Sarah Palladino
Jul 12, 2022
Imperfect Perfectionist
Scrolling through instagram— emitting blue light that illuminates my fixated face. Posts producing unrealistic standards haunt my mind as...
Leonardo Castro
Jul 5, 2022
A MOMENT IN TIME
Everything, Everywhere Nothing, Nowhere Moments passing by in a flash Our lives are filled to the brim with them Some we barely think...
Alexa Beaubrun
Jun 28, 2022
pretty perceptions
I'm pretty like my life depends on it— because it kind of does. My pretty little hand does eyeliner over and over. Approximately 12 times...
Haylee Caserta
May 28, 2022
Palmistry
Held hands with a new boy last night. We walked over graves and his hands were cold. “Cold hands, warm heart”, my father used to say— and...
Abigail Rivera
May 24, 2022
The Speech Pathologist
They were in the hospital Just the man and the speech pathologist. She scooping applesauce into his mouth, And he just hoping he’ll be...
Haylee Caserta
May 19, 2022
2:48pm
as i wait for you as the hallways clear and i sit and stare on this wooden bench— i feel like sleep. a gap— a space between what is— and...
Tyler Ritchie
May 18, 2022
Embers
Ash carries a prayer Willed by charred fabric From the match that marches Trying to weave—trying to help...
Alyssa Katwala
May 16, 2022
Showtime
When I need it most, I recite with joy and confidence. When you speak, I hear healing. Like an alarm clock going off— triggering scenes...
Jordan Henkel
May 14, 2022
My Favorite Stratocaster
Getting you out of my head is like playing a guitar without strings. It’s absolutely impossible. Every fret along the fingerboard is a...
Sarah Palladino
May 11, 2022
Mother Moon
Gentle lanterns luminated softly through a silent town. Needing no more than the radiant moon to guide them. The journey through the...