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 […]
Look3 Photography Showcase
We are excited to announce that our teen photographers will have a show of their work at Splendora’s Gelato Cafe in the month of June as part of the LOOK3 photography festival, one of the premier photography festivals on the East Coast! Their work will be hung for the First Friday Art Walk in June, […]
Some Bears
Below is a magnificent piece from Stella Sokolowski, a Junior at Charlottesville High School. Thank you Stella for your thought-provoking work! Some Bears Stella Sokolowski Some bears out on the street, they like to steal my poetry; they like to sit out on a city line, take a few of my thoughts- and […]