Anactoria’s Cry
“I traced her name into the swirling brown dust, / and it came out loud, and free, and infinite — “
Category Archives: Spring 2019
Eye of the End (The Second Vision and The Third Vision)
“All alone, far away from any contact that might help me. It’s been days since I’ve seen Lucas’s smile. No humans know anything about this place. The place is bright and gives me chills. Some random extension dimension with mirrors that isn’t home. I feel different than my usual self. I don’t know what it is, but I feel like I’m not myself anymore.”
The Willow Tree (Excerpt)
“Azure swallowed down the bitterness that rose in her throat. Here there were people fighting over the simplest issues, only worrying about how expensive the things they purchase are, when there were people dying from the Desert’s Wrath and fighting over life and death.”
Perfect is a Knife
“The pinboard is a fantasy, a collection of moments, of friends that anyone would want but it is just a fantasy. This is my life! I say screaming to anyone that will hear.”
The Sapphic’s Jumble, A Grammerless “Unpoem”
“The words are sweet and watery you gorge / yourself on them.”
March 17th
“The trickee has become the trickster / Running around with crushed hearts in hand”
Monsters
“when you think of monsters you think of long claws have three heads / hiding under your bed ready to attack”
frank
“‘frank? frank!’ my entire life, summed up into two short words, written in sharpie against my white bedroom walls.”
When I Cringe
“When I cringe, / I feel disgusted.”
The Price of Freedom (Chapter One)
“A few of the people in the room who were sitting in the other computers turned to look. Viola and Elizabeth glanced at the people who were peeking; they turned back to their work at the computers.”
Before I Forget
“I’m beginning to wonder what exactly is true. How can the rumors I hear be about the same girl I used to know?”
Sky Demons
“There’s an old legend that states that one night a burning star fell from the sky and slammed into a mountain range. It caused a catastrophic explosion, tossing huge hunks of rock and dirt and debris around the mountains for miles.”
The Silent House
“There is a moment of silence, and, of course, there is a silent tension in the room. It seems to cling to the air, just like death would cling to a person. Slowly eating its way out, from the inside.”
People
“Our Consumption is endless / Our hunger never quenched”
Hunt and Gather
“Hunt and gather / Build and break / Some of us give but / everybody takes”
I Remember
“I remember you, Bubbe Ester. / The smell of your house is what I remember clearly, / The smell that comes with things that have been loved over time, That carries so many memories with it.”
The Diner
“The old diner’s lights flicker. The lopsided S has been broken for some time, so all that shines from the roof above is deedy’s Diner.”
Boundless
“The sky is an endless path for Apollo to trek / his glorious reign flushes my face”
The Beginning of the End
“In the beginning there was peace in the world, everyone was getting along, and there was no violence. Yet one day, an outbreak broke out.”
Life and Why We Live It: An Essay On Reality
“What is death? To some, it is an ultimate end. They believe there is nothing more. Others believe in some sort of afterlife.”
Incoming Red Giant
“Beep Beep Beep. That is all that was heard around the one mile radius of NASA headquarters in Houston.”
Elemental
“Heather sat in the corner of her room, hearing the fire crackle. Around her, near her, behind her, in front of her… Inside her.”
Hunted
“I ran through the forest, feeling the tickly grass on my paws. I felt weightless, speeding toward a tiny, unknowing squirrel in the roots of a tree.”
Halo
“An angle of the sun’s embrace / Shining in the thunder’s wake”
Pay No Mind – VII
“I stare at a mere reflection, / a girl whose eyes, drained, are watering still after hours nonstop”
Uncertainty
“She thinks she knows / He thinks he understands / Yet I am still alone”
Dirty Laundry
“Dirty Laundry / The chore that everyone suffers.”
Trees of Albuquerque
“The variety in species and function in the finches were fascinating, but what really caught my eye, or in this case my ear, were the song sparrows, the way their notes flowed into each other in complete harmony, going from do to re to mi to fa in beautiful consistency.”