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Elaine

April 29, 2025 by Editor-in-Chief in Poetry

by Sarahi Lopez

I smile at him, the words “I do” leaving my lips while the image of his touching her’s replays in my head

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April 29, 2025 /Editor-in-Chief
marriage, love, cheating
Poetry
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Wind Sonnet

April 29, 2025 by Editor-in-Chief in Poetry

by Anonymous

Spring 2022

The aspens twitch, electroshocked, and twist

in coked-up gusts—frenetic, finite.

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April 29, 2025 /Editor-in-Chief
love, sonnet
Poetry
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Lecture

April 29, 2025 by Editor-in-Chief in Poetry

by Anonymous

Wind teaches us our outlines, 

the shiver of skin cordoning 

the self from the world. 

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April 29, 2025 /Editor-in-Chief
love, yearning, didactic
Poetry
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How Many

April 29, 2025 by Editor-in-Chief in Poetry

by Anonymous

I once wrote to you

About a love that split me into two

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April 29, 2025 /Editor-in-Chief
love, heartbreak, Poetry
Poetry
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Past of Dichotomies

January 25, 2025 by Editor-in-Chief in Poetry

by Jasmine Lunia

Honey-coated lips

brush those coated with blood.

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January 25, 2025 /Editor-in-Chief
Relationships, love
Poetry
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Words Spoken

January 25, 2025 by Editor-in-Chief in Poetry

by Anonymous

While the door closes

The last words spoken

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January 25, 2025 /Editor-in-Chief
Relationships, love
Poetry
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An Ode to Miriam

January 25, 2025 by Editor-in-Chief in Poetry

From Emily

Her arms were around my neck and she was laughing,

She doesn’t do this much so it mattered to me.

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January 25, 2025 /Editor-in-Chief
Relationships, love
Poetry
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something beautiful

December 02, 2023 by Editor-in-Chief in Poetry

By Yitzel Serna

i want to write something beautiful for you

something unique in time, in rhythm, and rhyme 

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December 02, 2023 /Editor-in-Chief
Poetry, love, Writing, Free Verse
Poetry
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Quarantine Diaries

October 11, 2020 by Editor-in-Chief in Mental Health

by Dallis Kehoe ‘23

The alcohol smiles through our eyes as we find ourselves flowing with the vibrations that pulse around us. I see your smile widen as your body is overtaken by the rhythm of night and sound. I see you, and you become mine for a second.

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October 11, 2020 /Editor-in-Chief
quarantine, identity, imagination, love
Mental Health
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