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Golden Girl
  • 2 days ago
  • 1 min

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...
Boulder
  • 2 days ago
  • 1 min

Boulder

Bella Mastrobuono '24 "Control" "Focus" "It's a mindset, just change it" "You're overreacting" "Just chill" Words I've been told one too...
Religious Trauma
  • 2 days ago
  • 1 min

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...
Garden of Lilies
  • 2 days ago
  • 1 min

Garden of Lilies

Elaine Li '24 We were seeds, Covered by a blanket of soft soil. One day I emerged slowly from the ground, And the sun’s warmth hugged me....
They do not and neither do you
  • 2 days ago
  • 1 min

They do not and neither do you

Bella Mastrobuono '24 I wondered if my feelings mattered.... In first grade, when I was lying sick in the hospital bed that I did not...
Craving Quiet
  • Apr 18
  • 1 min

Craving Quiet

Shae Sawyer-St. Clair'24 The silence speaks. It’s breathing continuous and heavy. Nothingness speaks to those who can accept silence. My...
A Cordial Exchange
  • Apr 4
  • 1 min

A Cordial Exchange

Kayla Mullen'24 Her glove whacks my head. The force of the firm fist penetrates Through headgear to brain, Like a sharp needle through...
Jellyfish
  • Apr 4
  • 1 min

Jellyfish

Melinda Shen'24 Sink me in the ocean Where I could live again, Over and over for a hundred million years. Float me along the currents,...
Pandora’s Box
  • Apr 4
  • 1 min

Pandora’s Box

Abby Durkin'24 I have to tell you a secret. My body shakes, shakes, shakes in response, trying to repress the slimy words slithering out...
Resilient Flame
  • Apr 4
  • 1 min

Resilient Flame

Landan DeHaven'24 1 Tap, tap, tap, the rain descends upon him, Already soaked, he does not care. He silently stares into the fire...
Somewhere in Pennsylvania There is a Dragon’s Nest and a Person I May Never Be
  • Apr 4
  • 3 min

Somewhere in Pennsylvania There is a Dragon’s Nest and a Person I May Never Be

Melinda Shen'24 There's a gift on your doorstep. Sure, it's from me, or your neighbor, or your friend that lives two blocks down. There's...
The Midnight Hunt
  • Apr 4
  • 1 min

The Midnight Hunt

CC Leoni'24 The cool fresh breeze rushes through his silky fur The bright spring moon shimmers on his broad back His black stripes glow...
  • Apr 4
  • 3 min

What You Can and Can't Be in Society's Eyes

Bella Mastruobuono'24 *To start this off, I don’t want to offend anyone with my word choices. There is use of profanity and the f slur...
  • Jan 29, 2021
  • 1 min

Remember

Atharv Awasthi'22 Lights shone into those small, pearly eyes the day you were born, the lights of life, of existence You were too young...
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