Poetry

Poetry·Stella Lewin — A speaker stands alone in a thunderstorm, experiencing its fury through all senses, until sudden silence brings no relief from inner turmoil.

Poetry·Sophia Famolari — A prose poem explores mirrors as metaphors for self-examination, suggesting we must break and reconstruct our perceptions to find truth within reflection.

Poetry·Sierra Elman — A speaker recalls childhood memories of braiding sunlight and being carried by her grandmother to meet the sun, until darkness intrudes on the reverie.

Poetry·Sierra Elman — A moment of solitude in the shower becomes a meditation on breath, heartbeat, and the harmony between body and rain.

Poetry·Lillian Power — A speaker finds freedom in the ocean, leaving behind the defensive armor worn on land, preferring the vulnerability of water to the safety of shore.

Poetry·Lillian Power — A speaker emerges from their skin to discover their multicolored beauty, finding harmony between self and nature in a moment of self-acceptance.

Poetry·Ethan Issadore — A camping scene unfolds through rhyming verse as the speaker reflects on fire, forest, and the cyclical nature of outdoor experience from night to dawn.

Poetry·Marielle Miller — A speaker rebels against expected questions (what, where, when) and instead asks 'why,' exploring the tension between curiosity and conformity.

Poetry·Petros Korahais — “Gone fishing” is misleading, A phrase some people say For me, the fish just eat my bait And then they swim away

Poetry·Marilena Korahais — A whimsical recipe poem for making soup from bay water, moon snail shells, urchin spikes, and other seaside ingredients, stirred into a whirlpool under August lightning.