Category: Poetry
Family Dinner
A Quiet Evening – Naifu (Alex) Wang Family Dinner Layla Wood Sitting silently around the scuffed wood The food steams as grandma raises her fork No one talks like a good family should Till everyone digs in to their soft pork Mom’s left the… Continue Reading “Family Dinner”
An Ode to My Cat
Daisy – Caroline Thompson An Ode to My Cat Julia Burnette Marbled blue eyes, no judgement Of my smeared slash lipstick and sweaty straw hair. What pulls me: A swirling galaxy that welcomes me As you patter, figure eights around my legs. My worries… Continue Reading “An Ode to My Cat”
Ode On a Tree
Changing Seasons – Sierra Kish Sachin Lakshman Your wisdom Outlasts Your age The locksmith Holding The keys Of our progress You enable Our lives With your overlooked Appendages Subtle Yet sturdy Machines The host Of my feather & quill With which my mute Oration… Continue Reading “Ode On a Tree”
Utah Plains/Andara/The Last Goodbye
The End – Damien Luciano Gia Giambruno Background: These 3 freestyle poems (all go together as a series) were created originally for an English project and were extremely emotional for me to create. These works can educate people on the hardships of owning animals,… Continue Reading “Utah Plains/Andara/The Last Goodbye”
One Day We Will All Bury Our Mothers
Sun Shell – Damien Luciano Nathan Ogan One day we will all bury our mothers As the time we have with them inevitably expires And as our mothers memories fleet Their impressions of us become concrete Never to be changed. Buried in dirt. So… Continue Reading “One Day We Will All Bury Our Mothers”
No One
In the Blue – Henry Zhang Naveen Kumar People look right at you Stares of disgust You wonder what you did To deserve all this hate You’re just like everyone else You thought You belong with others You thought You can be who you… Continue Reading “No One”
The Invisible Student
Folklore – Chloe Fox Kaia Ramankrishnan The Invisible Student The days swoosh by, yet time stands still You are seen but unseen Hard shoves and judgment in the halls Always the same routine Your stomach turns for the unknown Nerves control your body There… Continue Reading “The Invisible Student”
To a Hero
Tybee 5 – Maddy Goldstein Logan Lee To A Hero Upon deep connection through George and his struggles, 22 March 2023 O ambitious powerful leader Yet oblivious dream seeker You don’t need to be a preacher And make life simple… Continue Reading “To a Hero”
Yo Soy
Free Expression – Chloe Fox Nyla Moore Soy estudiante dentro de la clase Y alrededor del mundo Siempre lista para aprender Mi curiosidad llegan consistente, llegando Como el choque de las olas de la Costa Chilena Mi fondos distintos y misteriosos, como la Isla… Continue Reading “Yo Soy”
A Masquerade of Shadows
Weltschmerz des Leviathan – Catie Chua Benya Wilfret In the shadowed vale where no light dares to tread, Where the river whispers secrets of the dead, Stood a manor, ancient, cloaked in dread, Its stones soaked with tales left unsaid. Its Lord, a figure… Continue Reading “A Masquerade of Shadows”