Category: Portfolio

For Growing up in Rain

For grinded-teeth car rides; For growing up.  For being beaten into pavement; To prove a point.  For oily cat piss stains beneath the bed; For abandonment.  For coins and green paper; To live in a shadow.  For low-tide seas; For a shiny shell that breaks in a year.    Litter lent my nose the scent […]

Max Gilman '25

Listomania

 Things To Do To Make Yourself Feel Accomplished (Besides Running A Marathon) Submitting an essay  Crossing things off a to-do list Sticking to a New Year’s Resolution  Hitting 10K steps every day  Making your bed in the morning  Finishing a water bottle  Getting out of bed  Showering  Getting an interview/job offer Actually showing up to […]

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Up the tree

Up the tree, down the tree. Up the tree, down the tree. Freeze. There are eyes on me. If I don’t move, then I won’t be in danger. Up the tree…where’s the food? Shit, I don’t have any food. That’s not good. Down the tree again, and across the yard. There’s gotta be food somewhere. […]

Connor Rohan '24

Caitlin and I: An Imitation of “Borges and I” by Jorge Luis Borges

TW: Eating Disorder, Bulimia  I resent Caitlin for her name. It means pure, from the Gaelic, and she wears it like her Catholic school uniform. Tights, white collared polo, and a pleated skirt. I hate that skirt; the way Caitlin rolls it so that she doesn’t look like a prude but keeps it right above […]

Caitlin Bartley '24

Tiff and Earl

Hey Tiff and Earl! As much as I love my family, I’m really nervous to go home for Thanksgiving. My family is going to ask me a ton of questions about everything, and I really don’t know what I want to do with my future/life. Any advice to help me feel a little better? Sincerely,  […]

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Godridden

Content warning: graphic violence  A shovel exuding the earth, Harking clouds, splattered in red– Judging which lays beneath dirt, God fearing pillar to man, Searing skies with treacherous stares, Branded children sway to a hurricane’s wind, Barely fogging outlines of a justice driven structure. Eventually the skies may clear, My grandmother told me, In an […]

Max Gilman '25

Return to Sender 

I found an envelope today.  It was pretty bent out of shape.  The stamps collected on top of one another,  Adding a raised texture to the paper’s surface.  The penciled-in cursive has faded over the years, And there are small tears bordering the edges.  Unopened, its surface has aged incredibly  But the words sealed inside […]

Anna Pomeroy '23

Relationships BLOW

I once read a poem where the author described her heart as a monster that sat perched at the end of her bed, waiting to be torn to shreds by the hands of compassion. I see my own heart in the same way; something that craves to feel desperately loved, but instead bites the hands […]

Taylor Maguire '24

Tiff and Earl

Hey Tiff and Earl, My girlfriend sent me the song High Infidelity from Taylor Swift’s new album Midnights (3am edition)telling me to listen to the lyrics carefully. I have done as she said, and still cannot figure out what my girlfriend is trying to tell me. All advice would be appreciated! Sincerely,  Not A Swiftie […]

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Listomania

 Some Alternative Locations for SRW  Twin River Casino McPhail’s  The tents outside of Slavin Suites Lawn  Ray Treacy Track  Fennell Hall The Smith Center’s stage The Fennell tunnels  The Dunk  The fourth floor of Harkins The “deep quiet” section of the library

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