Author: oRIDGEinal

Remy Garguilo is the Sponsor of the oRIDGEinal literary magazine at Fossil Ridge High School.

Daniel Kim – The winter poem

The winter poem On a winter night when the moon is crying,the water bowl in the upper neck freezes,but my grandmother embraces theyoung me in the blanketand mumbles over and over again. The beggars in the marketplace will be fine tonight,or the door next to the salt shed won’t freeze and die. Ah I used… Continue reading Daniel Kim – The winter poem

Alex Tocco – Blooming adolescence

Blooming Adolescence The bitter-sweet anxietyOf the man that stands in front of meI wandered down to the mossy treeWhere once I saw a sapling My eyes had caught the nearby pondFenced in by grass that once was blonde‘It’s quiet,’ I thought, but nothing’s changedThough a war between child and man has been waged There’s peach… Continue reading Alex Tocco – Blooming adolescence

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Anonymous – I Believed

I believed I believed in the way you called my name I believed how you’d tell jokes with that smile I believed when you’d let me help with dinner By cutting fresh rosemary that was uncomfortably sticky I believed the days you walked me to school On mondays when the grass was freshly cut I… Continue reading Anonymous – I Believed

Olivia Wang – One Day

up. seven o’clock, monday. breathe in, breathe out. look in the mirror, tell yourself it’s okay. get dressed, eat breakfast, finish homework convince yourself it’ll all be worth it. drive yourself to school, then sit in the car for five minutes. what am i waiting for? i’m gonna be late. say hi to your friends,… Continue reading Olivia Wang – One Day

Angelo Vassalli – Challenges and Struggles in the Maroon Bells Wilderness

I am cold and tired as I come to the top of yet another steep hill. I can feel the dehydration and altitude sickness that has been growing worse and worse all day. I am on a twenty day Outward Bound expedition through the Maroon Bells Wilderness. My group and I started our journey three… Continue reading Angelo Vassalli – Challenges and Struggles in the Maroon Bells Wilderness