By Cleo Springfield, TIWP Student Just a normal dayGina watches her silly little kid showsCarrie struggles to fit into her favorite shoesI read the book I checked out of the library Police sirens tune out our voices and the TVScreams echo through the neighborhoodGina whimpersCarrie freezes in place My book falls on the groundThe house […]
The Sun Setting
By Cyra Rahman, TIWP Student She tries to use the last of her energy to put on a brilliant showUnder her, many things happenLove blossomsLives beginBeauty reveals itself She uses her slipping energy to throw out a show of pinks and oranges in the skyShe sets it alight with her beautyThe clouds only magnify the […]
My Sister
By Cleo Springfield, TIWP Student My sisterBeautiful, elegant, perfectionMy sisterCharm never faltering My sisterA car going too fastMy sisterNot saved fast enough My sisterScreams engraved in my mindMy sisterAmbulance not quick enough My sisterKind and caringMy sisterJust a lifeless body My griefConsuming and unforgivingMy griefProminent even ten years later
Where Am I, Part 1
By Kaitlyn Springfield, TIWP Student “Where am I?” I ask, a simple question. A man around 20 looks happy. “She can still talk,” he says. A woman in her forties who resembles the man smiles a smile as bright as the sun. “You’re in the hospital,” she answers. The woman has long blonde hair and […]
Just Another Wednesday
By Annabelle Kennedy, TIWP Student “They say dragons aren’t real, but I know better.” “If I had never time traveled, none of this would have happened.” Talons screeched across the rooftop of the Safeway, scoring deep grooves and causing it to buckle as though it had been punched by a giant fist. Crimson wings blocked […]
Living Waters
By Annabelle Kennedy, TIWP Student “It is dark, it is ancient, and it is deep.” —Audre Lorde In my society, the ocean is sacred. It encompasses the world, a blue black void, filled with all manner of creatures both horrifying and heavenly. It is dark, it is ancient, and it is deep. It is so […]
Delirium
By Leighton Tanaka, TIWP Student blood pours from the bullet, roses bleedon the ground. standunder the ire of the sun, slowly drifting away; eternalrhythms of erasure. listless and lamenting tea-stained wallscompressed between weeping, rising towers. suffocateto replenish the weary, holding the ardor in between shaking,fragile fingers. wind yanksthe dandelion loose. travel far to reach the […]
This is Not Okay
By Cyra Rahman, TIWP Student “This morning a swastika was found on campus.” The loudspeaker announces, shocking me as I try to solve my math problems. The teacher looks shocked. The chatting and laughs come to a sudden halt. Who on Earth would paint a swastika on campus, and why? I know what it symbolizes, […]
Clean Slate
By Zara Quiter, TIWP Student Cutting through friendship is like cutting through rockNormally the cut is rough and jaggedBut for once, I can just walk away unscathedAnd the rock I cut is as freeing as finding a diamond
My Room
By Ava Moga, TIWP Student light radiates through,hitting every angle,whether it is warm and welcomingor dark and shallow.the posters on my wall hang, watching me,watching my desk,where the mindless procrastination takes place,where i spin my vinylsand where i cry over math homework.they watch my bed,the milk white sheets and fluffy duvet cover,where i rot till […]
The Intuitive Voice 