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A transient flight
Flowing with the passing wind Two free birds Intertwined in flight Unchained But drawn to one another Pure allurement to the eye A...
Jasmine Welch
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Boy, Frozen Over
Prose
Eva Silva
Feb 12
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God's Magnum Opus in 1947
Heavy eyes, the palest blue Heavy heart, the purest too I seek out a soul like yours in every room I enter But a heart like yours is Godlike
Poetry
Eva Silva
Feb 8
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A transient flight
Flowing with the passing wind Two free birds Intertwined in flight Unchained But drawn to one another Pure allurement to the eye A...
Poetry
Jasmine Welch
Nov 29, 2024
1 min read
[What is a safe place]
Poetry
Hileri Patel (@_hillsx25_)
Oct 9, 2024
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From Limerence to Love, Again
In the quiet of a broken heart's beat, Where once limerence made life feel complete, A fire once faded, reignites from above, Testing...
Poetry
pidi (@_.jessxoxo._)
Oct 5, 2024
1 min read
The Penalty of Love
The penalty of love is a crippling immeasurable drought of life, Fire burns and sparks every simple gesture, Weighted gas imprisons your...
Poetry
Lara Makela (@lara_makela6)
Oct 2, 2024
1 min read
The Boiling Cools
When we first met The crisp air boiled- sweat beaded on forearms and toes So first- we tore off our sweaters and shirts, than your boots...
Poetry
Lara Makela (@lara_makela6)
Sep 28, 2024
1 min read
meditation on the rainbow
a lithe panther with a devilish wink, dawning pleasure, sparkling at the brink -- this is what it means to be pink. endless band-aids...
Poetry
Claudia Kindrachuk
Mar 19, 2024
1 min read
A Prince, a Princess, and a Pea
There once was a handsome Prince who wanted to marry a princess but she had to be a real princess. It is very hard to tell a real...
Short Story
Sarah VanDuzer
Mar 11, 2024
3 min read
[One day the time will come. ]
One day the time will come. You’ll flee the embrace of my daggered wings To fall from a nest of blinded optimism. Timidly into a void of...
Poetry
Amar Mamone (amar_mam1)
Mar 9, 2024
1 min read
Everything is different now
It’s August. The funeral is over. The apartment is empty. A week goes by; emotions fade. I throw out the pen caps you used to collect and...
Poetry
Ken Johnson
Mar 6, 2024
1 min read
[I left childhood with delight]
9:30 pm 18th November, ‘22 I left childhood with delight Age would be polite thought I. No genre defines me No rules there be but time...
Poetry
Afrah Fatima
Jan 22, 2024
1 min read
The Ink and Us
The first drop broke loose The rest followed in an unbroken stream The pool of thick liquid grew uncontrollably
Non-fiction
Paleesa Kapoor (@2005.pal)
Jan 14, 2024
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[we are made of...]
we are made of starstuff our bodies flutter through the cosmos on an endless journey neither here nor there from where do we come? home,...
Poetry
Ashar "Usher" Mobeen
Dec 26, 2023
1 min read
Variety
When I think back to my travels, I often remember the people. Flashes of crows feet, the widening of smiles, and the annoyed, playful...
Short Story
Ken Johnson
Dec 25, 2023
1 min read
You Will Not Have My Hate
Content warning: mention of blood
Non-fiction
Emilian
Dec 23, 2023
1 min read
[to the one...]
to the one: we are made of star stuff our souls flutter through spacetime toward the most magnificent collision a love more powerful than...
Poetry
Ashar "Usher" Mobeen
Dec 22, 2023
1 min read
Apology Not Accepted
Content warning: discussion of self-hate
Non-fiction
Emilian
Dec 21, 2023
1 min read
Mayonnaise Cake
Whenever I realized that the monks were right about life's inherent suffering, I indulge myself through recreating my grandma's famous...
Short Story
Ken Johnson
Dec 20, 2023
1 min read
A Survivor's Entry
Trigger warning: discusses death
Non-fiction
Emilian
Dec 19, 2023
1 min read
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