My mozz sticks got cold. Um, I’m kind of…stuck. In the flame. My syllabus says that Tuesday is a Monday schedule. I called Fix-It two months ago and they still haven’t come. A squirrel jumped out of a trash can just to stare at me. My professor just said “semester-long group projects.” I saw Friar […]
by Sam Pellman ’20 It was a humid and sticky day. The clouds were just starting to move, and the sun was beginning to peek through. I parked in my normal spot and immediately felt the hot air on my body. “Ugh, can’t wait to sweat all day today,” I thought to myself, […]
by Jessica Polanco ’20 Sweet, was the Sunday I remembered Like a feather, I laid On the indulgences of quietness And joy A black bird approached my presence Told me I’d never forget this day Because it was the day you passed away Everything related to all I knew Everything related to me gone and […]
by Julia Zygiel ’19 She was a party girl and no one knew why. She was just an anxious, quiet kind of person, someone who would shoulder all of your burdens for an hour-long drunken conversation and then shrug off into the next room, desperate to be invisible again. She wasn’t the anxious-but-calms-with-drugs-and-alcohol type either. […]
by Erin Venuti ’20 The day the words died, I felt everything. Beneath my paper skin, I sensed the germ set in And the illness begin, Corrupting all forms of word, Noun, preposition, Adjective, and verb. Beneath my paper skin, I felt The pulse ceasing To beat beat. Beat beat. The syllables decreasing. Beat, beat. […]
Dear Tiff and Earl, What should I do to make this semester my best one yet? Sincerely, Thirsty for Knowledge Dear Thirsty for Knowledge, Buy all your textbooks, binders, and Five Star notebooks from the bookstore for all your classes. Organize your desk real nice with a Providence College calendar, pens and pencils, and […]
Driving Five Hours to See College Friends Broken AC Units Paying to Park at the Beach Sharing the Car with Your Siblings Spending All of Your Free Time with Your Parents Working 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for Minimum Wage Seeing Everyone You Tried to Avoid in High School Having Different Days Off Than Your […]
by Jessica Polanco ’20 Everyone dreads the feeling, But they truly never know what it feels like. It isn’t even a feeling, It’s just something that happens. When you get over an argument, You don’t even remember the exact time you did But you did. And it just happened. When something dries up, After getting […]
by Connor Zimmerman ’20 In a mirror, the reflection is clear. The image shows perfection. I look just how I hoped I’d appear I can’t think of any objections. The reflection sends me back to the past To the moments when I laugh and love. All the connections […]