Lit Poetry
just because i haven’t drowned doesn’t mean i’m not sinking by Charlotte Berry
you can see my head
just above the water
so i haven't sunk
so that means i'm doing ok
doesn't it (?)
but can't you see
my lungs desperately swallowing...
Palette by Esha
i once got asked
“which color are you?”
i sat there, perplexed
not knowing what he meant
reading my face, i guess, he said
“each color is a personality...
m u s e by Anoosha E.
I’m in need of a muse,
you’re in need of a purpose.
I promise it won’t hurt,
there’s no need to be nervous.
I don’t know who you...
Dispossession by Danielle Hagerty
Sometimes,
I catch a glimpse of it
shadowed in a wrinkle of my mother’s aging face
And sometimes I smell it,
in solidifying moonlight of sugary grass and...
Schooled by Harlee Meydrech
Long hallways
Too many floors
So many students behind so many doors
Waiting to learn, to be inspired
Even though they’re sleepy
And their eyes are tired
But some had...
A girl’s guide to surviving heartbreak by Snimar
she stands
.
because she has carried her scars for too long
drowned in her sorrows
too far into unfathomable lands and
uncertain journeys
because you said you'd stay
(oh, you...
Wedding Ring by Julia Nunnally Duncan
Years ago,
my grandmother gave me
her mother’s wedding ring.
Occasionally, I try it on,
holding out my hand
to see how the wide gold band
shines in the light,
as...
all the bright places by Menal Siddiqui
i tried desperately
to take the broken pieces you handed
me and glue you back together, but
saving you was never my job anyways.
you put up one...
Graveyard by Z’monii G. Davis
I’m built upon the bones of (Their bones
were never meant to slave away; hours
on end, feet swelling on-call, arthritis
in their knuckles that act up
on...
Catch me by Marcus Brown
Vivid memories sleep on the horizon
Reminiscing on the days of old
Days past, but not gone
Asleep, but not dead
The negative energy radiates;
Cuts deep: to the...
