Category: Portfolio

To Friends of the Past

You were so special. Like a beam of something good sitting next to me in every classroom, every space, every inch of the world as if we owned the air that we breathed in.  You were so good to me. With words that wrapped me up warmly, just like a hug. With belly laughter that […]

Mariela Flores '23

LISTOMANIA

Worst Things To Hear During Syllabus Week “We’ll start class today with a quiz/pop quiz” “I don’t like to give out As” “Okay class, let’s take out the reading!” “No unexcused absences” “We won’t have breaks during class” (it’s a marathon class) “The final for this class will count for over half of your grade” […]

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Augustus

I worship you on a golden altar of daylight, knees sinking into sand where I sit in supplication, flaunting you unabashedly with my flushed cheeks and freckled chest, wearing you like a cross. You spoil me seductively, appeasing my appetites with your alms of apricots and aperol, arousing my desire with the amorous caress of […]

Caitlin Bartley '24

Labels

An obnoxious yellow tag stands out on my black bathing suit, The neon color disgusting me when I discover it; My nails dig into the dirty label, Trying but failing to rip it off, As it stubbornly sticks to the dark suit. Finally, I shed this label, Yet I still feel the judging stares of […]

Taylor Rogers '24

The Staying Power of Superpowers

The Staying Power of Superpowers Douglas Wolk’s All of the Marvels Madison Palmieri ’22 For those uninitiated into the world of Marvel, it may seem rather daunting. With over 27,000 comics, 60 films, and 100 television shows—which feature multiple versions of the same characters, often in seemingly contradictory situations—it can be hard for a prospective […]


Tiff and Earl

Dear Tiff and Earl, I just downloaded LinkedIn and I don’t know how to polish my resume. Please send help, so I don’t spend the rest of my life living in my mom’s basement. Thank You In Advance,  Jobless Senior  Dear Jobless Senior, Looks like someone didn’t take “Don’t wait, Slavin 108” to heart. You’ve […]

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Not a Goodbye

by Mariela Flores ‘23  This Poem is for my best friend. A goodbye is near, it lingers in our air. I feel the goodbye when we share a meal in a comfortable silence–– I feel the goodbye during late nights when all I want is to absorb any time I have left with you. It […]

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The Downfalls of Divination

by Caitlin Bartley ’24   Reading tea leaves, our silly tradition. Two cups of steaming earl grey, brewed bitter, growing cold because of your omission.   I am frozen in time, entranced by mugs of milky tea, unaware that the café is closing, trapped in a space between fate and reality.   And although we […]

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Listomania

Seniors We Will Miss Next Year <3 AJ Worsley Aidan Lerner  Marelle Hipolito Grace O’Connor Maura Campbell Addison Wakelin Julia McCoy Madeline Morkin Madison Palmieri Liam Tormey Leo Hainline Lillie Hunter Brooke Rioux Colleen Joyce Angie Nguyen Nicole Patano All of them <3

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There it Goes

By: Kate Ward ‘23 The club was packed with bodies but Christa didn’t care much for anyone in the crowd. She frequented this club and was here even on its slower nights just to get a drink or two. She and the bartender had gotten quite close over the past couple of years. “Ysabel!” Christa […]

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