Self-Bound
By Sarah Amoros’ Ferguson (’23) my healing process cannot be delayed i am just meeting myself we are in the process of getting to know...
Medusas Gift to her daughters
By Sarah Amoros’ Ferguson (’23) I wonder if they understand the weight of the pain they’vecaused. I wonder if they are sorry, if they feel...
let it pour
By Sarah Amoros’ Ferguson (’23) it is pouring but by the timei get out the rain willhave gottentired of waiting it will thinki meant whati...
writ·ing (v.)
By Lilla Torontali (’24) The sea of souls swells from within, Burbling, churning, yearning. Who am I to deny It’s decree to give it a...
A tornado of a hummingbird
By Sarah Brown (’26) The tornado of a Hummingbird My heart beats fast As though it is the wings on a hummingbird Beating out of...
Long Nights Ago
By Ashley Paszko (’26) Once this night or dayI will find a new beginningOne that strays far awayOnto new lights and silver daysOne lets me...
Thirty-Seven Thousand and Six Hundred
By Caleb Cook (’25) Thirty-seven thousand and six hundred dollars in debt Only nineteen and not halfway higher educated Not enough time to get a...
The Dry Season
By Valerie Amicangioli (’25) Sun hisses to dry blades of tall grass. Summer fire roars under streaks of lightning as thunder chases away hooves that...
Feelings
By Jennifer Jordan (’25) This afternoon I look out the window and peer through; I go outside and it is light, I feel warm. I...
“Saxifrage is my Flower that Splits the Rocks”: Inspired by William Carlos Williams
By Caleb Cook (’25) The rocks are overwhelming,The gray coarse pebbles make it hard to breatheBeing swallowed up by a small yet insurmountable rubbleDrowning into...
Explaining my Anorexia to my Mother: A Story
By Sarah Brown (’26) There is something you should understand before I begin,I love my family.I never meant for them to get hurt. But that’s...
You Are Enough
By Phoebe Penni (’24) You are enoughYou’re always enoughYou’re my everythingAnd I need you, always need you You feel weakBut I know you’re strongBroken in...
