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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 10, 20241 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 10, 20244 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 10, 20241 min read


Scrap Poem
Bella Mastrobuono '24
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The Peony
Blair Mitchell '25 Beneath the frost-kissed earth, invisible, asleep, A gladiator, bound in winter's embrace, sets fires ablaze with...
Apr 10, 20241 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 10, 20242 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 10, 20242 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...
Apr 10, 20241 min read
Love
Joshua Wangia '25 what is love shall it be declared under the morning sun or whispered late under red lights is it sacred or carnal holy...
Apr 10, 20242 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,...
Feb 1, 20241 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...
Jan 30, 20241 min read


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...
Jan 24, 20241 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 24, 20241 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...
Jan 24, 20243 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 25, 20231 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 19, 20232 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, 20231 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...
May 8, 20232 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 3, 20231 min read
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