By Lila Weis, TIWP Student I stand there looking in the mirror when you call to me. You watch me, try your hardest to tempt me. I don’t crack. You want me to change myself. You want me to edit the way I look.  You want me to look in the camera while a face […]

By Annabelle Kennedy, TIWP Student I built a web inside your house. Where, exactly, I don’t know. On the wall, maybe, of the pantry Just behind the anise seedAnd next to the dried thymeOr maybe above the lamp outside Just beyond the porch Stringing strands of silk between the eves.I was a guest in your house For a long time.Or maybe […]

By Ava Moga, TIWP Student It wants to be a light in the middle of darkness.It proposes glitz and glamor while people writhe and struggle underground.A few blocks over, students sit in tents,their institution sitting unfair and unbothered.Your 76K could feed a million peoplebut instead it feeds the already full,filling up with gluttonyand underlying guilt.Millions of […]

By Genet Dutto, TIWP Student A teenage girlis an ever-changing mirror to the journey of adolescence. A teenage girlis the vessel of vulnerability, fear, and anger. A teenage girlreveals the raw inner turmoil that is hidden by her façade. A teenage girlcan navigate through treacherous obstacles of self-discovery. Although a teenage girl can be seen […]

By Mira Hubly, TIWP Student According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, “biophilia” was a term first coined by the naturalist Dr. Edward O. Wilson to describe the innate human desire for contact with nature. I want to let the rain drench my hair, cool me off, and cleanse my skin.I want to take an ice bath in […]

By Ava Moga, TIWP Student It’s the middle of Junebut the fog hangs in the sky.The waves rise up and crash onto the sandwarning you not to come any closer.Yet there are still people on the beachsavoring their sandwichesand flipping through magazines.To you, summer might be hot weather and tan linesbut this is what this […]

By Mira Hubly, TIWP Student Even if a picture is worth a thousand words,each word is more delicate than we realize.Words create boundaries and build bridges across cultures, nations, and generations.Words bolster culture, carry emotions, and influence perceptions.Any word can form beliefs,entice people,crush people,anger people.Words are in our powerto hold, keep, define.We’re lazy with words.But […]

By Mira Hubly, TIWP Student Say no to perfection,No to constant negativity,No to toxicity,No to people who squash you down to less than you are. Say no to scrolling and that hypnotic blue light, No to letting the clock tick,Yes to more time for you. Say yes to you, yourself, and you first:Your energy, beauty, and light. […]

By Ava Moga, TIWP Student College apps,AP classes,And grueling study sessions Extracurriculars, Sports, And volunteering Saying goodbye to my friends,Walking across a stage,And being handed a diploma,A piece of paper that tells me I’m finally allowed to leave Walking away from not only tearsInsecurityAnd heartache But also laughsGossipy gabbingAnd hugs Walking into A world Where I don’t know my […]

By Ava Moga, TIWP StudentThe rain washes me.My makeup is hosed downInto a milky puddle.My foundation melts away. Mascara pours down my faceAnd the blush is eaten away.My hair becomes showered.The hairspray crunch is gone.And my earrings fall off.My shoulders slump And my jaw unclenches.A real smile returns.I’m back to normal.