By Emily C., TIWP Student I love the way the ground smells after it rains—fresh and clean and new. I love the way the flowers flow in the wind, hugging each other with every gust of wind that comes their way. I love the way the sun rises and sets everyday and produces colors in […]
A To Do List of Love
By Megan Lewis, TIWP student Fall in love with the complexity of falling leaves in September. Take inspiration from your power to create—and your freedom to choose this power. Understand that what you love may someday break your heart. Find small beauties in common places like bus stops or coffee stands. Take note of the […]
The ABC’s
By Emily C., TIWP Student I am an abstract aardvark, answering astonishing arguments. I am a blubbering balloon, baffled by the big brain. I am a curious centipede, crawling to cure craziness. I am a defiant dog, defending deliberate discussions. I am an enormous elephant, evening everyone’s emptiness. I am a ferocious feline, finding fresh […]
Tell Her
By Izzy G., TIWP Student Tell the daughter she is fragile like a bird. She is fragile and can’t be spoiled, not spoiled and not sheltered, not left behind the shoulder, or alone on the bench, not looking in the mirror and afraid of what looks back. It takes time for the fragile shell to […]
Ocean Sage
By Sophie Bubrick, TIWP Student I love the sea. But I couldn’t love the sea without the air, the salty, cold, invigorating air that nurtures and makes anything seem possible. I love closing my eyes in moments like that. I love feeling sheltered from all the responsibilities and petty worries in life. If I were […]
The Girl You Once Knew (An Excerpt)
By Alexia Tzortzis, TIWP Student Astaroth I stared at my brother. His black hair glossy in the white moonlight, leaking through the broken roof of the abandoned warehouse. “Do you think the others are OK?” The question came out raspy, my throat dry and raw from the effort. “Behemoth and Beherit are with them, not […]
My Verbal Space
By Izzy G., TIWP Student I think about the verbal space as a balloon or brown paper bag with an opening at one end, breathing in….and out. The bad stuff filling it up as an inhale, then an exhale with relief. Words dance on the sound waves like a bow shot from an arrow going […]
You Will Shine On Him
By Ariele Taylor, TIWP Woman’s Program My sweet friend, truly you walk with God. Your spirit—humble and unafraid. Open. Your eyes—a beacon, radiating light, filled with tears, depending on the conversation. Your body—following your heart, ready to embrace or celebrate the divine every day. I imagine you next to that hospital bed holding your son, […]
Caelia
By Lizzie Arroyo, TIWP Student Caelia kept her head down and her legs together, just like she was told. That just seemed like the easiest thing to do. Why bother telling her father she hated all the dresses he picked out for her, because they covered up too much of her? Why bother telling the […]
Loryn
By Megan Lewis, TIWP Student The words were already in the pattern of the music; they sprang from it. Painted in colors of rose and gold, poetry shifted into a symphony, into a lullaby. Just as water evaporates in the summertime and the trees shed their leaves, I found myself growing. Changing. In the music, […]
The Intuitive Voice 