By O. Deng, TIWP Student“I have been woman / for a long time / beware my smile.” —Audre Lorde Beware of my smile. Just because I smile at you in the hallways doesn’t mean I like you, and just because I don’t, doesn’t mean I hate you. I smile at you when I feel like […]
Where They Went
By Violet Collins, TIWP Student In the darkest of times, there was always a hero to make the land bright again. But have you ever wondered where they get there power from? Well, they get it from this special orb that gives them there power. But if a hero gets beaten or fails, their power […]
Realizations
By O. Deng, TIWP Student “I sleep. I dream. I make up things that I would never say.” — Richard Siken I sleep. I dream. I make up things that I would never say. I do things I would never do. Like giving that boy way more attention than I should. Like giving up on school […]
Blood Red, Love Red
By Kaia Bonham, TIWP Student
Summer and Monsters: A Contrapuntal*
*A contrapuntal combines two or more poems to create a single poem that can be read in multiple ways. This poem is intended to be read both down and across. By Zara Quiter, TIWP Student
Cell Block Tango
By Audrey Harris, TIWP Student Have you ever listened to the “Cell Block Tango?” It’s a song. For me, it is a lifestyle. It is from the musical, Chicago. It has also been transformed into a motion picture. I will not deny that I am one that is naturally drawn to the art of theater, […]
Two Kinds of Fear
By Annabelle Kennedy, TIWP student There are two kinds of fear: Prey fear and predator fear. Prey fear is the subtle twitches in your muscles when you hear something moving in the bushes. Prey fear is the way you glance from side to side, looking for a threat, even when there’s nothing there. You want […]
Reflection Time
By Annabelle Kennedy, TIWP Student I wonder what it would be like, to meet my old self.Little girl with her pigtails and glasses and cheese crumbs on her sleeves. What would I say to her? You’ve changed a lot, over the years. You don’t lose your creativity, I can tell you that much. Do you know that you’ll miss […]
Giulia Tofana
By Audrey Harris, TIWP Student I’m not sure you would know my name. I wish you would. I wish everyone would know my story, would hear whispers of my deeds in the wind, and would acknowledge what I stood for. But I know that that is just wishful thinking. I cannot change the actions of […]
Write
By Lila Weis, TIWP Student Write.Just write.Well, how do I just write?I could write about walking, talking…STOP.Stop what? JUST STOP.Stop thinking.Just extract everything from your brain and throw it onto the page.Your brain is the paintbrush.Paint your words onto a canvas.Don’t worry about the what, how, or why.Just write.Just let your ideas shoot onto the paper.Just […]
The Intuitive Voice 