Category: Portfolio

The Empty Crowded Room

by Marelle Hipolito ’21   Dear boy in this crowded room, Do I dare sit next to you? Will you pause your video, and say hi Or will you refuse me a second of your time?   Dear girl in this crowded room, Do you see me looking right at you? Will you pause writing […]

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Snow

by Erin Lucey ’20   Snowflakes fall from the generous sky, Blanketing the grateful ground with their grace and charm. They cover each fear, they hide every regret, they mask every drop of pain, and reveal only the sparkle of the frosted, silvery night.   Snowflakes fall from the resentful sky, covering the sorrowful ground […]

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Stuck In A Crime Scene

by Sam Pellman ’20   It was closing time. The gates were starting to be secured and locked up. Our group had split up about halfway through, but it would be fine, we’d meet up with them outside the car. At least that’s what I thought. It was what any normal person would think. It’s […]

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A Brother’s Love

by Marisa Gonzalez ’18   The war raged on, and Henry was in the middle of it. Guns exploded. Smoke filled the air, and Henry’s vision was cut off. His father always warned him about going out into the war zone unprotected. But he had to. His baby sister was out there. The one he […]

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Don’t Fear The Reaper

by Marisa DelFarno ’18   There is nowhere to hide from death. This is the administration’s motto. How did this become their motto? Short answer—overpopulation. Every three years, the population kept creeping over another billion. Another three years would go by, and another billion or so people would find an uncomfortable, claustrophobic home on Earth. […]

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Tiffany and Earl

Dear Tiff and Earl, My girlfriend wants to go out for nice dinner on Valentine’s Day, but I’m set on going to the PC vs. Villanova game.  She’s not really a fan of basketball.  How should I bring up this obviously sensitive issue without getting put in the dog house? Sincerely, Kiss Cam Hopeful   […]

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Listomania: Things Our Exes Have Sent Us For Valentine’s Day

Baked Alaska Anthrax Feral Cats Raw Chicken A Picture of Their New Partner A Guide to Shaving Your Legs Old Clothes Molotov Cocktails Star Wars: The Phantom Menace on Blu-Ray A Manuscript of a Novel About the Relationship Breath Mints 200 Handwritten Love Poems…Laid in Rose Petals A Tandem Bicycle

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Three Line Third Wheel Stories

  His voice is all I can hear, And she calls him “dear.” Can I please just disappear? —Marisa DelFarno ’18   Walking out of my dorm, my two friends see me and invite me to come to the dining hall. I find their booth, and they are both sitting on the same side, already […]

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‘On the breath of a hope to be shared’

by Jonathan Coppe ’18   Is joy more real when it is shared? I seek a soul to share my joy, To wrap in zeal for life and bathe in love Of every precious thing that pulls My cheeks into a smile. To see her smile too—and not for me!— for finding something more to […]

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It Looks Like, Feels Like, Sounds Like

by Kiley McMahon ’20   I have never been in love, but I know what it looks like, feels like, and sounds like.   It is appealing on the outside, sweet and content on the inside; nobody can compare to the one true love of your life.   Your two hearts beat harmoniously and in […]

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