Fast wings flap skyward The hawk dives for the rabbit Too late, it escapes.
A Dream by T. Jones
A dream. 30 seconds of an 8 hour journey. I blink. Where am I? There is a concrete jungle covered in ferns and vines. A whisper. Calling my name each time I close my eyes. She calls my name. I …
Limbs by Sara Potter
Limbs Out of the skyline they rise. Bare branches like arms reaching out trying to touch limb to limb. Yearning to no longer be bare like the skin on my chest. The wind causes swaying of branches wrapping around each …
I Felt Like a Failure (A Critical Analysis) by Hanna Slaughter
I Felt Like A Failure: A Critical Analysis of Sarah Hoffmann’s “What the Pandemic Has Done to the Class of 2020” A 2020 graduate Allyson Prater, M.A., explained how her pandemic graduation was “just another Thursday.” When asked how she …
Denver by Jayden Burley
Original photography by Jayden Burley
Secondhand by Meagan White
I walk through the aisles of mismatched junk from people’s lives that they donated for the sake of a tax break I walk to the baby aisle and see a pair of brand-new baby shoes with the tag still on—score! …
Turtle Medicine Dream Catcher by Marie Rodriguez Carrillo
Original art by Marie Rodriguez Carrillo
The Student’s Fairytale by Haven Jordan
In the school, the young boy sat— Never knowing where his mind was at— The teacher taught— But it was all for naught— For the little boy whose mind unfocused— Sat thinking of when the end of school would be …
Owl in a Tree by Tea Hopkins
Original photography by Tea Hopkins
My Hummingbird (for Theo) by Elizabeth Ward
You came by my window and you hovered there, I gasped at your beauty as you floated in air. So small yet so perfect you brightened my day, And I thought for a moment that you’d come to stay. But …