By Isabella G., TIWP Student I want to fight for a kind of love that means something. I want to fight for a love that opens the door for me, and holds my hand when it needs to be held. I want a love different from anyone else’s. I want a love that bleeds outside […]
Mother Earth
By Julia Lima, TIWP Student (Inspired by the Mary Oliver poem, The Summer Day, in which she asks, “What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”) you begin a moon round, yellow, and almost too full beyond the trees behind the world you burn and melt and drip into […]
Why
By Lucy Terhar, TIWP Student Why are people mean? Because they are feeling hurt? Because they are sad? Because they are mad? Because they think it’s funny? Because there’s nothing else to do? Because they don’t understand what their actions can do? Because they are insecure? Because they are sensitive themselves? Because they think putting […]
Daydreaming My Reality
By Isabella G., TIWP Student I’m still daydreaming my reality into being. I am asking the fates up above to weave a truth for me that I can cherish. I am anxious to learn how it will shape me. I am anxious to embrace it because I know it will be filled with highs and […]
How To Be Successful
By Hannah Simmonds, TIWP Student Is it the money, the education, the houses, the cars or the expensive jewelry? Or is it the joy, the wide open spaces, the faded blue jeans, laughing children and love? Why has America painted a picture of success and happiness as money and a full time job and a […]
Knowing Your Power
By Rebecca Gunderson, TIWP Student Look at her. So bright, so creative, so unaware. She will change the world, but she doesn’t know it yet. She only hears her parent’s criticism. She only sees her classmate’s rude stares. She is not aware of the power she holds. She radiates energy and light when she walks […]
Track the Package
By Isabella G., TIWP Student I would like more Patience, please. If you could leave it in a box on my doorstep I will open it when I get home from school. It doesn’t need to be wrapped in a bow or come with a card. I don’t think I’m asking for much. I would […]
Saffi (an excerpt)
By Scarlett Mosher, TIWP Student Saffi wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth. The mixture of metal and dust lay in a thin layer across her tongue, sucking the water from her mouth. Everything felt dry. Even her ripped, blood-soaked legs felt like bones dried by desert winds. She wasn’t sure if it […]
Amending Section 377
By Neena Grewal, TIWP Student I met god in a river off the coast of India. I was young and naive and never said hello back. Her hair tickles my collarbone, breaths soft and paced against my neck. Beside me, the Atlantic Ocean passes through a layer of glass and 35,000 feet of turbulent air. […]
Awkward
By Lizzie Arroyo, TIWP Student I’m probably the most socially awkward person you’ll ever meet. And not like the cute socially awkward where your voice goes a little high-pitched and childish, and your smile’s all demure, and it doesn’t make people feel uncomfortable. No, my awkwardness is professional. My voice goes into a monotone, I […]
The Intuitive Voice 