Her Mind’s Eye
BY ALEX MESSINA She had no name, no voice. The world had no recollection of the little girl with the big, brown eyes. They saw her as the girl with … Continue reading
Empower!
BY ALINA HUSAIN What is a memory you hold close to you from when you were young? One of my first memories is of my parents being threatened with a … Continue reading
if i die in a school shooting
BY LAUREN SHEPERD if i die in a school shooting i will become a statistic my name will be forgotten and i will live forever as a number alongside thousands of … Continue reading
Portrait of Dr. Gachet + two more
NATHALIE M Portrait of Dr. Gachet, painted by Vincent Van Gogh A straw nose struck by wanderlust, ventures from the concerned brow. Dr. Gachet, did you mind sitting … Continue reading
The Storm of the Heart + three more
BY CECILY LOWE The Storm of the Heart The darkness That masks these crystal skies Is the shadow Of he who is devine. Relentless tears fall, As lonely … Continue reading
blue…
BY LAURA CUNNINGHAM one, i love you, two i cannot help this hope, the geese spill the season from the river, you don’t look up you just stay squinting and … Continue reading
Why?
BY RYLEE KUHN Why does everyone hate me? What did I do? I look through the window at everyone else and all I see is beauty. I can’t tell them, … Continue reading
Black Lives Matter
by Nina Shepherd “Black lives matter,” Well, I have to admit. The first time I heard these words I thought they were silly. I couldn’t believe that after all these … Continue reading
Fading
BY KAI SHERWIN I’ve heard tales of a statue. Once the grandest in all the world. Crafted by the finest laborers, with the strongest stones from Myanmar, Now it … Continue reading
nobody wonders nor asks if the streets hide a wood + Two More
BY PATRICIA TANG nobody wonders nor asks if the streets hide a wood nobody wonders nor asks if the streets hide a wood− maybe the asphalt is a … Continue reading
Nights and Days Without You, Brother + One More
BY TAYLOR BURGIN Nights and days without you, brother I must learn to be careful— and what I mean is it’s the absence of you that matters, … Continue reading
Slink
BY PARISA THEPMANKORN About the Author Parisa Thepmankorn is a 17 year old writer from a small town in New Jersey. She writes to not only express herself but to … Continue reading
Pancake Batter Lips
BY ZOE NELMS It’s not easy loving a loser like Johnny His goatee looks like coffee stains on stubbly skin and he talks funny, walks funny, acts funny when … Continue reading
Islamic Struggles
BY EMILY GARROWAY Mass shootings in twenty fifteen left hundreds dead. ISIS is to blame; at least that’s what many said. It started with Charlie Hebdo earlier this year, little did Parisians know … Continue reading
65 m.y.a. + Three More
BY ISABELLA TURCINOVIC 65 m.y.a. Light comes to catch wing arthritic ends hardened similar to Pachycephalosaur. Crown for the reptile a head ever-changing, no three species. Ditto for Triceratops. … Continue reading
Damps Days + Three More
Damp Days Rain in the corner of my eye, drips down the glass. The rain catches my eye, dripping down the glass, making a mudding mess of the green … Continue reading
Bulimia
BY ALYSSA EDWARDS My name is Bulimia. I am your struggle. I will haunt you, eat you alive, Make you suffer. You will be looking in your mirror, Wishing … Continue reading
The Rotational Pull of Gratitude + one more
BY BRYAN MARTINEZ The Rotational Pull of Gratitude Heroes are made from their actions. They don’t need special powers Nor super strength. All they need is the desire … Continue reading
Empire of Mind + Three More
BY JOEL ENAMORADO Empire of Mind My mind is a society buzzing in technicolor. Its skies are saturated, gluttonous children, painted in mislaid lilacs and sapphire. They cry gold, showering … Continue reading
Sleeves + Replay + When I Was Younger + Letter to my Future Daughter
BY KIARA CARTER Sleeves They ask quite frequently why I wear my sleeves so long Till the point it can almost touch the tip of my fingers It’s not to … Continue reading
Five Poems
BY DAKOTA SHOEMAKER Forever Your Vassal I am tired of being tired. You have stressed me to the extent of resentment. Helped pick my skin raw, searching for … Continue reading
Joy Lin + Birchleaf Pear
BY KATHERINE DU Joy Lin I. 7.6 pounds, no calculator buttons for teeth, almond-eyed. Beautiful. II. Laolao painted the times tables in her head. Joy squinted and recited … Continue reading
Never Neverland Part One + Spiritual Healer
BY ALFRED BRAZIEL Never Neverland Part One I don’t get it My head aches from thinking Does she love me truly Is this real cause she might lose me They … Continue reading
Hunting Season: A Personality Quiz + how to be both holy and broken
by FARAH GHAFOOR Hunting Season: A Personality Quiz 1. tiger pelts and rifles. 2. 17% fluent in portuguese. 3. singing lullabies to things bleeding into brown. 4. embedded … Continue reading
Teen Angst + Casual + Walk with Me + Freedom
BY SEAN DETSCHERMITSCH Teenage Angst We clutch the sides of broken angst and teenage lust gripping for the ones we passed and trust I got ripped from the arms of the … Continue reading
My Little Beating Bruised Heart + Charcoal Lungs
BY MADDIE MCLEOD My Little Beating Bruised Heart My little beating, bruised heart oozes blackish blue venom from its chambers. Glass shards, like flecks of confetti, cut my lips as … Continue reading
Cheater
By NOELLE MALDONADO A scarlet letter pinned to me, lips sealed, eyes glued shut I am a cheater. I am cold I am shaking As I write these words, Exposing … Continue reading
Etymology + If I Were a Compass, I Would Point East + Object Writing
BY NATHAN KIPHART Etymology 1 Inconsistency Let this word settle on your tongue Roll it around in your mouth feel its weight its burden Detect its flavor— bitter Feel it … Continue reading
Medium + Bone-White Bones + Back to the Beginning
BY CIARA KNISLEY Medium this place is already poisoned, a hell swarm and a bubble in the earth and if I tried to go somewhere new my truck would only … Continue reading
I Had a Crush on Him + He Had a Crush on Me
BY INDIE NIA I Had a Crush on Him Imagination stains Reality For it forgets to follow the beat of my hummingbird heart And deliver you with smiling eyes and … Continue reading
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