Verbatim 10/12

poem: hollow

by SYDNEY CHURCH - October 10, 2019 i noticed the change, though slight you had begun to lose your light i hoped and prayed it would not...

POEM: Summers Past and Present

October 9, 2019 The flora, fauna, pure and fair, Their rad’iant beauty none compare. This garden e’er since Eden reigns No more alike...

POEM: Walk Through the Fields

by MALLORY COOPER - October 9, 2019 The time just seems to slow here in the field For by the sun and flowers she is healed Her peace is...

POEM: Melodies

by CHRISTOPHER MILLER - October 9, 2019 Summer is on its deathbed, with Fall just around the bend. and yet, looking back, I find, that...

POEM: Skeletons

by BELLA CLARK - October 7, 2019 Icy shivers crawl up my spine as I dive into this haunting expedition of secrets. What was once...

Short Story: His House

by MARY HILLS - October 7, 2019 He comes home every night after school or work. He kisses his mother on the cheek before grabbing his...

POEM: Medusa

by JOSEF WHEATLEY - October 7, 2019 As I sense the tireless vision cast upon me, I seemingly petrify in the face of this gorgon. As she...

Short Story: Will We Remember?

by ELIZABETH ENDERLE - September 12, 2019 I walk to the old school playground where we used to spend recess when it didn’t rain or wasn’t...

POEM: The Dog Days

by MARGARET BARNETT - September 12, 2019 Its beauty is something that inspires: The clouds—they look like cotton balls on fire We make...

POEM: Warrior Generation

by ELI W. - September 12, 2019 We rise, not fragile and coddled, Tearing away commercial gossamer, Seeing the corruption before us And...

Thoughts Spread and Bloom

by JULIA GABBENESCH - May 8, 2019 Thoughts spread and bloom just as yellow dandelions dot the meadow. It begins with one flower which has...

POEM: The Force of Us

by MARGARET BARNETT - May 8, 2019 A washed-out film over my cobalt blue eyes, The spark in my heart got too weary and died. Flowers to...

Short Story: To My Youth

by VIVIANO SIMMONS DEREK - May 8, 2019 Dear Youth, I’ve wanted to talk to you since long ago, when you were still guiding me through the...

Short Story: Rachel Poplar and the Sorting of Harry Potter

by REAGAN MOTSINGER - May 8, 2019 My classmates and I sit at our table under blue and bronze banners, chattering and staring sadly at the...

poem: dancer

by JENNA SERVIZZI - May 8, 2019 i longed to touch her, hold her close i longed to know her, make sure she even existed i longed to reach...

POEM: Human

by ERIN REED - May 8, 2019 What makes us human? Is it our DNA? Our appearance? Our spirit? Or is it the way we speak to each other-...

POEM: Contradictions of Time

by MICHAELA KRAWCZYK - May 8, 2019 What do we call a world where the week is the worst part of the month? And what do we name a life in...

poem: aloe vera

by JESS PAWLAK - May 8, 2019 let the cuts on your palms heal, theoretically, literally. wrap your burning sorrows and the pains from...

Short Story: Country Roads

by RACHEL COYER - March 27, 2019 As the car twisted through the snowy hills, Amy watched the familiar scenery roll by. Every Christmas,...

POEM: A Formal Apology

by ANNA FISCHER - March 27, 2019 I’ve heard your cries and I’ve seen your lives shatter Because all of these little things suddenly...