Forgot to wipe Didn’t show up Brought your mom as a chaperone Talked about your 12 cats Mentioned the spider that whispers sweet nothings into your ear Confessed your love for Father Shanley Knew too much personal information Asked for their banner ID instead of their phone number Communicated solely via PC Mobile Thought they […]
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 […]
Dear Tiff and Earl, I made eye contact with someone across the testing center, and I think I met my soulmate. His cerulean orbs locked with mine behind the plexiglass. From the moment he exposed his nose, I knew he was really the one. How do I profess my swab-induced love? Sincerely, Catching Feelings, Not […]
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. […]
My ex is in it It’s hard My professor gives A’s starting at 94 instead of 93 It has pop quizzes The textbook is too heavy for me to carry It’s a non lab-based class with a lab Someone has already tried to ask me out It meets in-person My professor is too hot to […]
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 Kate Ward ’23 The girl looked up and smiled. His blood ran cold. She shouldn’t be able to see him. The girl unbuckled the hatchet at her waist and brought her arm back to throw it. Isaiah pressed the small button on the inside of his uniform and phased back into his body, leaping […]
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 […]