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Dec 25, 20212 min read
psychological warfare. - Nikkita K. Makarski
My mind feels like a tornado or rather, how I imagine it would feel to be surrounded by the vastness of one; which makes sense, I suppose...
Dec 17, 20212 min read
Sometimes I Feel My Heartbeat in My Hands - Cat Schneiderman
Sometimes I feel my heartbeat in my hands and I remember that I am here and I am real and I am alive. Blood pumping, lungs circulating;...
Dec 13, 20212 min read
Sand Castles - Danielle Holzhauser
Nobody told you that the walls would cave in, that sand castles weren’t permanent, that the tiny flag at the top doesn’t denote power but...
Dec 5, 20212 min read
Portrait of Us at Kamas Country Store, Uinta Mountains - Jessica Challis
We were driving through the forest late September, the aspen leaves turned lemon, rust, and scarlet, when we came upon a little country...
Dec 3, 20211 min read
The Sagacity of You - Cindy Barrineau Curtis
The wonder, the terror, the mixture of you The unleashed power you have yet to claim The seesaw of joy and sorrow you navigate Eerie...
Dec 1, 20211 min read
The Beekeepers Lover - Emily Mae Campbell
You open your mouth, and some honeybees fly out. I’m anxious when they buzz, with their small, turbulent wings. My insanity stems from...
Nov 29, 20212 min read
PeachFarmsandPromises - Paula Macena
Call the witness to the stand; the jury wants to know how you hold peaches like a heartbeat, how it always tastes better when it’s been...
Nov 21, 20211 min read
A Fire is Coming - Lindsey Bottino
There’s a fire in my heart & it’s burning from the inside out. It’s like that Mary-Jane you ignite to forget the day— it chars your...
Nov 19, 20211 min read
A Safety Net is Not Always Safe - Sami McCabe
A safety net is not always safe, Falling back on someone is still a fall, A bruise can beat and batter you, Run you thin until you are...
Nov 15, 20211 min read
1st Place Poetry Winner: Outsider - Allie Dixon
My mother chopped off a snake’s head in the garage, a shovel her guillotine and with force a meaty slice sever and clang. She wiped her...
Nov 15, 20212 min read
2nd Place Poetry Winner: Love Songafter Sexton - Chloé McMurray
I was the girl of the altar call, knees bent and tears streaming, god’s chosen for memorizing Bible verses faster than the boys; the girl...
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