Category: Portfolio

Love Limericks

Short and Sweet by Sarah Heavren ’21 Master of the cleverest pun, You make all the boring things fun. I hope you know And that I show You’re loved by a certain someone. Staycation by Samantha Pellman ’20 What do I get him for Valentine’s Day? Plan something special, they all say So I booked […]

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Fast Fiction: Dream First Date

In six words or less write a story about your dream first date… Go! Only us drowned in candlelight. by Grace O’Connor ’22   A good laugh…all I need. by Erin Venuti ’20   Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Disney+, and… by Connor Zimmerman ’20   They laugh together, and she’s happy. Clara Howard ’20   […]

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A Real Galentine’s Day

by Samantha Pellman ’20 It’s a Friday night at 6 p.m. The sky is dark already The air is cold. To us it’s just a Friday night But to others it’s the most romantic day of the year. We don’t look at it that way. We stand in front of the mirror Curling our hair […]

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Below, a guide for writing a love poem to your sweetheart (or boogabear, snookems, or tootsie wootsie)

by Sam Ward ’21 To better understand love and its treasures, You must first reexamine your loyalty to vices. You are not ready to love unless you take the right measures. Would you keep caffeine in the A.M. if Starbucks raised its prices? Wag your finger to rom-coms, even Paul Rudd ones. Love has no […]

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Personal Space

by Mark Fairchild ’20

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Listomania: How to make someone fall in love with you

Stand outside their dorm room with a boombox Leave them on open on Snapchat DM their ex on Instagram Take them out to Ray Photoshop them into pictures with you Bring them chicken nuggets on Thursday Go to the chapel with them Express your feelings in Morning Mail Steal a golf cart and drive them […]

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Tiff and Earl

Dear Tiff and Earl, I just found out that my significant other is allergic to every single flower known to man and hates all chocolate (I promise she’s fun!), and CVS has nothing else that is Valentine’s Day related. What should I get her? Nervously, Drug Store Drags   Dear DSD, Don’t sell CVS short. […]

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Friartire: Showing How You Really Feel

by Lil Wit ’21 The mushiest, most lovey-dovey, better-not-be-alone-because-that-sucks day of the year (unless you want to be conventional and remember that this day is actually the feast day for a saint who was martyred for the sake of spreading the Catholic faith and is esteemed in the eyes of the Church to be canonized […]

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The Friar Boys: Bachelor Edition

by Mark Fairchild ’20

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First Lesson

by Sarah McLaughlin ’23 How do I teach someone something that is beyond my own comprehension? That question incessantly prodded my mind when I sat down the first day Not at my usual seat at the keys But instead in a chair beside them. How do I explain that while it flows like a language, […]

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