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If I Were a Tree

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

by Perry Kemper

If I were a tree, I would bear fruit.

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January 25, 2025 /Editor-in-Chief
Nature, Freedom, gender identity
Identity
Comment

Fragments of a Restless Mind

January 25, 2025 by Editor-in-Chief in Campus Life

by Sarahi Lopez

I can feel it staring at me. It’s standing by the far corner of the bed, hunched over. 

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January 25, 2025 /Editor-in-Chief
sleep, Relationships
Campus Life
Comment

sentiments from the garden

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

by Yitzel Serna

dear mr. weed,

i’m writing to send my apologies on your rather hasty removal from my garden this past saturday. 

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January 25, 2025 /Editor-in-Chief
garden, Nature, Relationships
Identity
Comment

lately i’ve been dreaming of home

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

by Yitzel Serna

i know i’ve been away for far too long

but i’ve been meaning to tell you

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January 25, 2025 /Editor-in-Chief
Dreams, Nature, Home
Poetry
Comment

Representation, c. recently

January 25, 2025 by Editor-in-Chief in Arts & Culture

by Lequinn Pettway

How strange it is to walk into a museum

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January 25, 2025 /Editor-in-Chief
Identity, representation, museums
Arts & Culture
Comment

When college isn’t what you thought it would be

January 25, 2025 by Editor-in-Chief in Campus Life

by Iris Zhan

So you came to college for certain reasons and you get there and it’s completely different from what you came here for.

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January 25, 2025 /Editor-in-Chief
college, wellesley college, opportunities
Campus Life
Comment

Family Friends

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

by Sneha Sriram

You shot me with nerf guns

declared yourself the victor

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December 02, 2023 /Editor-in-Chief
Growing Up, College, Friendship, Poetry
Poetry
Comment

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
Comment

Shower Thoughts

December 02, 2023 by Editor-in-Chief in Campus Life

TW: Kinda Gross

Dear hair clump owner, 

I received your gift. Despite removing my glasses upon entering, I was still able to make out your gracious offering to the shower gods.

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December 02, 2023 /Editor-in-Chief
Letter, Campus Life, Humor, Existentialism
Campus Life
Comment

The Dream Deferred

March 09, 2023 by Editor-in-Chief in Poetry, Campus Life

By Nafisa Rashid

The great Langston Hughes once talked of dreams deferred

The type of dreams that are not preferred

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March 09, 2023 /Editor-in-Chief
Dreams, Poetry, Struggle, Campus Life
Poetry, Campus Life
Comment

The Language that Does Not Want You Pt. I

March 09, 2023 by Editor-in-Chief in Mental Health, Identity

By Nafisa Rashid

A studying abroad experience with a language that does not want you.

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March 09, 2023 /Editor-in-Chief
Study Abroad, Language, Race, Mental Health
Mental Health, Identity
Comment

Lake Waban: Water Holds Memory

March 09, 2023 by Editor-in-Chief in Poetry, Mental Health

By Suzanna Schofield

What happens to glass siblings?

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March 09, 2023 /Editor-in-Chief
Family, Loneliness, Pain, Poetry
Poetry, Mental Health
Comment

Riparian Buffer

March 09, 2023 by Editor-in-Chief in Mental Health, Poetry

By Suzanna Schofield

Breathe in, breathe out.

Smell the roses, feel the thorns,

Embrace life for all that it is, for all that it isn’t.

Return home, realize it no longer is one,

Maybe it never was.

Wildflowers grow on the side of highways,

Pollution spills over, and yet, they grow.

Even painful memories contain joy.

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March 09, 2023 /Editor-in-Chief
Home, Growth, Pain, Poetry
Mental Health, Poetry
Comment

All I Feel is Joy

March 09, 2023 by Editor-in-Chief in Identity

By Li Yin

In this moment, all I feel is joy.

Music that Lin curated for me in my ears, the sun casting nothing but a golden glow and gentle warmth, enveloping my silhouette like my mother’s hands. The waves underneath this aircraft resemble silk, slowly but surely ebbing and flowing, reaching every part of the Earth.

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March 09, 2023 /Editor-in-Chief
Memories, Connection, Love, Joy, Identity
Identity
Comment

Goldilocks’ Internet on Valentine’s Eve

March 09, 2023 by Editor-in-Chief in Identity, Campus Life

By Anonymous

Thoughts on Valentine’s Eve, sparked by The New York Times “Modern Love” section.

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March 09, 2023 /Editor-in-Chief
Romance, Pleasure, Relationships, Independence, Identity, campus life
Identity, Campus Life
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