By Dasha, TIWP Student Prince Buzz, from the royal bee family, looked out of his Magnet Tile palace to view the kingdom that he must one day rule. But out of all these beautifully constructed boxes, he was only concerned with one, the one where Banana Fox lived. Banana Fox, or as everybody called her, Bafox […]
The Pimple
By Katelyn Ho, TIWP Student Ever since the day that stupid pimple showed up in the middle of my hairline, my hairstyle has been extremely messed up. I know that I should be grateful that it’s gone. After all, all pimples eventually fade away. I know that pimples are affecting my hairstyle seems like a […]
The Day the Birds Went Quiet
By Lila Weis, TIWP Student SIX: “TAG! I got you!” Aw dang it Timmy. Now I’m it. I hate being “it.” It’s so (I’m gonna say a bad word here and you can’t judge me) stupid. LIFE IS PERFECT. NINE: I love school, but now people are making us cover our faces and I don’t […]
The Car
By Hazel Smith, TIWP Student i was talking to my favorite person the other day she smiled, she was talking about her boyfriend she told me a story about spending the day with him last weekend she was animated and she was laughing she told me i can’t see myself with anybody else she told […]
Asking and Not Receiving
By Ellen Jurgens, TIWP Student He stands on the corner. People speed past him, careful to avoid eye contact. They have what he needs. He waits and waits. Does he feel anger? Is he angry with them or with himself? He holds a cardboard sign across his chest. It shields his heart from piercing stares. […]
Self-Commitment
By Rebecca Gunderson, TIWP Student As the wise and genuine Mister Rogers once said, “You don’t have to do anything sensational for people to love you.” Be who you are and ignore anyone who expresses disapproval of your being. Grand gestures aren’t necessary to keep people in your life, nor should they be the sole […]
Do Pigeons Have Feelings
By Audrey Lambert, TIWP Student Do pigeons have feelings? Or do they just live their life taking food from people and then shit on their windshields. Do pigeons feel love? Or do they just fly solo. Do pigeons communicate? Or do they just make mindless noise. Do you have feelings? Or did you just take […]
Tree Rings
By Elizabeth Oxendine, TIWP Student There was something about the moment when he found the first wrinkle on her forehead that made her find the meaning of the universe. He’d touched it with hesitance, filled with worry that if he didn’t tread softly enough it’d disappear and the significance would fade with it. He’d been […]
Santa Luna
By Cate Foy, TIWP Student Althea is a peculiar girl. She is not peculiar in an objectively bad way, but she is peculiar in the sense that she is an enigma: puzzling, mysterious, and almost paradoxical. Her pale skin does not match the tan that any other desert inhabitant would develop over the period of ten […]
A Newfound Mantra
By Julia Lima, TIWP Student there was a new voice that kept you company it lingered around the feet that kept you grounded and made you say “yes i am” it swayed beside the hips that kept you untamed and made you say “yes i am” it nestled between the breasts that let you bloom […]
The Intuitive Voice 