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A Collection of Poems: Mrs. Culbreath’s Students

Dublin Adams: I Am I am Dublin Aine-Noelle Adams.I am special, with imagination.I wonder if Nenu will come back.I hear a weird hmmm-like noise.I see dead people.I want Sun and Moon, the daycare attendants. I...

Amnesiac

Amnesiac

Eva Windle, Staff Writer March 8, 2025

How do I describe the memories I’ve lost? I can’t recount what I can’t remember, so I collide with a blank wall over and over. For me, it’s like reaching to pick up something, and when I finally...

RawPixel

Told the Muse

Patelyn Pyle, Staff Writer March 3, 2025

    My art remains solemn; it’s lurking behind Rejecting falter I turn    To inspire, I must gnaw on perfection   Regressing in a sense of self, my painted urn  Rejecting falter I stare,...

Divine Acedia

Divine Acedia

Kyla Crane, Staff Writer February 3, 2025

Profound ennui Rings within the winter pond From undisturbed stones   I reach in and grab Though slippery coat of moss To ripple water

The Walmart Regime

The Walmart Regime

Legend Carter, Guest Writer February 2, 2025

“I pledge my loyalty to the Greater Walmart Regime. I will fight the enemy and protect my allies. I will follow orders without question for one cause: honoring our leader. I am willing to die for the...

 Ouroboros Snake

The Serpent Eats Itself

Eva Windle, Staff Writer February 1, 2025

Occasionally, while waking up or when I’m too deep in thought- there might be a brief moment when I have no idea who or what I am. I simply haven’t thought of myself yet, and I experience thoughts...

Luigi Mangione in Custody

“An Ode to Insurance”

Jack Krauss, Guest Writer January 6, 2025

Looking upon the tough, Blue Shield in pain, My lover’s life is cresting the dark west Now, I pray for milk from the beast’s breast— Knowing her passing propels the shield’s gain. Contracts...

Beyond Infinity

Beyond Infinity

Colleen Mcmoran, Staff Writer/Musician December 23, 2024

No one had ever found the edge of the universe before. It was not Selene’s plan nor the plan of the Gemini mission they represented.  But as they gazed out the great stained-glass window of the ship,...

Aliferous

Aliferous

G.E. Bowman, Staff Writer December 23, 2024

God in the attic,                             God breathing like a thousand wings inside the                             confinements of your head. The hollowed out  ...

How I Made My Millions

How I Made My Millions

Eva Windle, Staff Writer December 23, 2024

I woke up, burnt my hands from the faucet, and slathered on French pharmaceutical hand cream. Grandpa told me about the time he took the L train to meet an old friend at a diner in the West Village. I...

On Chores and the Nature of Human Existence

On Chores and the Nature of Human Existence

Colleen Mcmoran, Staff Writer December 23, 2024

I did the laundry today. I finally did the laundry, and I found myself wondering why so many people (and I’m not excluded) feel themselves longing for a partner like socks whose matches have...

The Long Journey Home

The Long Journey Home

Colleen Mcmoran, Staff Writer December 23, 2024

Under the darkness of early night a young, nimble creature escorts delicate things to their resting place. It journeys over stony trails winding beside fields of blue, gold, green, and white, the...

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