Maybe if I healed and prayed, you would be healed and stayed..
Maybe in another life we fell in love without the fight
Maybe if I said the truth, we could snuggle up and drink wine in a booth
Instead...
The aroma of dark roast and the serene beat of live jazz engulfed attendees as they walked through the doors of Castle Hills Christian Church. Being greeted at the door by the warm faces of the Poetry...
Slowly rolling into the clear spot
My car found peace
And then my foot stepped to the east
When near it a black toy my eye caught
Picking it up, its form was clear
And...
Leave your worries by the shore and dip your toes in the sand,
When you can no longer bear to stand,
When the world seems mute and calm,
I wrote a poem, only to throw it away because that’s...
My tiredness hangs around me like a disease.
My soul slowly dying
My hope does not increase
I have lost the energy for crying
Demons ask to be let in
The water, too thin...
There was nothing that prepared us for that day
Driving to your house the day I got the news
Sorry, I ran a few stop signs on my way
Mother and father were nice enough to answer but speechless...
Lauren Hernandez, Assistant Arts & Life Editor
• February 27, 2024
The Student Poetry Society is alive and thriving. What was once a desolate club with barely enough members to qualify as such is now an exciting collective of talented students eager to create art and...
Staff writer Samantha delights us all with another one of her poems!
Lost in the art of it all
When familiar sounds surround all around, And prayers end my night.
You would think all is right in my...
Running past the river, running past the daylight
feeling it coming back through your veins in the night,
where the voices surround me
the weight of the world on my shoulders, heavy and tight,
as...
Molten clocks
melted over my head,
slowly warping to decay,
but time went on
without the direction
of its hands.
Umbral moths
rose from the earth
and swallowed the light
of this...
The special occasion to celebrate poetry is the month of April. It is the most prominent literary celebration in the world. Its creation encourages the reading, teaching, and artistry of poetry. To those...
What I have forgotten about love is seen in the lilac this spring.
What always seemed black and white now gleams of purple, blue and hues of pink.
Thoughts of insanity still swirl in my mind while...