Lit Poetry
Of Love and Prince Charmings by Glorienne Broñola
maybe happily ever afters
aren't always about
poisoned apples
and princes riding
white horses
coming to take you away.
maybe it doesn't involve
green grass and
woodland creatures.
our version looked like
wet pavements
and...
Walmart by Tina
is my least favorite store on earth.
The lighting ghosts my face.
The music is nauseating.
And all their products remind me
of little children bent over
their work,...
Morbid Metamorphosis by Alyssa May Trifone
My first encounter with death
was the two raccoons
stiff on the side of the road.
Kayla and I brought flowers
to them. When she first drove by,
there...
hiraeth by Emmy Song
the long summer i wished would never end.
you wondered if your clammy fingers could
get away with brushing against mine,
measuring the weight of my thighs,
tangling...
Resident by Megan Tyler
my anxiety
stays and sits like a well trained dog but it wont play dead
i don’t own it
it owns me yet i own this body
this...
Aches by Camryn Cohen
Lust, my head says as it begins
...........to pound. When our lips touch,
my thoughts spiral
...........to the idea of waking up to
..................................your chest and being able...
diagnosed by Cynthia Mutterperl
and suddenly
the world was small,
within arm’s reach.
She didn’t look me in the eye
and I could see the lab results quiver in her hand.
she was...
I can still feel your lips by Soham Bagchi
.......................................I can still feel your lips
...................Like fingertips, just resting on mine.
It’s a little uncanny how when I close my eyes....
...The weight of your lip...
When We Were Water by Hannah Nathanson
When we were water,
the moon hung lower
in the sky.
We sent messages back
and forth in waves
and boiled under the sun.
When we were water,
we were vast...
Unreadable by Claudia Miranda
If only you had appreciated her love for astronomy. You would have been able to understand that she paints galaxies with her eyes. That...
