adrienne Lumpp ‘23 Dust // Isabella O’Brien ‘23 Our Power // Sophia Combs ‘23 The Next Four // Anna Victoria Lavelle ‘21
Prose
15-16 October Whirlwind // Isabella Zarmakoupis ‘21 36-39 The Flower Burglar // Ella Tomaselli ‘22 47 Orange Tic Tacs // Sophie McCauley ‘21 48-49 Brielle in the Burbs: Hair I Come // Hailey Jones ‘21 64-66 A Walk Down the Street // Marianne Cano ‘21
One-Act Play 42-44
Unwelcome // Catherine Hammer ‘21
Film 60-61
Last to Bat // Katelinn Winn ‘21
Each year, Esse hosts a literature contest. The staff and moderators recognize two literature pieces that display creativity and exceptional literary merit. Winners receive monetary prizes. The 2021 first and second place literature winners are Anastacia Chu for “China Doll” and Annabella Ritter-Pleitez for “Ode to the Ocean” respectively.
