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POETRY
Dec 121 min read
"Destiny" by Joshua Wangia
i feel a pull to a place that doesn’t exist “i want to go home” as i’m lying in my bed how dare you hold the creator of everything over...
Dec 121 min read
There's Poetry in a lot of Things by Joshua Wangia
the crackling sound of tires revolving home awakening to the sun in the window and my world at my side the way you look at me; brown...
Dec 112 min read
2024 Writing Contest Winner: "The Man in the Mirror" by Joshua Wangia
you count yourself out just to fit yourself in you never felt comfortable inside your skin all that you want not to do this again see...
May 92 min read
cut through the noise to know what love sounds like
Celina Bagchi '24 even though you hold her, you know she’s long gone; she’s slipping like water through your fingers, like a memory and a...
Apr 111 min read
I Didn't Write this Poem, a Sail Did
Danika Staples '24 At my peak, I’m high but not high enough, Might look scandalized, but I’m just broken. My throat is tight, they sweat,...
Apr 102 min read
m o m e n t s
Joshua Wangia '25 An autumn afternoon. He’s running, the air fresh and cold in his lungs. With his teammates behind him, he runs glorying...
Apr 102 min read
Dripping like honey
Celina Bagchi '24 i’ll kill you with a caramel touch and bittersweet gaze, to remind you how momentary my affections are, how temporary i...
Apr 101 min read
Your needs, my wants, and the in-between where we meet
Celina Bagchi '24 Your needs, my wants, and the in between where we meet Who am I becoming? I wonder. I see your smile in streetlights...
Apr 102 min read
God, and other words for it
Celina Bagchi '24 I don't believe in God, I believe in fitting you like a glove or the seafoam breaking over rocks on the shore forever....
Apr 101 min read
The heart, and other words for home
Celina Bagchi '24 When I step off the plane, the first thing I notice is the humid air. Sudden and engulfing, it wraps around my body...
Apr 101 min read
the salt that bears youth in the wound that bears truth
Celina Bagchi '24 You breathed in the chilled air, Inhaled transparent promises as you wondered why no one ever seemed to keep their...
Apr 104 min read
Hamlet Creative Monologue
Danika Staples '24 Act 5 Scene 1 Line 180 Yorick (or more accurately his ghost): You ask me to go speak to your lady, 1 And Hamlet I...
Apr 101 min read
Thank you. Goodbye. Hello.
Libby Brewer '25 Thank you. Goodbye. Hello. The cycle most forgotten Thank you We don’t have a enough time to say thank you all the...
Apr 102 min read
Falling Apples
Camryn Jones '26 Falling Apples The air turned crisp, like the fresh breath of a newborn I hang on the tree With the perfect shade of...
Apr 102 min read
What do you Know About Dreams?
Celina Bagchi '24 if eyes are the windows to the soul, mine must have closed long ago, because i don’t think i have one anymore. don’t be...
Apr 101 min read
My Palms are Full of Moonlight and You
Celina Bagchi '24 Legend has it the moon came from a duck who laid its eggs on the daughter of the air. When the eggs cracked, the whites...
Feb 11 min read
Cries of Desperation
Michaila Matthews ‘26 Lost at sea an alarm comes as we call To land we can't see, no hope of return. Dark like the endless ink void,...
Jan 301 min read
American Dream
Celina Bagchi '24 imagine: two specks, bright against the lonely night sky swaying, as ceramic cheeks crack and luminous eyes meet in the...
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
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
Aren't we Different?
You may write me down in history As some evil foe that opposed justice That had succumb to a greater good, But is that the truth? You...
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
Daily Motivation
Sing your heart out, I say This is a six-word memoir written by Julian Adams.
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...
May 25, 20221 min read
Snow chews up the sky,
Jennifer Durnall '24 and her leering eyes, for a moment, for a split in time, Eyes, that had once shivered to the vibration, of a...
May 14, 20221 min read
Golden Girl
Bella Mastrobuono '24 Bright was per personality, But in came the darkness. It surrounded her from all sides. Captured Stuck Lost But she...
May 14, 20221 min read
Religious Trauma
Bella Mastrobuono '24 "Now for a moment of silence" I can hear my own heartbeat. The silence felt like forever. Thump Thump Thump... I...
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