By Payton Posner, TIWP Student there is an orchardthat grows on the bottom of a lake.no one remembers how it sank,whether a storm dragged it underor it simply forgothow to stay above the surface. down there, the trees still stand,their branches lifting like tired handsthrough the greenish dim.fruit hangs heavy, swollen with water,too burdened to […]
The Ninth Ring
By Avery Corey, TIWP Student The Ninth Ring No one went into the clock tower anymore. The door stuck when it rained, and the steps smelled like rust and old birds. From the square, it looked exactly as it always had: a narrow spine of stone, a face with numbers rubbed pale by years of […]
On and Off
By Katelyn H., TIWP Student “I’ll light up my soul with a match and let it sing.” — Anne Sexton I’ll light up my soul with a match and watch it glow in the dark.I’ll see it fading in and out to the rhythm of my heartbeatand watch it become the bonfire of a campsite where […]
Lime Green
By Kristen H., TIWP Student Lime green feels prickly.It’s lighter than regular green in a candy-sweet, sickening way,like recovering from a sickness but you’re not all the way better yet,like your body forgot how to feel normal and picked something sour and airy instead. My head feels very light and I can feel my pulse […]
I Believe
By Kendra Zen, writing to a prompt in the book, Word Magic I believe in amplifying the female voice. I believe I should tell my story to get it out of me. To honor compassion, self-empathy, and self-care. To inspire others who need hope to continue. I believe freeing the Goddess within me will also free my soul […]
The Akuma Spirits (an excerpt)
By Dasha Young, TIWP Student Chapter One One day Charlotte woke up to find that her whole world had changed. It was a windy morning in early September, peaceful at a first glance. Charlotte woke up with a smile on her face. She laid in the soft pillows of her bed, thinking about the wonderful […]
The Truth
By Oriana, TIWP Student The truth they will not want to hear isit might not be true, even if everyone around you is saying it is.The truth they don’t want to accept isif most of us continue to sit back, nothing will change. The truth that everyone ignores islooking the other way when someone is being […]
The Hunger
By O. Deng, TIWP Student I am hungry for vanilla almond oat cluster cereal and mangos, for mixed berry cream cheese on sourdough toast, for something sweet, for comfort I can taste. I am hungry for coffee or a matcha that hits and meals that feel like home.I am hungry for laughter that doesn’t feel […]
Earthing
By Lisa Danylchuk, TIWP Women’s Writing Program One foot in front of the other Softly they landin rhythm connecting to the earth the sandthe dirt it’s shade evolving from brown to red to purple to gravel leaves drop down while others clingto the trees the cold air of morning turns warm embraces my skin as water rises to its surface left foot right foot breathing out and in the motion becomes profound stillnessas Time slips away ideas arise thoughts sort throughone […]
Gaia
By Lisa Danylchuk, TIWP Women’s Writing Program I am an ocean full of life within me fluid salt entire communities of organisms thriving going about their days I am a biodiverse environment I am a space for creation experience transition within me the wisdom of the whales the playful spirit of the dolphin the rage of the tsunami the smooth reflective surface that allows you to look in and see yourself and everything in life with […]
The Intuitive Voice 