Tag: poetry

The image is a poem inside of a flower-like structure. Each portion is separated by some text. The text reads (going from left to right) 1. There lies a seed in the musky water. A seed that will grow to become a beautiful flower. The seed crawls its way from the bottom to top, much like people.… Continue reading Jasmine Lerma

Mahri Flannery I pay a dollar or two I buy a world trapped within paper When opened I find an escape from reality Seeing stories of lives different than mine play out on paper and pen Emotion filled leaves rustle as I turn them words paint a picture of fantasy Hours lost admiring another’s dream… Continue reading Books

Tatianya Montano  They say that happiness will find you  but I think sadness finds you too It sneaks up on you in darkness Just when you think you’re made it through It’s open holes in what was solid ground  the kind you never knew are there Until you go to take another step and find… Continue reading “They say that happiness…”

Kayla Garcia I have been wrestling with the person in the  mirror. Yes, I’ve been taken down once or twice but it taught me lessons that  will stick to me like a singlet. No matter how many times I compete I’ll always love the moment, those  few minutes before stepping  on the mat. When your… Continue reading The Life of a Wrestler

Jonathan Tineo The world encompasses only black and white, The seesaw teetering between the wealthy and unprivileged. Under this atrocious system not a single person is born victimless To the blinding hands of society overcasting their eyes. Where the rich lay on their snug mattresses Heavy blankets enveloping them, Sparing the opposite end of the… Continue reading The World’s Seesaw