November 2022

Poetry·Steven Cavros — An abstract meditation on the invisible and forgotten, those who lived and died without being seen or remembered by the living.

Poetry·Alice Robinson-McVety — A found silver button with a swirl pattern becomes a portal to imagined water, its unknown owner haunting the speaker's meditation on the small, lost object.

Artwork·Ethan Zhang

Poetry·Zaid Nazif — A child catalogs each family member's hair color through vivid comparisons, lingering longest on their mother's dreamlike blonde strands.

Personal Narrative·Marti Wong — A girl navigates language barriers with grandparents on two continents, discovering how gifts, food, and gestures become their shared vocabulary of love.

Artwork·Brook Taintor

Poetry·Lucy Watkins — A morning meditation watches rain drizzle down at dawn, moving from gray darkness to pink and yellow sky, finding joy through a window.

Artwork·Tatum Lovely

Poetry·Lucy Watkins — Two figures with umbrellas sit together in a rainy night until one leaves, then returns, as the natural world responds to their movements.

Story·Sophie Daniel — During a thunderstorm, a frightened girl and her mother share their fears, leading the girl to discover courage as the storm passes and flowers bloom.