By Eleni Pham, TIWP Student cute and littlecute little pigeon but fat body.people have been feeding him.i want to call him fim. but when he flies away i want to sway away.every time i see fim i always think of when i will miss him. his colors are blue and white. I really wish he […]

By Mina Talebi, TIWP Student My dad called it snowed – The way you looked at us like you loved us in your past life.Snowed Means sedatedMeans over-medicatedA last resort. Why are we at our last resort? You used to be the most vibrant person I knew,And now you’re reachingReachingReachingFor my nameFor my handFor the TV remoteStare at […]

By Lena Matthews, TIWP Student The petal drifted down bustled by the windNo choice but going down, down down No choice but going downPassing treesThen bushes flowers budsBeaten by the rain Blown by the wind Dried by the sun Covered by the snowLiving through seasons Summers winters The petal drifted down Landing on the pavement Getting stepped on by boots Big boots, small bootsTennis shoes, […]

By Lena Matthews, TIWP Student You walked down the road smiling all the way You painted our fears away, away, awayYou painted our fears awayEverything you touched Turned to bright glowing gold You kept the dark away You let the sun shine When the rain came you just kept walking Down the road, down the road, down the roadYou just kept walking down […]

By Sol Dente, TIWP Student i will love you no matter your misdemeanors she saysher hand in mineand my heart in hersa cacophony of drums i have never been loved beforethe only supports i know is the marble i call my paper andthe words she has left stained on it we were born of war perhaps it is fitting that we are […]

By Hazel Smith, TIWP Student gasp around locked lipschanges in relationships  call each other best friendshold on baby this can’t end but we can’t sit alone in private placescoffee shop stained by dark blue kisses difficult conversations broken up by laughterafter the storm it’s fine, after, after hearts in a home togetherbrace for the roughest […]

By Viviana Sanchez, TIWP Student “Anything I cannot transform into something marvelous, I let go. Reality doesn’t impress me. I only believe in intoxication, in ecstasy… We are made up of layers, cells, constellations.” — Anaïs Nin We are made up of “layers, cells, constellations.” We are stardust, puffy and acidic.  We are observers, celestial visitors. […]

By Leighton Tanaka, TIWP Student Blue dawn across cold fingertips. Out the open window,  summer sky through the willow. Eyes wide, hollow spaces. Birds weave. Frail clouds. Slumber is gone. A silent call. Awaken slow. Dragged by the breeze. The calls of the raven, beckonings of the sea. The death of the daylight. Filter through, comes the sun. Touch the skin. Await the call. Before trying, the long day fades away. Words fall […]

By Harper McIntyre, TIWP Student We were born with broken legs crying and unable to move we walked on with broken legs keeping our tears in and learning to help ourselves we were born in EdenEden is my home Eden is dying inside me with every sin I commit a reflection of everything Eve could […]

By Caroline Hesby, TIWP college student I step into the showerwith bricks on my shouldershot and stingingthis cubicle becomes my laboratoryinvisible checklists written on the wallsand years of guilt, memories of madness, visions of a future–all pour out of the showerhead with pressure Once upon a time, we started to praise efficiency before consciousness,and now […]