“Home” by Melat Tafere
February 27, 2025
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...
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Category: Student Writing
“The Wrong Gift” by Adisa Grant
February 4, 2025
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...
“American Progress” by Janae Lu
January 23, 2025
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.
“backyard bubbles” by Zaira Khemani
December 5, 2024
blowing soapy water through pink plastic wands bubbles sink ‘til they meet concrete playing make-believe, i am free the air smells of soap, fresh and wet flies collect in patches around me, but i ca...
“Too Good” by Janae Lu
November 24, 2024
September 14th, 2024. I am seventeen years old, And I wait at a bus stop, balancing plastic grocery bags in my arms. A man approaches me Bottle in his hand, baby on his lips. When he yells, I do not p...
“Dandelion Piece” by Selah Hage
November 19, 2024
Imagine a dandelion field. Pick a singular dandelion that represents you. Let it out of your grasp and follow it as the wind pushes it away from you. Eventually, it will fall to the ground. Watch that...
“A Vampire’s Ode to You” by Chloe Erickson
October 31, 2024
I wake upon the cold floor I peal myself from it Then I notice A full heat A choking cloud Evidence of a life ended Not a cut string But rather burned away My thread loose And I raise The corroded met...
“The Clearing in the Trees” by Anahita Atashi
October 16, 2024
The clearing in the trees, the smell of pine. The warm breeze, a rabbit in the trees. The lonely folding chair. To learn to climb a tree. To fall and get back up. How to ride a bike. Get on. Crash. Tr...
“Worrying About School” by Lexilu Uhila
October 8, 2024
We worry about waking up we worry about getting there on time we worry about sleep we basically worry about attendance there’s a problem if we talk Maybe we want to change these rules Maybe we want ...
“Powerful Souls” by Adisa Grant
September 27, 2024
I hold my fist tight And my knuckles won’t hurt less Even if I continue to hurt more I’m ‘too old’ to be every part of myself But I’m ‘too young’ to aim for the goals I know I can achiev...