A False Fragrance
From a distance I watched you pick a flower and smile as you took in its fragrance. A tiny delicate light purple flower that I recognized...
Natalia Lutz
Feb 12, 2023
Salt Water & Alzheimer’s
My grandma & my grandpa have afflictions: one of the mind & one of the body. And sometimes they switch places — it's fitting that I got...
Sienna Leaver
Feb 11, 2023
Food chain
Big fish eats little fish who eats even smaller fish.
Sarah Cruz
Feb 8, 2023
Unrequited
I saw you through dazzling eyes, illuminated amidst the normal. You sparked my attention with your glowing pretension. We went out to...
Ashna Jambavat
Feb 4, 2023
A Declaration of Freedom
I find myself seduced by your melody. Echoing chords of piano; drums bashing, a rhythm unlike my own. Guitar strings, binding, tattooing...
Angelina Blankson
Feb 1, 2023
Reality
Mother, I cannot say it much clearer. I am simply not real. I’m not sure why, but the histories of the Ancient Egyptian pharaohs...
Zahra Choudry
Jan 25, 2023
Broken Promises
after Mark Hillringhouse Trapped under the pressure it builds up and becomes harder to hide a feeling and proof you can’t ignore simply...
Denise Carrillo
Jan 23, 2023
Earmuffed
Before I leave my warm bed every morning you earmuff me. I am hugged by soft spheres of sunshine, and smothered by the heat of cordial...
Sydney Cusack
Jan 21, 2023
Beautiful Confinement
You blew glass around my voice. Whatever sound managed to escape confinement was quickly regretted. The threat of shattering such a...
Alana Marzigliano
Jan 18, 2023
Meaning
My heavy hat falls forward covering my eyes blinding me. Reality like a beard masking my features, stealing my individuality, leaving me...
Madeline Franz
Jan 16, 2023





