by Ya'Rose Sambou The girl walks over and talked to turned backs She talked and talked with no response Until she turned her back, did they talk They talked and talked but she didn't understand While the girl in the front, watches The girl looks over and catches her eye She walked and walked until … Continue reading High School Contest Third Place Winner Poetry: “The girl in front”
High School Contest Third Place Winner Fiction: “90 Day Ghost”
by Sarah Boyt Alyona knows not where she is going nor what she is doing. All she knows is that is must get away. She must get away from it all: the barn with the tacky halloween decorations, her fiance’s so called friends that call her a gold digger and tell her to go back … Continue reading High School Contest Third Place Winner Fiction: “90 Day Ghost”
High School Contest Second Place Winner Fiction: “Sardines”
by Aliki Dimitoglou “Dear AJ, I wish I could tell you this ends well for you.” I paused, the rain falling on the paper I was reading off of, slightly smudging the words. “You were definitely not perfect. You didn’t get straight A’s in high school, you didn’t have a huge group of … Continue reading High School Contest Second Place Winner Fiction: “Sardines”
High School Contest Second Place Winner Poetry: “The Pencil”
by Rebat Matin Erasing away the mistakes of others and making it my own, Changing my colors from a bright pink to a gloomy grey. Eroding away slowly but continuing to make progress. Only when my head is lost into minuscule pieces of rubber am I abandoned. When I have nothing left I am forgotten. … Continue reading High School Contest Second Place Winner Poetry: “The Pencil”
High School Contest First Place Winner Fiction: “The Man”
by Alexander Choi The dilapidated road had a myriad of cracks in its asphalt as I cruised along the pavement. The blazing sun illuminated the land with rays penetrating through my windshield, hindering my vision of the road. I could faintly hear the wind whispering in my ear when I took a glimpse of the … Continue reading High School Contest First Place Winner Fiction: “The Man”
High School Contest First Place Winner in Poetry: “Don’t Tell Me”
By Sa'Raye Wynder-Burs Don’t tell me the world doesn’t accept me, Those that love me keep me warm In a bed full of blankets With the hope that i’ll endure Don’t tell me my dreams can’t reach you, I have a pen to write them down Those to break my words As I string them … Continue reading High School Contest First Place Winner in Poetry: “Don’t Tell Me”
Poem Sun
By Guna Moran Translated from the Assamese by Bibekananda Choudhury I cry inconsolably after reading a poem I can’t stop myself from crying out After penning a poem The poems that I read Under such pencil of light It is a boon of a star That expired a hundred years ago A hundred years … Continue reading Poem Sun
“Expensive Prayer”
By Ahmad Al-Khatat I wish I had more mistakes than sins I want to have my brain cells fully damaged as the friend I always trusted before is now a dark cloud in my miserable season Love is blind more than love is happiness as it is an expensive prayer for me even my … Continue reading “Expensive Prayer”
Rain (V2)
By Michael Lee Johnson In the rain, this thunder on his way home he rebelled. He a disco dancer, single Friday night award winner on the floor. High school dropout. He drove off the road edge. He was drunk, Jack Daniel’s was his driving instructor. Jack Daniel bottle left at grave. It never rains … Continue reading Rain (V2)
“Angel”
By Joan McNerney I want to make an angel in the snow though I am old for that sort of thing. That is something I have never done. A woman from Vermont told me about it. Nobody made slush angels in Brooklyn…unheard of… with no meadows to angel in. We just threw hard packed snowballs … Continue reading “Angel”
