Student Submissions - Page 2

if life is a song 

Poem by Elizabeth Wiles / In The Ords  Life is a song. Some songs are more upbeat than others. As much I have hurt, as I look...

June

Poem by Zitlalli Macias / In The Ords I have nothing to barter–A well with no water.  Only my empty hands, dripping with crimson, grasping at roses that...

out of reach

Poem by Alanah Hunsdorfer  I can’t help but see you in summer hidden in the sunshine peeking through leaves of trees In the taste of the apricots hanging in...

A Poem of Self

Poem submitted by Grace Sugden A cup filled with the expectations of others Is destined to spill over Will it be tears or blood spilled Both have...

Ship in a bottle

Poem submitted by Chad Hearon Stubborn warped wood creaky as the warble of a toadBleached white sails stretched thinner than ghostly skinSplitting the ocean waves...

The Childhood I Am From

Poem submitted by Gloria Salcido I am from Wood-panel walls A Bible and notebook left open on the couch Men’s dress shoes and boys’ sneakers strewn about the living room A...