When I should die, think only this of me: That there’s some weathered notebook tucked away Behind the dusty novels. My childhood reads These words—these words my childhood shapes From airy nothing into lines and scenes. With ballpoint tip to page, with blue ink running dry, I scratch and dot my i’s and cross […]
Can’t See the flow of the colors Stopped Feeling the breath of the wind Hollowness calling your name Do you fall back in? Come to me Looking around no one’s there So back to the grind instead Put pencil to paper and write beautiful words But the creative voice can’t be […]
I was fifteen years old when I decided I could handle the weight of being “sexy” for their love. I could put on the right clothes, give the right looks, say just the right things––– until they couldn’t get enough of me, trapping them in my prose. I was fifteen years old […]
Bright, silent, daunting Central to my narrowing vision. The floorboards of all things taunting My stare returning with derision. Every seat with its front bare No staring heads in sight None but those that at me glare Basked in blinding light. Should I try to glance? Dare I take that chance? One with pad and […]
by Taylor Rogers ’24 Exhaustion. This is the only emotion I can feel. Day after day, I tiredly watch the news, Where the same tragic story plays on loop. Each day, Another bullet tears through innocent flesh, Causing red to tragically paint the streets, Breaking the hearts of many, This tiny bullet wreaks its havoc, […]
by Sarah Heavren ’21 From Lil Wit to Tiff and Earl, From weekly meetings and issues, It is hard to say farewell Without needing a few tissues. The Cowl has been a great space To share thoughts and feelings, To craft poems and satire, Alongside great human beings. Across my five semesters Of writing for […]
by Marelle Hipolito ’22 the sun is shining the blades of grass are dancing your playlist is playing but you are missing the flowers are blooming the birds are flying your guitar solo is playing but you are missing it’s a beautiful day outside we are all here together, it’s pretty nice but there’s something […]
by Grace O’Connor ’22 He shimmers in the golden sunlight, As she looks at his ripples from the light breeze, mesmerized. The dip in the ripples is a dark blue with a light blue exterior that the sun accentuates, He cools her feet, welcoming her into his bountiful abyss. She steps in, and the water […]
by Sam Ward ’21 Doubt clears the brain, let the stains come, And let the words fabricate themselves. The slippery slope between hope and certainty, Muddled by the inbetween. We get a glimpse of a panoramic view, What you see says more about the flaws in you Then it does about reality, Strength to those […]
by Mariela Flores ’23 I want to grow and for that I will need sunlight. But I do not know Kinich Ahau, Mayan god of sun. I do not know the gold hidden in the skin of my ancestors, I do not know what it is like to feel […]