My Cape
Rowen Harbert '26 A thin strip of fabric Lined with little images of lions Speaks back to me Small holes are engraved from wear A simple...
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Jan 241 min read
Bottles
Alycia Steck '25 I could sell my moniker in bottles For five quarters and a dime, but for you My name is a gift I slip in your palm. Each...
Jan 243 min read
Specter
Joshua Wangia '25 the feeling builds up in your throat like the walls you are enclosed in. your eyes, panes of glass that might shatter...
May 25, 20231 min read
The Beauty and Mystery of Nature
Daniel Shin '24 In the stillness of the morning dew, The world awakens, fresh and new. A symphony of birdsong fills the air, Nature’s...
May 25, 20231 min read
Echoes in the Halls of Silence
Daniel Shin '24 Beneath the surface of my quiet repose, A tale untold, in the marrow it grows. Silhouettes dance in the corners of my...
May 19, 20232 min read
The Model of Everything but a Good Time
Melinda Shen '24 People who look like me were always the best at getting things done, at least that's what I've been told. But I'm not...
May 8, 20231 min read
On a Rooftop in Brooklyn
Nina Sager '26 On a rooftop in Brooklyn, We stood in the thundering silence As the building lights studied the sky The sparks danced...
May 8, 20232 min read
Grief of the Living
Nina Sager '26 A day ago, you look at me, and laugh in unison, Our voices erupting the halls and threaten the window glass, The doors of...
Mar 2, 20231 min read
Pomegranate
Alycia Steck '25 Pomegranate. The fruit of the underworld, A word you can suck on. Pucker on sweet grenadine and a bitter taste from...
Mar 2, 20231 min read
Love Poem
Steven Sterious '26 Between the dark and daylight There is dawn The dawn is in between the dark and the light It is the path to take when...
Mar 2, 20231 min read
We Wear the Mask
Julius Williams '26 We live in a doorway Where we can change the way we act, talk and present ourselves depending on the others around us...
Feb 9, 20231 min read
Imbolc: a Celebration of New Life
Logan Shallow I arise from the land and come forth, Transforming the world from a bare, cold, death To the beautiful greens and blues of...
Feb 9, 20234 min read
Truth About Prison
A series of poems by Maddie Donches. Each one tells a daunting story about prison life. Internal Battle I put on my badge Another day in...
Jan 20, 20231 min read
Unfading Art
Colors Blending Unheard voices The drawings are bleeding Sleeping together On a canvas, but Not a normal one My head aches Yearning for...
Jan 20, 20231 min read
Luscious Lemons
Over the months we grow Terrifically tall above the ground We transform into blobs that look like the color of glistening gold That feel...
Jan 20, 20231 min read
Mask
We wear a mask that lies and grins If not we are weak For those around us see not our hardship But our triumph And it is with this choice...
Dec 16, 20222 min read
The Fox I Found on the Road Home
Melinda Shen '24 The sun was almost setting when you saw a fox down by the stump of an oak tree. You had been walking for a while,...
May 27, 20222 min read
The one who walks on lotus flowers will never touch the river
Melinda Shen '24 The one who walks on lotus flowers will never touch the river. Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai was the most famous poet in...
May 25, 20221 min read
The Red Tail Hawk
Katie Martin '25 He shoots from branch to branch Young and wild Exploring his world His wings create the winds His body one with the...
May 25, 20222 min read
An instructional manual on envying the birds
Melinda Shen '24 Because lately, you’ve been feeling too grounded. Because you miss the feeling of your head in the clouds. Because you...
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