I love it when the snow falls slow and heavy So you can picture that time stands still And they’ll never touch the earth. …
Posts published in “Literary”
March 2021 Limerick Contest
By ALEX JORDAN, ALICE BURKE, ANYA KRAMER, CAITLIN STRONG, LELIA SHAFFER, LOUISA MILLER-OUT on March 2021
Winner: Turnips By LELIA SHAFFER There was an old woman who noted That the turnips upon which she doted Gave her stomach a grudge And…
Writing Prompts
By ADOWYN ERNSTE on February 2021
Write a somber poem about clutter, trinkets, and broken things. Set a timer for three minutes to create a character or story premise. Develop the…
February 2021 Haiku Contest
By ALICE BURKE, ANNA COHEN on February 2021
Winner: 1/6/21 By ALICE BURKE They attack Congress Raise the Confederate flag Our country bleeding ______________________________ A Breath of Fresh Air By ANNA COHEN A…
Nonets
By RAIA GUTMAN on February 2021
I: Transcendental Above the forest floor, see the trees. The trees, under a clouded sky, Stretching like hands, stretching toward What to them is so…
Santo Stefano
By LOUISA MILLER-OUT on February 2021
They watched us from the central tower We crept, for fear of being caught But now the cries of battle Drown out our secret plot…
Castellammare
By LOUISA MILLER-OUT on February 2021
The word “Vesuvius” evokes images of lava spurting from a massive volcanic crater, people running in terror and succumbing to the suffocating clouds of ash…
Wrapped Gut
By ZEKE LAWRENCE on February 2021
I listen to music, alone in my room, Waiting for my thoughts to bloom. It’s from the Renaissance, And I know what you’ll assume: This…
Pictures of Dreams
By LILY GROVER on February 2021
I can spin With my feet on the ground My head in the sky And I feel like I am falling Tumbling down Without moving.…
Literary Issue
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on January 2021
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1st Place: Sem Tambores – Daniel Zawel 2nd Place: Can’t it Wait – Jonas Heimbecker 3rd Place: The Stars – Sam Sachs Phycotronic – Jonas…
Shmoop’s Scoop
By ADOWYN ERNSTE on December 2020
Missing Me
By LOUISA MILLER-OUT on December 2020
We’ve spent hours upon hours clearing out the attic, and if I see another dusty old table or broken snow globe I think I’m gonna…
Silvae Solae
By LOUISA MILLER-OUT on December 2020
I remember what I uttered On that evening in the garden When the moon shone bright as ever When the roses turned to stone …
Snowglobe
By ELLA AVGAR on December 2020
I trudge along. Wind and snow surround me. The path shakes and I slip, moonlight disappearing. But, in the sky, there is no moon. Only…
Pass It Along Column
By ALICE BURKE, TANIA HAO on December 2020
There was once a man named Harold Norman. Despite his wealth and lifetime supply of expired pickles, Harold was unhappy. He was finally free, and…
Writing Prompts
By ADOWYN ERNSTE on December 2020
Write a poem or short story about something that disappears so gradually that its loss isn’t noticed until too late. Write a climatic scene from…
Dear Lover
By RAIA GUTMAN on December 2020
On the twelfth of December, It will have been eight months. I ceased more than I started eight months ago — Stopped pretending I don’t…
Excerpt from Lady Lazarus
By RAIA GUTMAN on December 2020
On Wednesday, we went to a state park, and again, Rhiannon was in my group. Reaching a cliff’s edge after an hour hike, I noticed…
Out at the Edge
By LILY GROVER on December 2020
Out at the edge, Where the stars barely shine, Some say there’s a door. I have heard of a door, One that’s not quite…
December 2020 Haiku Contest
By ALICE BURKE, ANNA FULBRIGHT, CARLA MARTINEZ, EMMA POLLOCK, FIONA KENNEDY, JACKSON YAGGIE, JAMES ROBERTSON, LEANN ZHU on December 2020
Winner: Haiku By ALICE BURKE Like raindrops on glass, My thoughts are tiny and slow, Too small to think straight. ______________________________ Haiku By ANNA…
Writing Prompts
By ADOWYN ERNSTE on November 2020
You wake up one morning to find that you cast not one shadow, but three. You’re raking leaves in the front yard only to find…
Pass It Along Column
By LINDSAY WANG, TANIA HAO on November 2020
There once was a person named Harold Norman. And he hated his name. It wasn’t that anyone picked on him for his name when he…
Raw Sun Denim, The Beauty in the Mundane and Ignored
By SIMON COHEN on November 2020
I awake. I face my window. Its worn, wooden frame is slightly ajar to let in the cool morning air. I take a deep breath.…
Broken Heart, Heartbroken
By LOUISA MILLER-OUT on November 2020
Dust to ash and ash to dust Rust to heart and heart to rust Lust to lies and lies to lust Must you go? Yes,…
Ode to Hybrid Learning
By RAIA GUTMAN on November 2020
Thanks to you, streetlamp, I see the yellows and reds of autumn. On my way to school, the halls are quiet But for the buckling,…
Ode to the Dot above the “i”
By ANNA WESTWIG on November 2020
You lonesome ellipsis, the alphabet’s first foundling, gape like opened veins in grey water. You afterthought, you dreaming balloon, scatter like radiation on the page. …