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PERSONA
Inkblots XXIII The John Cooper School
Literary Arts Magazine 2020
The John Cooper School
One John Cooper Drive
The Woodlands, Texas
77381
Phone: 281-367-0900
inkblots@johncooper.org
PERSONA
Inkblots
Volume XXIII
WRITING
Fiction Prose
Daughters of the Cosmos
The Story of a Picture
The Date
The Dips
Interviews
Exploration of the Artist
Exploration of the Author
Non-Fiction Prose
A Coastal Homage to Patti Smith
Ascension
30,000 Feet
Ephemeral
Season 1: “Epilepsy”
Ruth
Kobe
To My Hoods
Dear New York,
Sweaty-Palm Socials
Enduring the Unknown
The Air That Clings
An Elegy: On the Living and the Dead
Satan in the Subur
PERSONA Inkblots XXIII
The John Cooper School One John Cooper Drive The
PERSONA Inkblots Volume XXIII
WRITING Fiction Prose Daughters of the Cosmos The
Poetry Red Sun Rising stones unturned Misconcepti
VISUAL ARTS Digital Art Rhizanthella Caterpillar
Witness Untitled Physical Art Dance Like No One
DEAR READER, As individuals, we are
focused on our new realities, many produced
Amara Oguchi Mum 8
Daughters of the Cosmos
Red Sun Rising Sawyer Liner I’ll chase the big re
Nancy Lee Dance Like No One Cares 11
A Coastal Homage to Patti Smith
5. I am sitting here red. Red, red rock, red na
Nancy Lee Fresh Start 14
stones unturned Jack Reid stones unturned sit fir
Misconceptions Susannah Keiser Who people think w
Who people think we are Is all based on what we s
18 seconds please Saylor Hark perfectly fine tip
Meredith Schatz Untitled 19
20 Ascension My grandparents’ hous
provided for. Exhilaration replaced
Caroline Muhith Busy Bees 22
30,000 Feet
Ephemeral Paige Cromley I. Cairns The precar
God and I Share a Bag of Pecans on a Wooden Dock
Abby Prettyman Please Hold 26
Season 1: “Epilepsy” Emily Hamer Episode 1: “Marc
“We need to make sure you’re not sei
life and eat barbecue every night followed by van
The Red Nissan Kya Gill 33 days later she starts
16 years and 14 days later and I am still lost wi
EXPLORATION OF THE ARTIST: Cathy Zhang Lo
others, I want to share pieces of my memories wit
Ending Page
Will Haynes Corridor 35
The Story of a Picture
for her to eat. She swoops down once more amongst
38 Moths Ronchetto Allie Avery Nakahara Effusio
Ruth Maci Flanagan I. My sister taught me how to
Kobe It’s been just a few weeks sin
invincibility that the world built around you. Yo
To My Hoods Basia Siwek Sisterhood I
bones and I will simmer to a fading sleep when th
day and if I have time for coffee. I think about
Floodlight Sawyer Liner The light is not quiet, i
What Little Boys Do
Fascinated my young mind One night I had a friend
Kirthi Chandra What the Flowers Taught Me 48
Like Someone In Love Katie Lynn Miller One
Goat Music
Four by Four Objects Leather-bound old bo
Frustrations I don’t understa
Kirthi Chandra Pucker 53
Dear New York, Our journey together
It’s been three weeks since I’ve see
Sweaty-Palm Socials
my friend gushes as the song concludes and I rush
Humid Ellie Drinkwine Air drips down the cupids
Dead Kids Walking after Gwendolyn Brooks
60
Nissy Davis Acrylic Bloom
The Merits of Lies Avery Nakahara You say you tru
The Date Alex checked his antique w
he said, “How about Friday?” and with that they
Nissy Davis Bittersweet 65
Tori Osmond My Mosaic 66
The Chaos of Being Avery Nakahara I am so
Enduring the Unknown Phoebe Hollingsworth
in Pakistan, not necessarily in a bad way, but di
Words From a Lost King
Leave me to watch over the new world, where lif
Ebony Crown Carla Williams Oh how that of her ski
Amy Van der Linden Dive 73
The Air That Clings The humidity st
del Diablo (Devil’s Throat) in front of me. This
I do not plan on remaining in my nat
Nissy Davis Veiled 77
78 Kirthi Chandra Stop Smoking (We Love You)
White Moth, Black Butterfly Ellie Drinkwine Black
80
Seb Plaza Paramount 81
Pieces of Plastic Preston Rowley I mean of course
Andrew Sos Well 83
Tori Osmond A Girl and Her Cat 84
A Tribute to What I Lost Paige Cromley Roses in
An Elegy: On the Living and the Dead
Nicholas Harris Veins / Asteroidea 87
Satan in the Suburbs Abby Prettyman
slowly weighed me down. The resentment I held for
EXPLORATION OF THE AUTHOR: Helen Hundertmark How
When the Bombs Fall Helen Hundertmark Bad Lippspr
Abby Prettyman She’s Magic 92
please, never land without me Abby Prettyman i se
What Happens When a Star Dies? Lucienne Moran Las
You made people laugh And they liked to see you l
You sobbed so loud I couldn’t hear my own thought
And only now do I realize I was also your last ch
Caitlin Blank Mixed Conversations 98
What Makes a Masterpiece? Nissy Davis The strokes
100 The Dips They drank half-opene
they might break the wall they put up — and they
just like everyone ever. Trying to help us and te
Maddy Sinkovic Menace 103
Sarah Tindell Femininity, Superimposed 104
On the Idealization of Females
Pavement Preston Rowley I’ve been here before I d
Maybe they’ve been right this whole time To buy a
When I Am Mad At My Mom
Basia Siwek Digressing 109
Joe Wilkins Hand Drill Table 110
Infinity Geometry
In Defence of Idleness Once upon a
the first two years of high school soon ceased bo
Ode to Time Spent
Carla Williams Silky Tranquility 115
1. How do I focus? Classes start at 9am. You
Saylor Hark Frolicking 117
DEAR READER, “The Quarantine Diaries”
Basia Siwek Satellite Bar 119
Quarantine Sunshine Avriana Lisembee I hope that
Abby Prettyman Blue Boy / Manifested Garden / L
Dear Corona, I’ll skip the niceties
You stole the final moments of my senior year. I
12 Foreign Arid Tongue Gaia Togni Wilkinson Days
Speak Sawyer Liner My mind’s words are different
Seventeen and Female: As Told by a Concerning Lis
17. What if I never amount to anything? 17. What
The Overland Series Hailey Huettel W
Our Little Jungle Noelle Harris We climbed throug
130 Broken Bones Nissy Davis The Earth has broke
Fingertip-to-Fingertip Nissy Davis Her hand, out
132 Vitamin D My eyes shot open wi
windows were down. The breeze swung my hair back,
Marielle Sauber Isolation / Divide / Witness 1
Seb Plaza Untitled 135
THE STAFF Sarah Tindell { Editor-in-Chief } just
Paige Cromley isn’t even the best drummer in The
AWARDS Scholastic Writing Awards: Abby Prettyma
COLOPHON The staff and faculty advisors at The Jo
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK... The Fine Arts Council
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