Creative Writing
Creative Writing
Creative Writing
Creative Writing
Bridgelighting
By Jude Casimir the bridge we swore we’d always tend to, the one bearing everything but us, if we take one step, a single step, well, it’s a forever-fall and we both like the […]
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A Fisherman’s Daughter
By Sundra Lam “Chào mẹ” I said as I walked by my mother, the usual aroma of cá chiên-fried fish and rice filling the room. The floors felt damp, soaked in pine-sol and dishwater. […]
Creative Writing
Creative Writing
The Butcher and The Witch
By Erica Gilman The tree was ripped out through my chest, all the veins inside on fire from everything that I felt– everything that I feel. It slithered out through my palms and into the […]
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“Living as a Young Girl in Kenya” by Nicole Despotopulos
We collected sawdust. If we forgot it, we would be whipped by our mothers. We collected the sawdust for our school’s field, you know, for hurdling. “Step, jump, and hurdle.” We crossed a swollen river, […]
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“Relapse” by Nicole Despotopulos
Are you really doing this again? You told yourself the other day that it was the last time. “One more time, just have to get it out of my system.” You chug it back, and […]
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Anthem by Fay Bcharah
Let the children out Let the colors stand high, Red, White, and Green Let the blood stay in its place Let the clouds disseminate Let the grass grow in grace. How did you feel When […]
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“Georgia Sunshine” by Sarah Synk
“Okay guys, you have to get ready!” I shout. “It is Emilies formal birthday party. It’s a special day for her, and we cannot miss it!” The children spring to life, each jumping with excitement. […]
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“The Veil and the Lantern” by Erica Gilman
I look out the window and all I can see is a single lamppost, breaking out of the pitch night. It illuminates the sides of the houses it surrounds and burns with sizzling electricity. Now […]