Lit Poetry
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....
Having Been Where You Are by Jacqueline Jules
Right now, I know,
having been where you are,
grief is your largest organ.
Every centimeter
from your scalp to your toes
feels scalded, disfigured for life.
But I hope...
Bright Beams of the Night by Avantika Singhal
On the night
when the pale
Moon with its
roundness appeared
outside my window,
I regarded it carefully.
Like it was a leech
feeding on my thoughts.
The knife that I had...
Sea Slugs by Emma Klein
Are galaxies living beings?
Do they move slowly like sea slugs, oceans of stars clumped together in soft airy mists?
Do planets dance with one another,...
