My mother and father will not be present, not really. They will sit in the velvet-lined rows clutching plaster masks, perfectly sculpted, performance-ready at a…
Posts tagged as “Poetry”
Try and
By ACE DUFRESNE on February 2024
Shade them from the grating wind, The thundering of collapsing trees Warm them with a loving embrace, Newborn snow on the tip of their tongue…
Solo swim
By ZADIE WANG on February 2024
Content warning: Suicide Dip your toes in. Cold, cold, cold. Water kisses your ankles and rushes back into the ocean. Wade into the water. Let…
What I Didn’t See
By MIA CHO on February 2024
When I opened my lunch box, I saw a sandwich and a juice box. What I didn’t see, Was the time my mom spent making…
Grow up
By ACE DUFRESNE on February 2024
Content warning: Self-harm Battle with your gap-toothed grin Your rosy cheeks Your unkempt hair Battle with your unbroken heart Your open creativity and Dreams of…
Dinosaur Egg
By TARAN KNUTSON on February 2024
you say i’m not sure but i never wanted to be sure. i never wanted to know exactly who i was. if i surprise you…
A Communist Capitalist
By CAEDMON SETHUPATHY on December 2023
I stole from the rich, And flipped a penny to the poor, Now watch as they cheer and shout. They forget that indeed, Right up…
Hello Child
By CAEDMON SETHUPATHY on December 2023
Hello child, You just opened your eyes. The light must be so bright in your mind. I can picture a day, When you’ll grow old…
Hidden
By ELLA AVGAR on December 2023
shhh look up no, not there by the lemony sigh by the hesitant shout by the row of zippered lips and tempered rage and orange…
Benches
By TARAN KNUTSON on November 2023
I didn’t need to sit— I could’ve gone on Soldiered forward folded my shoulder as it got colder and colder The bench didn’t need me—…
Do you remember the soft spring breeze? And how we sprawled on the grass and drank frosty lemonade out of chipped mugs, and how we…
I spend a lot of time thinking, about what’s yet to come. I spend a lot of time thinking, about what has happened in the…
Hobbies of the Illusive Cousin
By CORNELIA YE on October 2023
We all have that cousin, Oh, you know the type, Your parents tell you all about them, And it keeps you up all night, So…
Fall is Here!
By MINA BARLAS on October 2023
She sipped her pumpkin-spice latte and hummed in joy. With the blur of colorful leaves outside, Halloween-themed desserts, and a satisfying chill in the air,…
Sand People
By TANIA HAO on September 2023
It was only the third day of the beach getaway, and Lily wanted to do just that: get away. Leave it to her dad to…
Three Small Poems
By ELLA AVGAR on September 2023
water rolls underfoot waves of silver, tiny tears slipping through to coat my feet the tears fall towards the light if I knew the skies…
Recipe for a Spring Day
By ELLA AVGAR on May 2023
Ingredients – me – you Instructions 1. start with cherry blossoms on the tree, lapping up the breeze with their soft pink tongues 2. add…
I was always dreaming of his arrival, Only to be shocked to find out he was coming. He came out of the blue, But I…
Dragonfly Wings
By TANIA HAO on May 2023
It was sometime in May when I completely disappeared. It began in late January, right around that time when everyone is getting sick and so…
glass
By ALICE BURKE on May 2023
Content warning: Blood, implications of self-harm. shards of glass sparkle like twinkling stars as they ricochet off your body. they embed in your flesh and…
Dear 14
By ALIZA PROULX on May 2023
Gravel, winding, autumn, vibrant fear Memory is distorted Adrenaline, excitement, elation, escapism alone Photos are misleading Wind, sunset, euphoria, forever exhaustion Who are you? Powerful,…
A White Tree Fell in The Woods
By JAMIE KINAST on May 2023
we came up from the stream, and dried our legs in the wind off the mountain until we fell asleep in the midday sunning on…
The Super Bowl In Poetry
By CAEDMON SETHUPATHY on March 2023
They tossed dimes into the hands of a coin-receiving machine. Out came six points as a prize. Hurts taking off and throwing bullets To men…
The Sword in the Sand
By CAEDMON SETHUPATHY on March 2023
I stumbled across a sword today, One of those long forgotten relics passed down from a bygone age. It was rusted and worn, with broken…
A Poem of Questions
By RUBY ZAWEL on March 2023
Why not rule the world? Is it not the older generations censoring education? Attempting to invalidate the identities and experiences of so many? Why not…
Untitled
By MAURA KINAST on March 2023
Ich folgte dem Mond, damit ich dich finden kann. Ich vertraute ihm, um mir zu helfen mit allem das in meinem Leben schief ging. du…
Ilion
By MAGGIE BONASSAR on March 2023
The stench of tragedy Lies heavy in the air— A burned, tacet sweetness, Mixed with bitter ash. There are armies at the gates, At the…