Lit Poetry
Painting by Charlotte Berry
I don’t know why
I inflict physical wounds upon myself
I only end up ashamed and embarrassed
and wishing I was somebody else
I wear long t-shirts
when everyone else...
You Have Forgotten by Avantika Singhal
There was a time when we
tattled about life’s trifles
and patriarchal tribulations
over scones and coffee.
Did you forget that time?
Of course, you did. Because,
now when I...
What I Heard by Bradley Samore
Whatever the cause
deforestation
animal abuse
education reform
first I learned about the issue
then what I discovered enraged me
and I burned at how others could know
and not act
I...
The Void in Her Heart by Giorgia Bertola
She always smiled in her pics
She held purses with nothing inside,
Wore shiny sunglasses that
Covered her eyes.
They saw her and they liked her.
They called her,...
The Song of Eternal Summer by Jessica Zimmerman
Anyone can tell you what heat sounds like.
A steady, thrumming hum
that fades in and out
In and out
It’s the song sung by thick, heavy air
and...
Places by Danielle Hagerty
You’re walking up your normal stairs, smokey brown and old chipped, and you turn right at the top and into the bathroom, when the...
Infectious by Marlee John
It was infectious. Everything about him. Everything.
Why did he smile like that? At me. At everything.
Nothing was worth smiling about.
Not like that.
The air was...
Fabric by Demelza
I place fabric over my skin not to cover up but to glorify.
I am independent, powerful.
I ask not for your attention, nor your comments,...
Migration by Bradley Samore
My grandmother shows me pictures from her twenties
and I’m shocked at how attractive she was
You were really beautiful I say
and she smiles putting the...
Strangers by Alley Franke
look at us now, strangers,
both casualties of Time
and i still have the route to your house
programmed in my bones
forever seems so attainable
when you’re young...
