By Penny deRosset
ELM Editor-in-Chief
Edmunds Middle School, Burlington, VT
Welcome to the Edmunds Literary Magazine! The ELM has been publishing student work for over two decades now. Every year, we receive many fantastic submissions. And this year is no exception! The magazine is always divided into sections. Every piece of writing and artwork submitted and accepted has been put into the section we feel fits the piece’s themes and tone best. The ELM reflects the time in which it is compiled, and this year has been quite a time. When we thought about how we wanted to divide up these pieces, we immediately thought about the stages of quarantine we all went through.
Panicking – That time when no one knew what the virus was, no one knew whether they had it, and no one could get toilet paper. Pieces in this section have themes of uncertainty, chaos, and emotion.
Making – The phase of baked goods, starting a new hobby, home exercising, TikTok trends. Pieces in this section have themes of creation, starting something new, or escapism.
Agitating – Those few months of growing restless. What’s the plan here? How long will this last? Black Lives Matter sweeps the nation. Election tensions build. A new scandal every day. You can’t tell news from parody. Pieces in this section have themes of anger, passion, fear, and excitement.
Coping – The “new normal.” Things calm down. Vaccines are coming. People grow hopeful that we may come out of this mess soon. Pieces in this section focus on perseverance, hope, change, and acceptance.
We hope you’ll enjoy reading and looking at all of these wonderful pieces of student work! Hopefully, we won’t have to go through these stages again in 2022.
Art opposite page and cover art by Connor Byam
ELM Editor-in-Chief
Edmunds Middle School, Burlington, VT
Welcome to the Edmunds Literary Magazine! The ELM has been publishing student work for over two decades now. Every year, we receive many fantastic submissions. And this year is no exception! The magazine is always divided into sections. Every piece of writing and artwork submitted and accepted has been put into the section we feel fits the piece’s themes and tone best. The ELM reflects the time in which it is compiled, and this year has been quite a time. When we thought about how we wanted to divide up these pieces, we immediately thought about the stages of quarantine we all went through.
Panicking – That time when no one knew what the virus was, no one knew whether they had it, and no one could get toilet paper. Pieces in this section have themes of uncertainty, chaos, and emotion.
Making – The phase of baked goods, starting a new hobby, home exercising, TikTok trends. Pieces in this section have themes of creation, starting something new, or escapism.
Agitating – Those few months of growing restless. What’s the plan here? How long will this last? Black Lives Matter sweeps the nation. Election tensions build. A new scandal every day. You can’t tell news from parody. Pieces in this section have themes of anger, passion, fear, and excitement.
Coping – The “new normal.” Things calm down. Vaccines are coming. People grow hopeful that we may come out of this mess soon. Pieces in this section focus on perseverance, hope, change, and acceptance.
We hope you’ll enjoy reading and looking at all of these wonderful pieces of student work! Hopefully, we won’t have to go through these stages again in 2022.
Art opposite page and cover art by Connor Byam
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