Category: Portfolio

I Took Myself Apart Today

by Mariela Flores ’23 I took myself apart today. I started with my head Twisting and turning, unscrewing it from the base of my neck. A weight was lifted off my shoulders and I was lighter than I had ever been. I held myself in my hands and began to count. Two eyes, two eyebrows, […]

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The Strand

by Jay Willett ’20 When they sent me here, they didn’t expect me to survive. The atmosphere is too heavy to breathe, the water’s too thick to drink, the vegetation too poisonous. A mist of emerald encompasses the air between the canyon and the ship—I had to wait for the cloud to pass before venturing […]

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Two Writers One Line: “When I read the text, I scream”

  The Glass Shattered Below by Grace O’Connor ’22 When I read the text, I scream Glowing from the screen The words popping out, sucking me in As my eyes glazed over them Slowly, in disbelief, I turned off my phone and Dropping my face in my hands Forcing my head up to look at […]

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After the Storm

by Samantha Pellman ’20 I stood in front of the mess that lay before my eyes. I closed them hoping that when I opened them again, the nightmare would not be before me. But there was no use. This was my reality, and, even though it seems like forever ago, the stinging pain I felt […]

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A Blue Bird in Providence

by Sean Tobin ’20 I saw a blue bird, stoic on a branch in the wide based dogwood tree. He shivered there in the cold and braved the wind, as I watched at him behind smudged glass: free to fly but there to stare at my affair. Mr. Blue Bird, you do not know what […]

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Alcatraz of Balloons

by Jessica Polanco ’21 In Lil Rhody somewhere, There was a young girl, With her mind a bit too into romance and a spine still learning to straighten. I write things down for a living. I spend days pissed off at gravity or, Amazed at the fact that 7 billion people are breathing as we […]

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Ever Dirty, Ever Clean

by Erin Venuti ’20 “You are dust, and to dust you shall return.” I close my eyes, gently, as the priest slowly marks a cross in the center of my forehead, in the same spot where my index and middle finger touch when I reach for the Father. I feel a few specks of the […]

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The Friar Boys Take On Gravity

by Mark Fairchild ’20

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Listomania: How to win The Bachelor/Bachelorette

Woo the producers/Chris Harrison Sabotage the other contestants by putting a metric ton of garlic in their food Pull a power move and propose to the Bachelor/Bachelorette Replace all the girls’ makeup with clown makeup Rig the rose ceremony Make the other contestants fall in love with you Don’t be fake Be fake Steal the […]

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Tiff and Earl

Dear Tiff and Earl, March 6 is Dentist Appreciation Day, and I want to thank my dentist for all the pain, tears, and clean gums that she has given me. What can I give her to represent the complex and complicated relationship that I have with her, besides flossing? Sincerely, Pearl E. White   Dear […]

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