Jump in the koi pond Go streaking in the tunnels Give a big smooch to Friar Dom Dress up as Friar Dom Grab a beer at McPhail’s Watch Mondoz get rebuilt Break into Fr. Sicard’s house Fail a theology class Participate in Civ Scream Set a couch on fire Sacrifice a virgin Climb the stairs […]
by Grace O’Connor ’22 He shimmers in the golden sunlight, As she looks at his ripples from the light breeze, mesmerized. The dip in the ripples is a dark blue with a light blue exterior that the sun accentuates, He cools her feet, welcoming her into his bountiful abyss. She steps in, and the water […]
Trigger Warning: This poem includes references to sexual assault and rape. by Anna Pomeroy ’23 Since the moment our voices make that tremendous cry, we’ve been thrown onto a path. The doctor’s palms whisk us away into the comforting arms of a mother, a mother given to us merely by fate. Born into a family […]
Dear Tiff and Earl, What is this “darty” everyone keeps talking about? I can’t find it on Urban Dictionary. Is it some obscure class? A fun hat? A spelling mistake? A party where darts are thrown? Sincerely, I Was Homeschooled Dear Homie, Your innocence is refreshing during these beer-saturated times. I’m not sure whether […]
by Sam Ward ’21 Doubt clears the brain, let the stains come, And let the words fabricate themselves. The slippery slope between hope and certainty, Muddled by the inbetween. We get a glimpse of a panoramic view, What you see says more about the flaws in you Then it does about reality, Strength to those […]
by Mariela Flores ’23 I want to grow and for that I will need sunlight. But I do not know Kinich Ahau, Mayan god of sun. I do not know the gold hidden in the skin of my ancestors, I do not know what it is like to feel […]
by Marelle Hipolito ’22 i hate the way the rush came all at once and you felt like air when i couldn’t breathe i hate the way i feel so loved when you look at me i hate the way you make all my worries and anxieties go away i hate that i’ve revolved around […]
by Kate Ward ’23 You can tell a lot by the way people hold hands A loose grip, white knuckled, palms touching Life line Heart line Head line The line of fates running along a pair of palms connecting two people Yet everyone finds their differences and intimacies in something so simple as hand-holding A […]
The koi fish The Flame Paul Rudd Dean Sears A White Claw A pong ball A positive COVID-19 test An image of Dean Sears’s email The green check mark A white square Jesus Adidas slides Lululemon leggings A missing AirPods case A singular AirPod A missing PC ID Dot and Fran, but as one person
by Fiona ’23 The next time someone asks me what I do for fun, I’m going to say that I keep an olfactory scrapbook. My hope is to put an end to that line of questioning right then and there, and slink away in a cloud of enigma, but in the event that my dogged […]