Emily Ku

“Flying with Music” by Emily Ku

“Listen,” she says. A beautiful sound flows into my ears. “Listen,” she says again. I hear the music, and in my mind, something amazing happens. I didn’t know it at the time, but I was gifted in music. My mind could comprehend all the chords. First it was G, then G7, then C, and G again. The next thing I knew, I was the one behind the piano, playing the keys without even having to think about it. I could feel the music. On my tenth birthday, my mom took me to a concert. This was the first time music was introduced into my life. In the c...

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“The Cottage By the Seaside” by Emily Ku

Submitted to Contest #83

Zondra I emerge from you: the wide, vast ocean. I was searching for treasure as I always do first thing when I wake up. Like all the other times, I found nothing except the growth of my love for you. I walk back to the little cottage by the seaside. I live alone, but of course, with my single most awesome buddy, Zonya.  “Zondra! Did you go searching for treasure again? You know how I feel about you doing that!” she yelled.  “Yes, I did! What’s so bad about the ocean? It’s not even as terrible as you make it sound!” I yelled back...

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“The Secrets of Love” by Emily Ku

Submitted to Contest #42

Jan 18, 2023Dear Diary,  This is the place where I will let my heart out and write my true feelings. And my diary, of course. I love music, too. “This is who I’m meant to be! This is me! Look out cause here I come!” That is from The Greatest Showman. Anyways, I’m in my freshman year in high school right now. I love music as I said, art, sports, and most of all, my crush, Ryder Simmons. He is the sexiest, cutest, sportiest, and most popular guy in Raven Hood High. Also, he is a Junior that isn’t very intellectual, if you know what I mean...

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“Kind, Sweet, Forrest” by Emily Ku

Submitted to Contest #41

I, Natasha (Tasha) Williams, look through the electron microscope and see the mysterious, unknown thing. An alien, perhaps. Let me start from the beginning. I got a call from the director of NASA, saying that they found a special kind of rocky object that was unknown to us. Not a color of rock you find on Earth, but one that you find in space on a planet far from here. NASA thought it might be approximately 700 light-years away from the edge of this solar system. They found the rock from the famous space explorer, Leonardo Fitz. As I jot dow...

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“Gymnastics' Perspective ” by Emily Ku

Submitted to Contest #40

Part ⅠEmily I was getting ready for another boring gymnastics Zoom session when my computer said I had a call on Hangouts from someone named Naina. Ever since we started Zoom workouts, we called thirty minutes before each gymnastics meeting. I may be the Miss Goody Two Shoes in front of everyone, but in the house, I unleash my inner Hulk. *roar!! We were stretching together, and I was telling her about how I thought Nicole must feel so lonely, being by herself without her teammates. Ever since Shelter-in-Place has occurred, everything h...

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“Always Tell the...” by Emily Ku

Submitted to Contest #33

Me. Zariza. Surely I’m polite. Once people actually know me, they say, “You’re very sympathetic.” I had no idea what that meant. After all, I was only in second grade when this happened. I knew no one, and I was very, well, despised by most of my fellow second graders. How was I despised, you say? Well, it started with my identical twin. I have a disease that I was born with. I couldn’t talk until I was about 6 years old. Ever since then, my mouth couldn’t move. I loved to read though. Mom says that I’m a special kid. I knew all the answers ...

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“Little, then Big” by Emily Ku

Submitted to Contest #33

One day while I was getting up, my mom called me literally. Like on the phone. When she called, she told me she was going to be okay, and her story as she knew it. I didn’t believe it, though I was trying very hard. Since my parents were divorced, but not formally, I knew exactly what she meant. The new virus, and it was horrible. It struck my mom first. First person on the planet to get it. Four years ago, she got it. Four years I’ve been living alone. Four years ago, my father left. For no reason, dealing with marriage however, whatsoever,...

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“The Realm's” by Emily Ku

Submitted to Contest #22

I was about to go to my warm, soft bed in a cold winter night when I hear something. A voice was calling to me. The voice was saying, “Eve. Come here, and let me tell you what you must beware of.” I tried to ask the thing where it was, and it said, “I am where your father died.” I quickly got out of bed, and ran to the car. I wanted to drive there right away, but knew it wasn’t safe since I was only fifteen. I decided to run, but quickly regretted it. About fifteen minutes in, I started panting. I forgot how far away the grave was. I finally...

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