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Posted on Sep 30, 2023Sep 28, 2023 by: Grace Korynta

Put the Finger Gun Away

you point your finger gun at your head 
with a laugh
because you think it’s funny…

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Posted on Sep 29, 2023Sep 28, 2023 by: Fransivan MacKenzie

i could have called you but i wrote this instead

good gracious // to be twenty-one //
and constantly falling apart // but
mostly on coffee shops // grief stains
everything // my eyes touch…

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Posted on Sep 28, 2023 by: Ilana Gunson

Finding your space as a sophomore in college

In the words of Taylor Swift, “the scary thing is, you’re on your own now. But the cool thing is, you’re on your own now!” 

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Posted on Aug 29, 2023Aug 29, 2023 by: Shana Huang

Technicolor Anaphora 

An assortment of glittery rainbow pens spills out of my
Pencil pouch, each emblazoned with emblems that
Signal the spectrum of the stories they write…

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Posted on Aug 17, 2023Aug 16, 2023 by: Mihara Minsadi

People Pleaser

You pick the pins off the floor for them to walk on it smoothly and unharmed but your hands are bleeding…

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Posted on Aug 16, 2023Aug 16, 2023 by: Tiana Frias

surfing

it’s a complicated thing. a sensation that bubbles over in the chest and makes everything light— air…

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Posted on Aug 16, 2023Aug 16, 2023 by: Lana Day

Grief

When you died, I lost a piece of myself. I remember feeling like I had died that day too…

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Posted on Aug 16, 2023Aug 16, 2023 by: Fransivan MacKenzie

I haven’t been myself for half a year

January was a wound I dressed by dressing up, as if I could summon spring by spilling watercolors against the sketchpad and calling that art…

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Posted on Jul 5, 2023Aug 16, 2023 by: Nicole Burton

My Love Letter

thank you.
for loving me
at my lowest—
my strongest
thank you…

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