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POETRY


My toy got old, and I don't know where he's gone.
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...
2 days ago1 min read


with love, 2007
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...
May 92 min read


Until You’re Alone
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...
May 51 min read


the poem for layla
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...
May 41 min read


The Leaf, the Girl, and I
Anastasia Podgornaya 26' The river from my childhood flows before me Here, on these muddy, grassy banks, I would sit and play I sit...
Apr 101 min read


Humans are art.
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...
Apr 91 min read


Fallen Angel
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...
Apr 91 min read


A Million Times
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...
Feb 241 min read


Two-eyed creature Hugh O'Sullivan 27'
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...
Feb 131 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 12, 20241 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 12, 20241 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...
Dec 11, 20242 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...
May 9, 20242 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 11, 20241 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 10, 20242 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 10, 20242 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 10, 20241 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 10, 20242 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 10, 20241 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 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




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


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


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


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...
Mar 2, 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, 20231 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...
Feb 9, 20234 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
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