Category: Portfolio

Tiff and Earl

Dear Tiff and Earl, I’m having a lot of trouble trying to slog through the last few weeks of the semester and Easter just can’t come soon enough. Do either of you have any advice on how to get through these last weeks? Sincerely, Senioritis   Hi Older and Lazier, I remember when it was […]

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Tiff and Earl

Dear Tiff and Earl My week was uneventful, how was yours? Curiously, George   Dear George, My week was the same as most weeks. Monday, I caught and cooked up a king crab. Tuesday, I fought a super villain and saved Metropolis. Wednesday, I was shot out of a cannon. Thursday, I cooked scones. And […]

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Listomania: Things Friars Keep In Their Robe Pockets

Travel-sized Bibles Incense Handwarmers More pockets Rosary beads Map of campus Tide-to-Go stick Copy of The Cowl Backup robe Cigars A collection of ABBA CDs The mystery of the Trinity Unconsecrated wafers (#afternoon snack) Personal autograph by Coach Cooley Martin Luther’s 95 Theses Thomas Aquinas’ Summa Theologica

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Friar Boys Become Movie Stars

by Mark Fairchild ’20

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The Unknown

by Grace O’Connor ’22 It was an image of a woman looking into the deep blue Atlantic Ocean, as the early morning sun broke through the clouds. The yellow sunlight filled her blue eyes with life. Her toes buried in the sand that had not been warmed by the sun yet. Her dirty blonde hair […]

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Honey Waves

by Jessica Polanco ’20 Our lips are the coastline Where she is the water And I am the sand And naturally, With every wave we meet Together we feel so perfect Marinating in each other’s touch Nurturing each other In a nutrient-exchanging dance Where with every step I fall more and more into a trance […]

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To the Salty Body

by Kiley McMahon ’20 It rubs against the whole of my mouth, covering my perfect teeth, and my palat struck tongue. It continues downward, moving rapidly into my lungs, which are already weak, as they have collapsed, once before. It lines the whole of my rib cage, and then is excavated out of my small […]

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Missing

by Dawyn Henriquez ’19 Loneliness covers him Like the thin layer of dust That covers all living things in a desert. His black beard drips the last of his water. It can be said that sadness Etches the three creases on his forehead, But those who would say that would be wrong. Anyone who knows […]

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Square One

by Julia Zygiel ’19 The shrill cry of the alarm dispelled Tessa’s shade of sleep as her sock-covered feet hit the linoleum floor. She danced awkwardly across the room and swiped her smartphone’s notification bar to the side. She already knew it was 10 in the morning, that it was cloudy with a 60 percent […]

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Friarboys Cartoon

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