Genet Dutto, TIWP Student I feel most alive when anticipation runs through my body as I lace up my shoes and embark on my journey. I feel most alive when the soft touch of my sneakers grazes the pavement beneath me. I feel most alive when I leave my worries and doubts behind. I feel […]
Stillness
By Ruthie Stoll, TIWP Student I want to remember this moment. I want to remember the quiet in my head that comes from being away from that glowing screen. I want to remember the feeling of the grass beneath me, scratching my thigh just below the fray of my shorts. I want to remember the […]
Trampoline
By Ruthie Stoll, TIWP Student I feel the springs vibrate beneath me as I jump higher and higher and higher. My hair flutters down as my feet land. My senses are flooded by the smell of the oak trees that have stood in my backyard for years. I hear my breath beneath me as I […]
The Spider
By Annabelle Kennedy, TIWP Student I built a web inside your house. Where, exactly, I don’t know. On the wall, maybe, of the pantry Just behind the anise seedAnd next to the dried thymeOr maybe above the lamp outside Just beyond the porch Stringing strands of silk between the eves.I was a guest in your house For a long time.Or maybe […]
Insanity
By Audrey Harris, TIWP Student “What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?” — Ursula K. Le Guin Sleep can help. I like sleeping. But I don’t like my bed. I don’t remember why. Should I like my bed? Should I sleep? But where would I sleep? In my bed. But I […]
The Met Gala
By Ava Moga, TIWP Student It wants to be a light in the middle of darkness.It proposes glitz and glamor while people writhe and struggle underground.A few blocks over, students sit in tents,their institution sitting unfair and unbothered.Your 76K could feed a million peoplebut instead it feeds the already full,filling up with gluttonyand underlying guilt.Millions of […]
A Teenage Girl
By Genet Dutto, TIWP Student A teenage girlis an ever-changing mirror to the journey of adolescence. A teenage girlis the vessel of vulnerability, fear, and anger. A teenage girlreveals the raw inner turmoil that is hidden by her façade. A teenage girlcan navigate through treacherous obstacles of self-discovery. Although a teenage girl can be seen […]
Biophilia
By Mira Hubly, TIWP Student According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, “biophilia” was a term first coined by the naturalist Dr. Edward O. Wilson to describe the innate human desire for contact with nature. I want to let the rain drench my hair, cool me off, and cleanse my skin.I want to take an ice bath in […]
June
By Ava Moga, TIWP Student It’s the middle of Junebut the fog hangs in the sky.The waves rise up and crash onto the sandwarning you not to come any closer.Yet there are still people on the beachsavoring their sandwichesand flipping through magazines.To you, summer might be hot weather and tan linesbut this is what this […]
The Power We Hold In Language
By Mira Hubly, TIWP Student Even if a picture is worth a thousand words,each word is more delicate than we realize.Words create boundaries and build bridges across cultures, nations, and generations.Words bolster culture, carry emotions, and influence perceptions.Any word can form beliefs,entice people,crush people,anger people.Words are in our powerto hold, keep, define.We’re lazy with words.But […]
The Intuitive Voice 