By Hazel Smith, TIWP Student will i be gone tomorrow?i wonder if you want to knowi don’t intend to beit’s just my actions that contradict my speech this morning i realized i can’t recall her laugh.i felt nothing. maybe i want to be locked downbut i push you away when i need you the mostam […]

By Hazel Smith, TIWP Student i didn’t want to be friends with themi wanted to BE them we had everything they hadmaybe more you threw it all away when you threw me out and locked the door we flowed so naturallybut i couldn’t love youif you didn’t love me blocking people for kicksjust to see […]

By Hazel Smith, TIWP Student she floats down every staircase her angelic aura flickering whites and silvers cloud her eyes and she takes my breath away classic but untold she loves wild things people who will never wait the prettiest trope i’ve ever known and i can hear her bones creaking her class heart cracks […]

By Mina Talebi, TIWP Student I never thought it would be you,Blond hair,Green eyes,That smile,But I love how you walkAnd swoon at your wordsAnd get lost in your voice for a while. And when you don’t text me back,I’m not trying to be clingy, I swear,But I hang onto the space between those three dotsAnd […]

By Audrey Howard, TIWP Student shining bursts scatteredacross the heavensthrown by the darkness herselfpushing the moon far in the sky

By Audrey Howard, TIWP Student green cascades over the bleak cover ofcold frosty cruel snowrippling crystal clear watertransforms solid ice

By Maeve Clinger, TIWP Student My love I cannot give you much I am not the dashing hero  Coming to save the day I am not the sweet, neighborhood boy Holding flowers and waiting at your door But I can give you this I can promise you this Even though you don’t know me yet […]

By Mina Talebi, TIWP student I don’t want to talk to you when I’m sad. I’m afraid that my tears might rise to ceilingAnd the lights will flickerAnd my lungs will shudderAnd I don’t want you there when I drown.Maybe my sobs will shake my bodySo hardThat my ribs begin to snapAnd you’ll be able […]

By Riley Faust, TIWP Student I heard it before I saw it.  Not the crackling, lively sound of fire feeding on wood, but the screaming. The agony conveyed in loud, harsh sounds from the back of someone’s throat. The sound of panicked footsteps running over creaking planks. A name shouted from safety, begging its owner […]

By Olivia Falk, TIWP Student The first year of high school?It’s overwhelming, but don’t let it drown youIn the moment it might feel hard to let goI knowBut don’t box yourself in like I didToo preoccupied with homework, no time to talk, my patience ran thinBecause my programming said priorities before peopleBefore experiences, fun, laughingBefore […]