by Mariela Flores ’23 You are not the other half of me. You are not a better half of me. You are not a nicer half of me. You are not a half. Love, you are the roots of old pine. Love, you are a perfect cadence. Love, you are the spine of my favorite […]
by Angie Nguyen ’22 falling in love with someone you shouldn’t is like an ending is written before the beginning. you don’t listen to the bells, warning you of the heartbreak and the tears and the way the sparkle in his eyes dulls eventually because you’re so enraptured by the i-love-you’s and the morning kisses […]
Trigger Warning: This poem includes references to suicide and self-harm by Toni Rendon ’24 Can we dance like Snowflakes? Tumbling down until we hit the ground Blood pooling around us Scaring anyone who finds us You should’ve known this love was suicidal When I told you I’d die without you Because I know the sun […]
by Sarah Heavren ’21 What is it to write poetry? It is more than merely meeting a meter Or pairing words to form a rhyme. I believe it reaches for something much deeper. It pulls and tickles emotions. It awakens them from a heavy slumber, Suppressed by the weight of this world. Poetry reminds us […]
by Mariela Flores ’23 Today me and my peers were called “aggressive.” We were given the title and told to bear the weight of it, the weight of the word, the weight of all our ancestors before us who had heard the same complaint by the same white mouth, we are aggressive. […]
by Grace O’Connor ’22 She feels stuck at the moment like glue Unable to escape her internal misery. Oxygen barely fills up her shallow lungs, As her glassy eyes are begging for relief. White dots start to blur her vision, She tries to remember how to breathe. Her head feels heavy like an oversized bowling […]
by Ellie Forster ’24 Lying on the pavement My leg tickles as my sister Traces the shape of my fidgeting, Six-year-old self. She connects the line to its beginning, And its end disappears. The chalk brushes against the side of my knee And I giggle in discomfort I stand, take a breath And attack my […]
by Toni Rendon ’24 She’s so beautifully broken So softly spoken Hurt in the moment Lost in the commotion He’s entirely hopeless Drowning in emotions Needing a connection This empty bed leaves him restless Both clumsy and reckless Living with a death wish Helping pick up the pieces Trying to make things even They give […]
by Taylor Rogers ’24 Her ocean of tears is quickly overflooded, Anxiety, Depression, and Anger blending in with the fish. Big blue waves crash and fall, And as she is stranded on her tiny island, she makes one wish. A ship pillages her terrifying ocean, Taking anchor in the center of her heart. A pirate […]
by Ellie Forster ’24 I’m going to write something Today. A story, of just the right length, With just the right balance of righteousness, And questionable morals. A song with the duality of a woman, Sung to the heartbeat in her chest A novel that eats at you like a hunger, Stripping you bare as […]