By Leighton Tanaka, TIWP Student “Has anyone seen Aspen?” The warm fire crackles and slows. It flickers in the black, being swallowed into the darkness. A fire that doesn’t warm but keeps one alive during the deadly winter. The warmth quickly disappeared into the atmosphere, and instead, we were left with each other. I could […]
This One Time
By Leighton Tanaka, TIWP Student The cold metal chair presses up against my body. The legs creak under my weight. Amber shines in through the windows, I sit just past the shadow. I had been talking with my friend about nothing. But now we sat in silence, she stared down awkwardly at her hands. She […]
Feng Shui
By Caroline Hesby, TIWP College Student the flow of wind and water.the flow of qi — cosmic current,cosmic energycosmic energya source of life and prosperityflowing through a village,cleansing Earth as it goes. the flow of wind and water. I crack open my chest andentice the cosmic current.I hear it whispering around me as I walk,like […]
Crossing the Road
By Leighton Tanaka, TIWP Student Making my way down the street, my claws scratched the ground. The street lamps lit my way as I walked down the inky sidewalk. The world turned blue with the setting of the sun, and leaves rustled with the wind. Carefully dodging the clutter on the ground, I waddle toward […]
As It Is
By Kea Yoshinaka, TIWP Student To see things as they areis to see the bags under your eyes,to see the shaking hands of your friends,to see the tears of the girl in the cornerthat you preferred to imagine as a peaceful recipient of life’s many gifts. To know things as they areis to feel the […]
A Revelation
By Jessy Wallach, TIWP Student I am one of the few in my generation. The Last Generation, we are called, a play on the Lost Generation, but a truth in its own right. There will be others after us, here and there, rarities, but we are the final group concise enough to be labeled a […]
Waldeinsamkeit
*Waldeinsamkeit is a German word for the feeling of peace and connection when you are alone in nature. By Jessy Wallach, TIWP Student There is a difference between being alone and being lonely. Loneliness is truly empty, but aloneness is allowing yourself to fill up the space around you. For example, walking through the park […]
TOXIC
By Mina Talebi, TIWP Student I think I figured it out.FinallyFinallyI think I figured you out.Last week I remembered the word toxicAnd it didn’t fit you.TOXICMeans tequila that doesn’t go downMeans bile in my throatMeans dad yelling at meMeans my trash bin when it’s that time of the monthMeans dirtyMeans wrongBut not you.Never you.Toxic is […]
Happy Thots
By Mina Talebi, TIWP Student Before I met youI had pretty much given upOn BFF’sAnd friendship braceletsAnd promises about how we’d never fight.I’d been scarred so much,This doesn’t feel right,I’m almost there but just Not Quite. And I read a book the other dayAnd this girlShe loved her friend so muchThat she said“I love you”With […]
The Wonders of Writing
By Audrey Howard, TIWP Student At times the words flowfreely and at libertyat other timesthe words come like dew droplets in a land plagued by droughtlike trying to drink from a bare, dry, desolate wellthey can be gloriousshouts of prevailing victorya story incomparably divinepoetry simply wondrousenrapturingheavenly delightful, captivating, enthrallingthey can be bittershouts of losscries stemmed […]
The Intuitive Voice 