By Caroline Hesby, TIWP Student all humans tread on Earth’s floor ready to give or ready to take buther soft hand leaves seeds in her footsteps and the wild grass grows in her path. When the world sprouted its first buds, it placed an oak sapling in her bed, and when she woke she tucked it […]
Girls
By Caroline Hesby, TIWP Student jeweled eyes with pointed nosesor rounded cheeksknuckled hands or swollen fingersswarmed bodies, a low chatter the feminine nature to nurture,to understandto brush another’s hair, to wipeanother’s tearsto embrace with arms or words squeezing next to each other on bus benches, nuzzled like birds intoeach other’s wingssharp eyes scanning for threatas the […]
How Would I Look When I’m Falling?
By Lucy Fox, TIWP Student Rope ensnares me,Caught in a fisherman’s net,Gray ocean,Gray eyes,At this point,I would take fire or water,I could,I would,Take all the candles,Imagine,The feeling of burning,Maybe you need to imagine,Not me,Fire,It twirls around,Climbing my skirt,A desperate plea for attention,I would do anything for you,Please,Please,Notice me,How pretty I must look,How would I look […]
Never Let Go
By Emma Stokes, TIWP Student I don’t know how to do anything anymore. I can’t walk without feeling your hand missing from mine. I can’t talk without missing your witty responses. I can’t sleep without your arms around me. I can’t bear to look at your photos. I can’t shine without feeling like you are […]
Better Bethany
By Evie Broce, TIWP Student I can’t believe what happened to me this year. It changed my life forever. It all started on the 100th day of school. I was hanging out with um… a drawing (since I don’t really have many friends), when Tiffany Roberts came in. Then, when I was walking to my […]
Hello Again
By Olivia Tiffin, TIWP Student “Hello again–”… A figure laid on the black, cold floor of the Abyss. “We haven’t talked in a while,” its voice glum and sharp as it echoed through the void. “Or, have we just spoken?” it asked, no expression as its empty masked face glared up into the abandoned, shadowed, […]
The Wolf
By Zara Quiter, TIWP Student Once you’ve read the title, you’ll probably have a grudge against me. It’s a little rude, but I am a wolf. A starving, tired, lonely wolf. So am I really that cruel? If I saw a little girl in a red cloak and a basket full of cookies, would you […]
Aisha: A Pakistani Taliban Story
By Sasha Fried, TIWP Student I have refused to give in to the Taliban ever since they entered my home country, Pakistan, when I was 10. I have never in my life gone to school. I don’t know how to read or write. I don’t have any memory of ever seeing my mom’s hair or […]
Parable
By Jessy Wallach, TIWP Student Once upon a time, an oak tree was the world. Its roots decomposed into dirt and its leaves made air and the seeds from its flowers floated up and up and up and mapped out constellations. And somewhere along the way, probably by accident, it created life. And then opposable […]
Strawberries
By Jessy Wallach, TIWP Student When I lived out in Fairbank, I’d go visit Mrs. Walsh every Thursday. I’d always bring a small Tupperware of strawberries from my garden to give to her. She grew her own, but they were small, seedy, and sour, and the patch was constantly picked clean by birds, deer, and […]
The Intuitive Voice 