For My Father ~ Brittany Fisher

Brittany Fisher is a second year student at University Park studying corporate innovation and entrepreneurship. Her biggest inspiration is Shell Silverstein who inspired her black and white hand drawings alongside her poems. Alongside poetry writing she is a...

Morning Bells ~ Leah Hutchinson

  Bring the bountiful beauty of a new day, As the light bestowed upon me, I rest. The butterflies billowing in the breeze, As to sample some sweet nectar, they hope. The sky but a bright baby blue, As if rebirth is to be promised. Bring back these blissful...

I Hope You’ve Got Corn ~ Kira Soricelli

For my Grandfather I imagine you Picking me up from school In that old, gray pickup You used to tell me could conquer the world. I imagine you Pulling over to the side of the road Next to the vast, bright cornfields, Smiling at me like I was about to be embarrassed. I...

October Nostalgia ~ Masy Arnoldy

silhouettes of branches mock the sky, and they block the pinks and oranges from eyes’ view. air is bitter, not cold. it takes breaths away and doesn’t allow you to inhale new. october is a time capsule. its smell is one that is familiar and learned. withering corn...

Setae Maintenance ~ Seth Paul

setae maintenance he calls, and all i hear on his tongue are three syllables, low, sweet, and calm: lo – li – ta. i know he sees me as larva, coquettish nymphet, precluding butterfly wings to pin. no need to clip what has not grown out, like breasts or...