By Louisa Wang In honor of Valentine’s Day, I wanted to write an ode to myself because today is all about love and self-love.
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Chaos and Order
by Coral Frontini Perhaps you are the yang and I the yin. Seems like you’re Paradiso and I have the nine circles within. Or maybe you embody Helios And I, the lonesome Selene awaiting a halt in the axes to at last liberate we; And through the solar system We could spin, and spin. No…
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by Coral Frontini O cross the lea and clear stream sparkling, there would sit I and my darling. While the cloudscape above shifted to blue, We’d listen to sweet butterflies Converse as to who loved who. And I placed my hand on his, asking “How lovely was today?” But he rose like the Dawn and…
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00:00:00
By Louisa Wang The ticking of the clock fades into the buzzing noise, But if you stop to listen you will hear The finite passing of each second Flawless and unfaltering in its meter. The sands of time glitter in the eyes of the makers Drifting closer to the end. What frivolous trouble we spent…
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A Love Letter to Patriotism
by Torteon A love letter to patriotism: You are the Sun, and I am only an asteroid, cold rock orbiting your brilliance. I fell, spinning, into your greedy embrace. America, I wonder if you will ever truly see me. Curiosity brings me to the water’s edge—what do you see first? That the eyes are open…
Read MoreCarmen Twillie: A Poem of Perspective
by Shruthi Ravichandran The most regal of life givers Rule the heavens for billions of years The most measly of peasants roam the earth A paltry 24 hours, frantic to give birth Fierce beings with crowns of gold Roar with strength and command, so bold Songs of night echo through dark shadows As beautiful soloists…
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