The Orange Island Review, Vol. 1 No. 2

By The Orange Island Arts Foundation

To counter-balance the latest education reform: STEM! STEM! STEM!, The Orange Island Arts Foundation presents our Fall 2015 issue of the Orange Island Review, a collection of poetry and artwork from high school students throughout the U.S. and edited entirely by a high school editorial staff. Here is a little Arts and Humanities to go with all that Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. STEAM! STEAM! STEAM! If you find yourself wondering about the relevance of verse in the age of the tweet, take a peek at what this journal has to offer: a great read and insight on the ideas and concerns and "deep feels" of high-school students all over the country. And it does it far better than a flow chart ever could.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Beating Windward Press
• Release date: Dec 9, 2016
• ISBN: 9781940761336

The Orange Island Arts Foundation

Orange Island Arts Foundation, which is based in Broward County yet serves South Florida and beyond, is an organization that encourages creativity; cultivates learning; and engages youth, established and aspiring writers, and the community at large with the literary arts. By providing avenues for local and national artists, we seek to inspire those who are interested in further developing their talents. We support transformational ideas by creating literary programs to help the 21st century writer in collaboration, publishing, showcasing, and learning.

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Orange Island Review

Vol. 1 No. 2

2015

Created by The Orange Island Arts Foundation

Edited By Caridad Moro-Gronlier

Copyright

Published 2015 by Beating Windward Press LLC

For contact information, please visit:

www.BeatingWindward.com

Copyright © Orange Island Arts Foundation

and respective authors, 2015

All Rights Reserved

Cover Art by Catherine Chen

Book & Cover Design: Copyright © KP Creative, 2014

This book is protected under the copyright laws of the United States of America. Any reproduction or other unauthorized use of the material or artwork herein is prohibited.

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ISBN: 978-1-940761-33-6

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ORANGE ISLAND REVIEW

Vol. 1 No. 2, 2015 Staff

Caridad Moro-McCormick

Editor-in-Chief

Editors

Nadra Mabrouk

Laura McDermott

Managing Editors

Melissa Perez

Christopher R. Sotolongo

Contributing Editors

Rachael Orbeta

Melissa Perez

Editorial Staff

Adrianni Agudelo

Patricia Escuela

Meagan A. Fallat.

Cindy Hernandez

Stephanie Jorge

Lionel Rivera

Catherine Sandoval

Samantha V. Sarmiento

Nicole Vazquez

ELECTRONIC CITY

Catherine Chen

Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright

Editorial Staff

Table of Contents

Caridad Moro

Introduction

Editor’s Note

Poetry

Adonis Valdez

Break Up Game

Perfect Piece

Alexander Plansky

Voyage Of The Endeavor

Alexandre Sparks

That 45

Alize Davis

Good Knights

Amaree Anderson

Why Do You Stay?

Andrew Ruby

Ribs

Annasofia Padua

Child Of The Trees

Chayse Banks

I Am Lonely

Chelsea Smith

Oh, How I Miss Her

Cynthia Navarro

I Know

Danelle Antelo

The Beginning Of Autumn

Dani Ochoa

Butterflies

The Slaughterhouse

Daniel Blokh

Dinner

Here Is Hunger

The Salute

Daniela Guiterrez

The Golden Gates

Mountains

Her Jeans

Darcy Stack

The Insomniac’s Fable

Silence

Elliot Phillips

Between A Garden And A Wilderness

Emily Garroway

Chaos in Rhythm

Emily Witt

In Secret

Emma Bruder

Blades Of Our Truth

Gabriella Alexis

Ultrasound

Graeme Horton

Stay In Control

Isabelle Clark

Calistoga

Jazzline Vergara

What’s Royal Beauty

Jillian Acri

Carbon Monoxide

Julianna Torres

Subzero

Katherine Nichols

Orange Rinds

Disease

Rebirth

Keeley Parenteau

Dear Sexuality

Leticia Rocha

Anxiety

Balancing Act

Lissette Lendeborg

Ignorance Is Not Bliss

Maria Davila

This Is War

Mariana Pesquera

Shameful History

Mary Rasura

How To Be An Artist

Melissa Perez

Far Away

Naomi Jeanpierre

Encounter

Neely Woodroffe

Dear Sunday

Ni’ja Maxwell

Am I Next

Bitter Sweetness

Daddy’s Little Girl

Noah Snitzer

Liquid Words

Peter Rawlik

An Average Day Ahead

Rachael Orbeta

Prethoughts

Rhiannon O’neil

Mirrors

Sebastian Anderson

Pax Americana Of The Capitalist God-Men And Little Boy’s Last Laugh

Shenu Kathymoon

The Apple

Sierra Perry

Gone

Where I’m From

Sophyra Giudici Juarez

Hilo, Hawaii

Stephanie Casio

Dust Storm

Theodore Amatrude

All The Truth That Could Have Once Been

To Forge A New Life

William Gordon

Colors

Dear Jamal

Rose

Yailyn Garcia

Melancholy

Zoe Stephan

Valkyrie

Paintings/Artwork

Andy Ramirez

Mistrust

Sit Down And Think

What Awaits You

Peace

Spirit Valley

Anette Mango

Below The Surface

Inner Beauty

Live Beats

Spacejelly

Catherine Chen

Electronic City

City Within Reach

I Dream In Pixels

Elizabeth Campos

Broken Free

Unveiled

Vague

Ty Davis

Waking

Contributor Information

INTRODUCTION

Last spring, the inaugural issue of The Orange Island Review was launched. The journal was comprised of poetry and artwork created and edited by high school students from all across the US. Prior to holding the finished product in my hands, I admit to having been nervous. Nervous, because I simply wasn’t sure what (if any) kind of submissions we would receive, nor was I confident that my about-to-graduate seniors would stay focused long enough to see the issue through to the end amid the malaise of senioritis. But then the submissions started coming in and my paradigm shifted. Not only was the quality and diversity of the work well above what I expected from Generation Z writers, but my students were absolutely dedicated to producing an issue that represented and spoke to the concerns of their generation.

Who knew that would be the easy part?

When trying to promote the journal via media outlets and reviewers, I found myself face-to-face with the same bias I’d theretofore held regarding teen writing. Every reviewer I reached out to replied in the same way,

We don’t review high school student work.

When I pressed a friend to tell me why,