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Dreams and Desires

Volume XV, Number II

How does our subconscious impact our reality? Do our dreams and aspirations define us? How can we manifest our desires? Young writers and artists reach for the highest peaks of our imagination and potential.

Cover Artwork: Omar Al Twal, age 15

The Big Question

Birds With Broken Wings Cannot Fly

by Iman Monnoo
The beauty of dreams is that they are ephemeral — ever changing and transient to match how our personalities and thoughts evolve.
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More Stories

Features

When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?

by Nargis Kachrumathur

Although the complexity of dreams may forever remain one of life’s unsolved mysteries, it stands to remind us of the fascinating capabilities of our subconscious.

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Features

Unlocking the Mysteries of Dreams

by Max Mesh

People have tried to understand the meaning of dreams since at least the time of the Egyptians.

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Features

The Ripple Effect

by Lyla Cheary
Fiction

The Clock

by Soniru Dilith Koswatta
Fiction

A Conversation with My Shadow

by Pooja Hemnani
Awesome Moments

Beginnings Are a Eulogy for an End

by Mahnoor Ali Pervaiz
Helping Hands

Kids Can Change the World, Too

by Liz Fabiola
Helping Hands

A Helping Hand to Reach the Stars

by Khaled Ghlilat
Interfaith Connections

Eat Your Food — Or Else the Witch Eats You!

by Onkar Borde
Interfaith Connections

Dreams and Desires of Ukrainians

by Maria Basovska
Media

A Review of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

by Lily Wang
Media

A Review of the 2014 Adaptation of Annie

by Nubiana Smiley
Media

Dreams of Worldly Desires

by Marium Ihsan
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Poetry

The Moon and Its Light

by Kaitlyn Miller


You may think that the moon
Is bright enough already,
But you’d be wrong.
The moon,
Constantly chasing the sun
Like a dream it’s had
Since the beginning of time.
Around and around,
Over and over.
The moon lives for its brightness,
The sun.

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When I Saw the New Spider-Man Movie

by Kirsten Liang

To the Future You and Me

by Miseng Kim

The Magic Mirror

by Vincent Chang

Glitter

by Paisley Cooke

Hafren

by Fifi Wang

We Cradled Infinity

by Lyla Cheary

Behind This Mask

by Emilia Abbas Ijbari

The Voyage

by Konrad Tittel

Unique Desires

by Virginia Rodriguez

Mosaic Heart

by Fatima Shafi

I Dream This Winter

by Luke Burt

burnt out stars

by Adya Sarin

Dreams Like Clouds in the Sky

by Patryk Karpowicz

PerSpectives

Sueños de poesía / Poetry Dreams

by Margarita Engle
Have you ever felt an intense desire to enter a landscape that no one on Earth has ever experienced before? If so, you might be describing a poem.
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