By Maeve Clinger, TIWP Student stolen kisses after darklipstick marks on love lettersflowers doodled on notecardsdaydreams during car ridesdancing alone ‘til the end of timewhispering to friends, sending waves of laughterlace contrasting perfectly with skinsoft blush spreading across cheekswatching eyes framed with soft lasheswrinkles, and stretch marks, and haireverything that is a woman

By Maeve Clinger, TIWP Student 3 simple words so short, so quick yet they mean everything a lifetime  an infinity the universe and all i see is you if i had the choice between you or the entire world it would be you it will always be you i don’t care if you move on […]

By Maeve Clinger, TIWP Student sitting in the grass playing guitar and eating macarons playing with my hair as we lay side by side listening to each other’s heartbeats driving around at 3 am not quite sure where we are or where we’re going but not caring  singing along to rap songs as you try […]

By Maeve Clinger, TIWP Student i’m done helping you  and your empty self i’m done trying to find who you are figure it out yourself i’m done trying to find your second half do it yourself solve your own problems i can’t solve them for you i’m done fixing you and your broken self left […]

By Maeve Clinger, TIWP Student i am standing in a field  surrounded by wildflowers they are all staring  laughing at me  me and my overthinking  me and my hopefulness that never goes anywhere me and my cold sheets me and how alone i am  and i am just searching  for somebody  anybody  who sees how […]

By Sol Dente, TIWP Student In the east, the people know them by nameBy the footprints they make in the rain, by the torrentAnd screaming they take and they bring as theyMake a wake in the way of the floodsThese giants that walk with the names ofOur friends, of the people we meet aroundBushes and […]

By Maeve Clinger, TIWP Student When we metyou were everything, everywhere, all at the same timeand I was just a girl. You were mountains built over time that used to be tiny hillsand I was just a girl. You were castles and kingdoms dipped in starlight and skyand I was just a girl.  You were […]

By Maeve Clinger, TIWP Student nothing scares me morethen the fact that youcan make me feeleverythingornothing with a single glance

By Maeve Clinger, TIWP Student He can give you light.He can give you childlike innocence, fairytales, princesses and princes.He can give you mornings, rays of sunlight,white lace.But he would sacrifice you for the world. I could give you night.I could give you starlight,passion,queens and kings.I could give you evenings,dancing in the dark, black satin. And I would burn the world […]

By Hazel Smith, TIWP Student (i’m burning up)im on firethe flames kiss my fingertips and it spreadsmy clothes shrivel and warp and the ash fliesmy hair lights up now i have a mane of orange and yellowa halo of smoke above my head im on fireand nobody sees it so my rings meltand my lips […]