By Sophie Bubrick, TIWP Student I love the sea. But I couldn’t love the sea without the air, the salty, cold, invigorating air that nurtures and makes anything seem possible. I love closing my eyes in moments like that. I love feeling sheltered from all the responsibilities and petty worries in life. If I were […]

By Megan Lewis, TIWP Student The words were already in the pattern of the music; they sprang from it. Painted in colors of rose and gold, poetry shifted into a symphony, into a lullaby. Just as water evaporates in the summertime and the trees shed their leaves, I found myself growing. Changing. In the music, […]

By Ryann Drue, TIWP Student he touched her rosy cheek. passion. his finger traced the lines of the shadows on her face. intimacy. he lifted her chin. affection. he pressed his lips against hers. love. he gave her everything. everything she wanted. he was the everything that she wanted. and she was the same to […]

By Loryn Nieto, TIWP Student Cover me in spring. Cover me in the sweetness of sunlight. Drench me in the stars until they sink into my skin, until my freckles glow in the night. Let’s pitch a tent on the golf course. Let’s squish beneath our blankets, telling secrets against our flashlights. Wake me when […]

By Isabelle, TIWP student We are still here, the girl in the back of your Math class, the best player on the high school lacrosse team, and the waiter at your favorite restaurant, still here; still fighting. You can’t see the blood on our knuckles because that’s not how we bear the battle scars. They […]

By Julia Lima, TIWP Student She is a woman. She has been shamed by this world for her anger. What once was her ally has transformed into an immense war beast. She is suffering, suppressed, strong. She is unsociable, unstable, unleashed. She is shamed and shushed and shining. She is ready for her power to […]

By Emily, TIWP Student I hate it when you yell at me. I hate it that you yell at me when we both know I’m trying my best. But apparently my best isn’t good enough for you. I even went in and talked to her about what I could do to be better. I studied […]