Posts from "Poetry"
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Poetry | Mar.05, 2020
Alcatraz of Balloons
by Jessica Polanco ’21 In Lil Rhody somewhere, There was a young girl, With her mind a bit too into romance and a spine still learning to straighten. I write things down for a living. I spend days pissed off…
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Poetry | Feb.27, 2020
The Simple Truth
by Grace O’Connor ’22 Large crowds always made her head spin She could never hear herself think which is why She preferred to be alone, hear her own thoughts Flood in her head like a much-needed drug Silence is what…
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Poetry | Feb.27, 2020
These Perishable Thoughts
by Sam Ward ’21 The only thing I fear are these perishable thoughts. I grasp onto them like they are golden-tipped winged shoes fluttering above my halo’d mind. I clutch them close like the cross my grandfather bore around his…
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Poetry | Feb.27, 2020
alone on a pier
by Jay Willett ’20 Moss beams teal, tides crash sloping soliloquies, withdraws, slicing bay reefs sucking out to Adrian. Slime crawls up poles, infecting, seeping, into designed drains. Concrete, salt cracks finish, a sand texture feeling by foot—barefoot. Perhaps it’s…
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Poetry | Feb.14, 2020
14 Ways to Say I Love You
by Jessica Polanco ’21 I love you. I hate you. I want to hear your voice. Shut up. Hug me. Don’t touch me. Come over. Stay away. Kiss me. Don’t kiss me. We make a good team. I’m better without…
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Poetry | Feb.14, 2020
Love Limericks
Short and Sweet by Sarah Heavren ’21 Master of the cleverest pun, You make all the boring things fun. I hope you know And that I show You’re loved by a certain someone. Staycation by Samantha Pellman ’20 What do…
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Poetry | Feb.14, 2020
A Real Galentine’s Day
by Samantha Pellman ’20 It’s a Friday night at 6 p.m. The sky is dark already The air is cold. To us it’s just a Friday night But to others it’s the most romantic day of the year. We don’t…
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Poetry | Feb.14, 2020
Below, a guide for writing a love poem to your sweetheart (or boogabear, snookems, or tootsie wootsie)
by Sam Ward ’21 To better understand love and its treasures, You must first reexamine your loyalty to vices. You are not ready to love unless you take the right measures. Would you keep caffeine in the A.M. if Starbucks…
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Poetry | Feb.07, 2020
First Lesson
by Sarah McLaughlin ’23 How do I teach someone something that is beyond my own comprehension? That question incessantly prodded my mind when I sat down the first day Not at my usual seat at the keys But instead in…
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