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it is not a mortal/moral failing of yours if you do not get chosen by the gods. do not despair my darling- remember that you were a love story before they wrote you a tragedy- how your love seemed to ...
On this street, if you listen hard enough when it’s rainy outside you can hear the storm clouds whispering their fearless stories to you. On this street, if you watch hard enough, when it’s night ...
This comic was written by Calliope Barrett as a 6th grader at McClure Middle School with WITS writer-in-residence David Lasky.
In darkness when sleep betrays me, I rock— pendulum of flesh and memory—like tidewaters against limestone, recreating my mother’s womb. At seven, I found this medicine born of necessity. Ele...
I am fearful I am filled with a nervous heart Fluttering panic blooms inside of me I am anxious But for a second chance Most days Smiles are all that grace my face But there are days When my whole bod...
Hold on tight To the light shining through the cracks of parted branches Hold on tight To the birds flying from tree to tree, singing a song that sounds like Hold on tight To the tiny feet tripping ov...
Before the sun rises, amid the clicking and chittering birdsong creeping past my curtains, I wake up under a blanket of warm darkness. The air hangs thick and full of potential as the sun rises and re...
I walk through the place I called “home” The place I left with An opened wound “Home” such a strong word Like a book filled with secrets but always left unread “Home” Is like a crime scene...
They beg for food and scrunch up their faces when they don’t like the taste Perpetuating a cycle of waste Quick to upturn their noses while succulent success is simmering Snuffing the flame that coo...
June 24th, 2022. In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, The U.S. Supreme Court overruled 50 years of precedent Overturning Roe v. Wade.