Amya Avery '28 There’s something about leaves falling off of trees and slowly drifting down. You’d figure that a tree would know when...

Kevin Knebel '26 Every year, as the snow fell, we would construct castles. Well, snow castles, or snow forts depending on who you ask,...

Skylar Saldutti '26 My puppy… now a puppy with lighter fur between her tired eyes. My puppy that still runs for frisbees just at a slower...

Bella Burnett '28 I asked you, when will I know? When will I be “that” person? When will I be the one with those brilliant ideas, The kind that rush out of people so strongly and quickly, But yet are still so detailed, and meticulously perfected in a blink of my eye. My eye that struggles to see, but still wants to try, I put on my glasses but yet I still find myself asking, When will I be proud? Time blows away, The wind carries what could have been, It’s off somewhere with

Paige Park '29 Ice cream turns into pumpkin spice Dresses are now fuzzy sweaters The weather has a pleasant feel And everyone seems more...

Anastasia Miller '26 There is a version of me only the color red really knows. But that version of me isn’t all I am anymore. The crimson...

Anaya Chambliss '28 Fresh The air was fresh The wind flowed freely Free of the shackles that come with flesh He longed to take the wind,...

Anaya Chambliss '28 She blinked against a gust of wind as she stepped into the garden Although, she didn’t care to admire the flowers  or...

Tess Grim '28 one day i’m gonna be an astronaut i will blast off and touch the stars one day i’m gonna be an astronaut leave this planet...

Jo Owens 27' Honque A made-up word Not claimed by the French or the Americans A word that combines two beautiful languages into a rough...

By Anaya Chambliss 28' A toy becomes an old toy when you grow tired of it Barbies with their heads popped off Trucks without wheels All...

Joshua Wangia 25' crazy when together, we’re like may and hem sometimes i fear i am who i say i am wouldn’t ever wish this burden on...

Tess Grim 28' you don’t know how little you are until you’re alone. to wake up into silence, to walk with no purpose, to face the...

Tess Grim 28' to know yourself is to love yourself to love yourself is to respect yourself to respect yourself is to forget your past to...

Anastasia Podgornaya 26' The river from my childhood flows before me Here, on these muddy, grassy banks,  I would sit and play   I sit...

Layla Gentile 26' Humans are art. Because the only meanings we hold are how we’re perceived. It can be from the feeling inside your...

Jennifer Fox 26' Like an angel you protected me You helped me learn to fly You were my wings Kept me off the ground Wouldn't let me fall...

Joshua Wagnia 25' you assume when you hurt me you are hurting me once but in truth you have already hurt me a million times there are no...

Walking by — Staring at the clay gorilla.  It stands out to me Among the rest of the art. Its two different eyes: One looking at me,  The...

Katie Creighton 27' The wandering breeze carried my yawing whisper throughout the room, It quietly grazed over every untouched seat,...