Lit Poetry
Adriane by Aiyana
Of all the boys
I've thought I've loved,
you're not particularly the one
I imagined would make me cry.
And I've found out
that you're the only one
who has...
So Many Words… by Chianne
218,632 words in the English language
35,000 words known to the average person
860.3 million words said in one lifetime
Over 200 different ways to say “I...
Feed by Samantha Curtin
Your hand claws through my blanket-soft curls
like a guitarist strums their fingers on strings. Pastel-petal
cheeks burn the ligatures of quarter notes. Voices and dice...
Nine Verses of a Batter’s Home Run by Cindy Song
i. Sunlight reflecting off the shattered glass on the boy’s blue duvet
blindingly attacks pale walls where laughter once resonated between.
ii. A broken trophy case tasting more...
Untitled by Zohra Hussain
In the midst of long distance
and confessionals with the moon,
(to my heart) a star asks:
“when did you stop believing in yourself?”
Y’all by Jasmina Kuenzli
Sleepless nights, and stoplights, and sunburned exhaustion.
You make me want to wake up, even when I’m so tired I can’t see straight.
My heart broke...
Tucked Away by Alayna Efland
fairy lights and books surround me
a comforting darkness
a sanctuary for my thoughts,
awful singing and sketches
clothes on the floor
music in the background
words on pages
trying to...
Clementine by Naima Hirsch
I have started to write this poem
too many times. I have never
finished it.
I peel a clementine, pull it
into segments, savor its
clean crisp citrus.
It wasn’t...
I Would Love by Allison C.E. Winik
I would love to speak,
.............For the ones with no voice.
I would love to fly,
.............Dance ballet through the open air,
And I would love to be...
time. by Z’monii G. Davis
It didn’t stop the cold aching, slithering, curling its way around my
arms, squeezing to expose a vain, to show that I was still living....
