By Lina Norris-Raman, TIWP Student You weren’t cringy, you were seven.You were just a kid, with a mouthful of mismatched words,and knees that carried the constellations of a thousand scrapes,from a fall, from a rise, from a life perpetually learning to stand. You weren’t cringy—you were a child discovering your orbit.You weren’t annoying, you were […]
Life Without Judgment
By Kristen H., TIWP Student If I didn’t have to be judged by my appearance or personality and treated differently because of that, I would be less stressed and worried about trivial things. I wouldn’t be bothered about being judged on days I don’t wear makeup or when I don’t have time to put effort […]
Water / Fire
By Dasha Young, TIWP Student Water. The pool I spent endless hours catching up to the person in front of me. The coach saying “good job” to only me – the slowest on the team. The seconds slowly ticking on the clock as I push through, out of breath. Water. Rain gently pattering on my umbrella […]
Memories
By O. Deng, TIWP Student You walk into a room. The walls can be any color and any design but that part’s not important. Now imagine the entire room is filled with buckets, except they’re all hanging from the ceiling. Each bucket has a hole in it, some small, and some big. Streaks of water […]
A Visit from My Inner Child
By O. Deng, TIWP Student “Who are you?” she asks. She’s short, with a round face and she’s wearing a pair of purple glasses. Her hair is tied into two pigtails, definitely the work of her mother. “I’m Oriana,” I say. Back then that name looked weird when I wrote it on my homework at […]
No and Yes
By O. Deng, TIWP Student No, I don’t think that was funny. No, I do not like you. No, I do not want to message you. No, I am not looking for a new person to come into my life and ruin my peace. No, I am not sorry for doing that to you. No, […]
The Two Cats of Odessa
By Dasha Young, TIWP Student Two cats hopped off the train, almost invisible to the crowds of people during rush hour. They rushed out of the вокзал (train station) and onto the sidewalk, passing grandmas in scarves and dodging a ball someone hit too hard. Using their sixth sense, they were able to follow the sound […]
Burning Love
By Nick Brevik, TIWP Student The curse of love is a dangerous game. Especially when you can’t touch people. When the gods came down to earth and cursed humans for generations to come, the humans laughed in their faces. But here I am, living proof that the gods weren’t f*cking around. The Burners, as we’re […]
Write Down Everything
By Karina Ciliegia, TIWP Student write down everythingthat you thinkit’s a matter of time before there’s nothingleft of mei hate to admit itbut how could i forget itafter all the years that have passed byi see your eyesflashing red lightslike a thunderous stormsongs about heartbreak they’realways lovebut sometimes that’s not trueit was impossible to live […]
Time Flies
By Kristen Ho, TIWP Student I am frustrated because I couldn’t kill the kitchen fly this morning.He’d buzz around the kitchen seemingly with no plan,but somehow he’d always escape my flyswatter, no matter how hard I tried. I am frustrated because I keep thinking about my homeworkand I’m struggling to write freely because of it.The […]
The Intuitive Voice 