By Hazel Smith, TIWP Student up and down the streettorn jeansnothing quite as sweetlove-drunk teens the day you left meyour eyes sparkled in the sunlightno one will ever be as prettysomeday i’ll be alright teetering on the edge of nothingfalling and fallingcrushing and crushingyour voice is enthralling blasting all my favorite songsmake the bad feelings […]

By Olivia Tiffin, TIWP Student The sky was bright and pale unstained blue. Clouds clear in splotches of white against the blue in which kept our feet against the rubble paved to make sidewalks and allies. And yet the azure felt sick to this painted, unblemished sky. Trees swayed along a cobble path brim, flowers, […]

By Olivia Tiffin, TIWP Student A fragile flame flickered as the walls set ablaze.And he smiled.A cruel, distasteful, bitter smile.He loved his city. His empire.And yet he loved it more when its buildings and walls smoldered, lit by the red and golden flames.And as he stood over it, a tune swayed the burning air from […]

By Caroline Hesby, TIWP Student Change rides the wind like a wave.It washes over your sinking bodygrowing to a white cap thenretreating to a ripplebut always swirling around your soul. Do I hurt more to curl up safely in my youth or do I hurt more to shed my withered skin and leave all I’ve known behind?The […]

By Zara Quiter, TIWP Student ~ To my dear friend ~ Vulnerability.Something hard, something that’s locked safe inside of yourself,something that you feel is your’s to keep,and no one else’s to be known. When you share your scar,(not the one on your arm,the one in your head),and when you are braveand your vulnerability is let out,they […]

By Olivia Uzuncan, TIWP Student I hope for success. I hope for contentment. I hope for happiness in all realms of my life. I believe in equality. I believe in love. I believe in optimism. I believe in having a soulmate. I believe in trusting the process. I know I am strong. I know I […]

By Emma Hudak, TIWP Student I wish I lived in the 1800’s. Back when young women got to sit at home and knit without a care in the world. Riding horses in the French countryside with a sister and talking about tonight’s ball. Staying up all night, writing by candlelight. No homework. Picnics in the […]

By Caroline Hesby, TIWP Student all humans tread on Earth’s floor ready to give or ready to take buther soft hand leaves seeds in her footsteps and the wild grass grows in her path. When the world sprouted its first buds, it placed an oak sapling in her bed, and when she woke she tucked it […]

By Caroline Hesby, TIWP Student jeweled eyes with pointed nosesor rounded cheeksknuckled hands or swollen fingersswarmed bodies, a low chatter the feminine nature to nurture,to understandto brush another’s hair, to wipeanother’s tearsto embrace with arms or words squeezing next to each other on bus benches, nuzzled like birds intoeach other’s wingssharp eyes scanning for threatas the […]

By Lucy Fox, TIWP Student Rope ensnares me,Caught in a fisherman’s net,Gray ocean,Gray eyes,At this point,I would take fire or water,I could,I would,Take all the candles,Imagine,The feeling of burning,Maybe you need to imagine,Not me,Fire,It twirls around,Climbing my skirt,A desperate plea for attention,I would do anything for you,Please,Please,Notice me,How pretty I must look,How would I look […]