Kenssy Bardales
Dec 29, 2020
Who I really am
Identity isn’t the way people see you
It’s the way you see yourself
Identity isn’t who you want to be
But who you are when you’re alone
Elisa Hustedt
Dec 25, 2020
Little Pumpkin
Her brown hair twisted in the wind like the stems of the pumpkins she picked out
Her little hands curiously traced the ridges and bumps of
Brianna White
Dec 22, 2020
Lost For Words
The rain poured heavily upon me,
my black umbrella my only source
of shelter as the rain washed away
all that was left in its care.
Hannah Cruz
Dec 22, 2020
Niche
I’m not needed for the Sun to rise nor for the birds
to chirp their generous “good mornings” to one another.
Branches from gargantuan oak
Rena Shapiro
Dec 18, 2020
The Conquest of Bread
When I walk downstairs on a typical Sunday, I am enveloped by the warm, comforting smell of baked grain, a freshly arrived guest from...
Yenifer Gonzalez
Dec 17, 2020
Metanoia
Within the vast depths of the ocean there live many creatures.
However there is a whale that is the loneliest creature in the world.
In the
Jack OLoughlin
Dec 15, 2020
Quarantined
As the morning sun rises,
it does not shine over me.
I can’t function when everything goes awry.
The best choice today is to not leave
Cal Eidenoff
Dec 10, 2020
A Veil of Impressions
As I sit here on my desk
Spiderwebs caress its corners,
As I contemplate tragedy.
“Another one taken from us too soon.”
Max Peretson
Dec 8, 2020
Chandelier
Catch my breath and hold me.
The bond we have is once
and once only to have.
The chandelier dangles by a thread
but continues to hang for a
Chloe Murphy
Dec 3, 2020
The Emergency Room
The sirens flash. The gurney rolls in. The patient is screaming, a knife sticking out of his chest. The rest of the patients in the...