Rained out! April Open Mic rescheduled!

April showers bring Mayflowers, but we were hoping the rain would stay in the evening forecast, but alas, it will be raining during our open mic. We’re rescheduling, and our tentative date is Sunday, May 22nd! We are still glad for the respite our firefighters are feeling as the rain cools the fires in the Shenandoah […]

A Newfound Creature

A Newfound Creature Julia Freeman   Today I heard the song of a friend With soft strumming, A gentle humming, And the faintest bit of buzzing, That started at my skin And began to seep under Until it danced across me And swirled above me   Seemingly for the first time, music wasn’t about words […]

The Aftermath of Letting a Monster In

The Aftermath of Letting a Monster In Gabriele Price voice like gravel tumbling down into the streets falling out of your lips falling onto cracked pavement fractured roads with flaking white and blue paint scribbles shards of glass from 40’s tearing at my heart painful rocky voice scratching the insides of my mind slicing everything […]

Butterfly Museum

Butterfly Museum Elizabeth Moore   We try to preserve ourselves like butterflies Pinning, poking smoothing Try to freeze beauty by pumping toxins into our skin Mounting and attempting to preserve a past that is already gone Like a twisted art exhibit for the world to see and observe As if taking the history and natural […]

Colors

Colors Chloe Horner   I am a blank canvas. I am pure and white and untouched. Try splashing some pink on my cheeks. Try throwing some blue in my eyes. Try tossing some dirt at my feet. It won’t matter. You can’t paint on this canvas. You cannot change my colors. Only I can. Try […]

Printer’s Ornament: Clue #3

The third Printer’s Ornament in Crossroads IV is designed to reflect the theme of Person vs. Nature. Notice that as our writers focus outward and respond to the larger world, the ornament opens further. We hope you enjoy exploring the progression of these intricate designs!

Faultline

  Faultline Marie Ungar   I.   “Ma’am, your son’s been in an accident.”                                                                                   […]

Printer’s Ornament: Clue #2

Last week, we revealed that there is a method to our madness in assigning particular printer’s ornaments to each page in Crossroads IV. While the first printer’s ornament corresponds to works fitting into the literary theme of “Person vs. Person”, our second set of ornaments reflects the literary relationship of “Person vs Self.” Our student […]

Peyton Williams – the power behind our communications!

It is National Poetry Month, and our teens are… all studying for AP exams or finals in May! We cannot thank Peyton Williams, newly minted UVA graduate with a BA in religious studies and psychology, contributor and editor for the Cavalier Daily, and events assistant for the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, whom we know is moving […]

$20 Taxi Ride

In her piece, $20 Taxi Ride, Senior Olivia Vande Woude invites us into the cab with her protagonist so that we really feel like we’re along for the ride. Thank you Olivia for this wonderful poem!   $20 Taxi Ride   Wears a Nike hat Scar on his left wrist 3 centimeters long.   Inserts […]