Category: Poetry

These Trying Times Are Stagnant.

by Sam Ward ’21 * I conquered moon cycles, fake news, reignited lighters with no signs, nowhere to hide, huh. It’s life, it’s all surprises, we live; the vibe is priceless. But when you rewrite the mileage, you see, these times are stagnant. ** I used to do this every day. Now I cannot remember […]

Connor Zimmerman

Christmas Songs to Help You Weather the Cold

by Sam Ward ’21 Take what joy these tidings give and gift them back to all who live! Fear and hunger can be adjured next summer; the joy we share must last all winter. For frostbitten souls: “The season is here!” All the scrooges: “Christmas is near!” Grab mittens and scarves lest you bold. Only […]

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Warmth, Light, and Hope

by Grace O’Connor ’22 The warm light filled the room as the fire crackled Sweet sound of music brought smiles to the faces The smell of cookies floated through the air Darkness and powder snow surrounded the house She laid out all the ornaments on the ground As she smiled and laughed contagiously The serene […]

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There is a Lily kneeling

by Sean Tobin ’20 Behold a lily kneeling, At stable’s cribside stays; With beauteous music peeling, His Child God, he will praise Long after winter days; And for his sons he pledges His help and love always. That light that brightens heaven And plunges down to earth: Which serves as hopeful leaven, Which beckons all […]

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Holiday Haikus

  Snow twirls and dances Lights twinkle in the night sky Santa’s beard glows white by Gabriela Baron ’20   Christmas: the smells of pine trees, nativities, old issue paper. Home. by Clara Howard ’20   A cosmic feeling Not gifted, but loved by all The sense of wonder  by Connor Zimmerman ’20   The […]

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Life at its Best

by Connor Christuk ’21 – Creative Writing Contest Honorable Mention How important is a moment? It all depends on if it’s your last A moment among many is not much, For a moment can only be so fast. But if that moment were happy, Would it mean so much more? Do we exist to be […]

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Life at its Best

by Connor Christuk ’21 – Creative Writing Contest Honorable Mention How important is a moment? It all depends on if it’s your last A moment among many is not much, For a moment can only be so fast. But if that moment were happy, Would it mean so much more? Do we exist to be […]

Sarah D Kirchner

Private Considerations of Pronouns

by Emma McLaughlin ’20 – Creative Writing Contest Winner Your stare menaces from across the bed as I strain, choking on my words, to answer your questions. In my silence, you make me feel disbanded, shapeless without a label. Some construction of letters, he/she/they, for others to define me, ‘correctly’ discuss me. I grip the bedsheets […]

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The Generation of Speaking out and the Spoken Word

by Nicole Patano ’22 – I’m an advocate of nonviolence, so I don’t want to keep beating the dead horse. Because the more we hear, the less we feel, the same we act. And we forget to react and retract. It’s a fact that our actions speak louder than our words. The silence is deafening. If […]

Sarah D Kirchner

Kaleidoscope Vision

by Sam Ward ’21 How do we propel ourselves into the unknown? Without fear. Without doubt. How, without shaking in our skin at the thought of what could go wrong, or plucking heartstrings to play hopeful songs? How do we plunge into strange waters, when the thoughts are white noise? How do we pursue ambition’s […]

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