By Leighton Tanaka, TIWP Student A cold, hard chair pushed up against me. It was brown but it was covered in the white buzzing glow of the lights. My teacher droned on in front of us, her heels clicking on the linoleum floors as she paced back and forth. Over and over her shoes found […]
Crescent
By Clara V, TIWP Student She wasn’t prettyPretty wasn’t the right word for itShe was beautiful, but not in the easy wayYou had to have been looking for it in order to see itand some people would miss it entirely Because her beauty wasn’t in the shape of her head but the way she held […]
A Voice
By Emma Stokes, TIWP Student She was desperate. Practically on her knees. Begging to talk to anyone. It seemed to her that no one would listen. No one wanted to listen to her long list of problems. The thing is she would never talk. She wouldn’t answer if you asked. She wouldn’t look at you […]
Mirrored
By Morgan Gregg, TIWP Student Look I know you are trying to relax and maybe wind down for the night with a nice book but I’m warning you: put down this book immediately and you you can go on with your life not knowing of the treacherous, dangerous things that lurk just under the surface, […]
In the Stars
By Viviana Sanchez, TIWP Student You’re sweet as cotton candy and deep as the pacific. Your as intricate as mushroom roots and because of that you’re wise. So that’s why I think you’re telling the truth. That’s why, when you told me up on the roof, you’d figured it out, I believed you. You did […]
This Dream
By Auhona Newaz, TIWP Student Ok, ok, let me start from the beginning. I was sleeping and sleeping even though I couldn’t sleep and I dreamed about me and who was it? Oh yeah, I remember it was Margret and I’ll admit it, this dream was kinda hazy and crazy and dazey. Where was […]
Declaration of Love
By Kea Yoshinaka, TIWP Student This morningI woke to scattered light across my comforter,an elegant ballet of sunbeam dancers,the tinkle of piano keys swirling through the air. And the scent of blooming poppiesrushed gracefully through my mindlooping down my lungs. I opened my mouth and let a bouquet spring up.Daisies, lavender, tulips.We make eye contact.I wonder […]
Moon Girl
By Viviana Sanchez, TIWP Student She felt that’s where she must stay,in the stars,far away,looking down upon the world with half-closed eyes,breathing in, drinking up lies. She was selfish.Cold.Hypocritical, judgmental, paranoid.Hurtful and harmful.She didn’t want to be.But do the morning birds mean to wake you? No and that is the cycle of the universe,the march […]
To Give Maturity Words
By Maya Petzoldt, TIWP Student It has not been long since I have grown up, at the very least it hasn’t felt like it. I’ve grown only centimeters in height, but have bounded miles in maturity. And it’s not the maturity of hormones, or responsibility, or emotions. It’s a maturity in self-awareness. It’s knowing that […]
They Got Me
By Emma Stokes, TIWP Student He knows something and he won’t tell me. These days he spends most of his time alone in his room muttering random phrases to himself that mean nothing. He says it will never be the same. What? He walks around and it seems everyone stares because they don’t know him. […]
The Intuitive Voice 