7 CEN 7147A
Lampshade by Allison Lange 7 CEN 7147A Audrey Parks I told everyone who listened that it should have been me. The pioneer, the sacrifice. The difference? Obsolete. It should have been me. But it was you who jumped from the balcony. Gravity belied you, pulled you down among your spirit, where your spine twisted […]
Childhood
Photograph by Chris Murphy Childhood Luca Sun There was once a time where the floors were made of lava where your backyard was an untamed land full of things to explore where a cardboard box could take you to the moon. This was a time of peace, where you had nothing to worry about except […]
Three Days on the Appalachian Trail
Photograph by Kamryn Crossman Three Days on the Appalachian Trail Catherine Roesch The mountains paint the contrast of emerald pine on black stone of crystal blue on the dark unknown. How many feet have walked these paths before? I wonder this as I see the boulders overwhelm the Earth below. I see the trees […]
The First Pancake
Photograph by Grace Gilbert The First Pancake Kate Walz You always throw the first pancake out That’s what my mom told me her mom told her I’ve never done it though because, why waste perfectly good food? She must have told me this for an important reason, she must have, she must have. In English […]
The Drums
The Drums
by Daniel Szabo
The valley sits, oh so peaceful,
Filled with the whispers of trees,
Ignited by the cacophony of colorful leaves,
Teeming with the songs of birds.
Maple Tree
Maple Tree Huaiyu Lu Maple tree, river, you, and I, In this only summer for life, met in the crossroad of water route. Youth sometimes hurt in this growing season. The tree was bleeding, When naughty boys carved cursing or teasing words on the tree. But these scars did not last long, The rushing […]
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 […]