Human eye

The Experiment

by ANDY MORRIGAN | 3rd Place tie, student poetry contest We built in a safeguard: of course, we…


Wreath

Things I'll Send

by HATTIE CRISELL I keep a list for later: things I’ll send. Just normal things—a recipe I found…


Lady with a White Scarf

For Those Who Have Known & Those Who Will Know Me

by BAILEY HUERTA | 3rd Place tie, student poetry contest When I was a dream, I was the Sky; And the…


Cat

The Cat Considers Her Poetic Companion

by T. ALLEN CULPEPPER For Kendra and Blue She seems obsessed with writing down her thoughts,…


Can't You See I'm Working?

Bees

by DUANE ENGELHARDT Terry had walked the same way to school every day this year. Off the porch,…


Finger

An Acrostic for Kurt Vonnegut

by ZHENYA YEVTUSHENKO | Honorable Mention, student poetry contest   “Well, here we are Mr.…


Time Heals No Wounds

The Time I Lost Myself

by MELYSSA LIRA | Honorable Mention, student prose contest I walk into the cold sterile building,…


Etching

Famous in My Mind

by MARGARET WAGNER Jean Carpentier: the boy who helped us translate our difficulties with the car…


Miles to Go

Ode to Houseguests

by SARAH STECHER I. The person she was yesterday may be as removed tomorrow or ten years from now…


Padlocks

Tormented

by AARON OXFORD | Honorable Mention, student prose contest “Mr. Crawford, did you hear what I…