by Max Gilman ’25 I cease to dry my body, As my towel falls to the wet floor, Soaking the towel, In puddles of shower water, I stand there for a brief moment, While listening to a melancholy song, And I think about it, The song I am playing, And I think about them, […]
by Kathryn Libertini ’23 I hold onto autumn Onto its amber tones Onto its crisp winds I do not hold onto myself Shaped by winter spring and summer Shaped by fruitful circumstance So I hold onto autumn Forever the initiator of change Forever the instance of moving forward
by Max Gilman ’25 What came first, The rope, Or the knot, The knife, Or the cut, The murder, Or the disdain? Nonetheless, One leads to the other, In an endless cycle of circling disparity. Before all these, though, Came the child, With a free mind, To fill with ideas. There he was, […]
by Mariela Flores ’23 It’s as if someone cut you out of a magazine and glued you under my eyes. You are the accessory that I have been given, even in my well-rested times. I’ll always know when I’m tired but I won’t ever need an eyeshadow base, and even if I don’t like […]
by AJ Worsley ’22 it’s not that i didn’t have the time, in fact, it’s precisely the opposite. i had too much time, too much time on my hands with nobody to occupy it. but if you keep with that attitude you’ll only ever have friendships, never any best friendships. everyone else […]
by Fiona Clarke ’23 The burning sun runs its blazing hands along the wildcat, The ocean, upsets it, and offers a remedy then. Take and dissolve beneath your tongue—How often?— As often as you need—For how long?— Until you, yourself, dissolve. How can there still be water? For crying out loud there is a […]
by Marelle Hipolito ’22 Music seeps through the brick wall “It’s too loud!” I bang in response. Music grows louder and louder My patience shrinks smaller and thinner and it’s back and forth for a while. Monday Tuesday Wednesday, bang bang bang I’m drowned out by the music! I have no choice, I learn to […]
By Max Gilman ’25 Tell them tales, Entwine them with snaring literary truths, Yet they slip through, They, Slip through the spiked thorns amongst them, And, Carry on, And so begins the cycle again, Yet the outcome is the same, But now, They, Are experienced in slipping through the thorns, What is it man […]
by Marelle Hipolito ’22 flight delayed, NYC heavy rains “sit tight,” the pilot said. I sit tight and look out the window It’s a cloudy night I sit tight and look at the people in the seats around me Business suit, foot tapping anxiously Khaki shorts, humming a song softly And just like me, […]
by Max Gilman ’25 Heat grew over the paint-stroked sky, He looked up, his gaze meeting light blue heavens, His leg could be heard dragging from miles away, Hours passed as he made his way, slowly, through the sea of ruptured stone, How many of these stones must have been broken down to create […]