Charcoal and Paper
By Riis Porter — I grab a piece of blank white paper. The images I try to describe are shapeless. Where is my vision? I must shatter my mind to find the true
Oct 24
TODAY I AM
By Howard Osborne — As of yesterday, I wasn’t anybody. No identity,yet not even an entity. Still to emerge from dark obscurity that most think it's a strange
Oct 13
Drawing A Blank
By Lynn White — First I drew a blank, an empty profile, empty as I felt though I knew that I didn't suit emptiness and emptiness didn't suit me and that I
Aug 4
#reality
By Brendan Dawson — How I could get curious about sound bites found among like-button friends hidden in the mega bits in the fringes of the Internet? I feel
Jul 13
the convict child
By Yuna Kang — Before the "curiosity" of fools, before the schooling of fish, before the rose grew thorns. Maybe she wasn't a convict? Maybe she wasn't stupid?
Jun 9
Can I be more than this or that?
By James Gering — After three score years, my identity ought to be statue solid, much on show, to show, mantle-piece piled high with accomplishments,
May 12
Museum Relic
By Duane Anderson — My portrait may not be found in any art gallery, but instead, a picture of me can be found in a dark tavern, my nose located in the center
May 7
I am Black
By Brenda Bell-McAdams — I am Black, undeniably, but beautiful? Well, I don't know. If the beauty of blackness is more a feeling than a knowing, then today
May 1
My Computer wants to 'Verify if I am human'
By Doug Holder — This is what my computer tells me. Is this an insult, or rhetoric that it spews? An ontological question, coming from some
Mar 1
Days of the Week
By Adina Lynn LeCompte — As a young girl, I had a set of panties with the days of the week on them. Each of the seven was a different color,
Dec 5, 2024
I Stand Here
By Kellie Brown — I stand here fretting. Hands clasped, clenched. Breath stalled. Dread drowns fragile, nascent dreams. I stand here
Nov 26, 2024
About Me
By Rachel Turney — I change direction like a flock of small birds. I burn for seventy hours or even more. I clear ground on the way to the
Nov 16, 2024
Touchdown
By Lina Lambert — “Get yourself a wife who watches football on two TV screens!” my husband boasted, “and rubs your shoulders at half-time!”
Nov 11, 2024
A Look at Life
By Duane Anderson — What is next in my life? Being a hero, being a coward? I look at my life with no idea where it is going. Hopes and
Oct 27, 2024
Tanking The Growth Chart
By Emma Grenier — Waving goodbye to my family, I feel okay. Tired, from our strenuous day at the water park, but luckily the drive will be
Aug 30, 2024
A Lesson from an Inner City Teacher
By Michael H. Brownstein — Tempers are not something easily held. Students know this. They understand how to get a reaction from a teacher
Aug 9, 2024
So certain of the uncertain
By Jonash Lepcha — Did I say something, every time, unknowing that silence at times says everything and more? I do not have to say many
Aug 5, 2024
To the Boy I Saw Picking Up Leaves in the Park on the Way Home from Church
By Brittany Casselman — After watching you in the park on that chilly Sunday afternoon, I followed your example and found a leaf of my own.
Jul 2, 2024
My Race to Self-Improvement
By Rowan Moskowitz — Whenever I look at myself, I can’t help cringe at my reflection, the flaws instantly popping out thanks to my already
Jun 9, 2024
unclenching a fist
By Hannah Holbert — I opened my hands, finally and found that they are still soft like the morning. I accepted the gift of renewed warmth in
May 8, 2024