by Joaquin Munoz
forever swaying back and forth like the wind or a leaf trying to find something that one day we could keep
Category Archives: Poetry
Ice shards
by Declan Quinn
I walk along this winding road
Wind and snow tickle my face
This bleak white stretches for miles
Thoughts of discouragement slow my pace
To say
by Joaquin Munoz
To say I’m going through a tough time is an understatement
To say that I’m also having the time of my life makes it a contradiction
But lately I’ve found that life is anything but a one way street or confined to black or white
I finally admit to it being a gray area, a sort of blurred line.
What problems am I going through, you might ask? Continue reading
Leaf
by Maya Asregadoo
Last in the forest
Beautiful in its death colors
The sunset-colored leaf
Clings to its branch
Wavering
Alan’s Face
by Michael Lutzker
Alan’s face
outer space
makes me go to my
happy place
Alan’s face
watch it flutter with such grace
to call it ugly is a disgrace
perfection of the human race
i want to see it draped in lace
grind it up and make a paste
brush my teeth with it in haste
lean in and give it a quick taste
only after i spray it with mace
Alan’s face
Elegy to Childhood
by Maya Asregadoo
Day after day marked off of the calendar
Endless ticking of a clock
School, job
life
Make it stop, make it stop
Sticky-sweet apple juice on my fingers
Cracker crumbs on my lips and
Wet soil packed onto my pants and
Gravel stuck between the cracks of my
Shoes
My mother shook her head in
Exasperation but she still
Smiled with secret pleasure
Days devoted to learning and play
In equal measure Continue reading
Untitled
by Michael Lutzker
Happy
Valentine’s
Day
I said as she
Walked Away
She walked nowhere
but Away
My amorous thoughts are like little droplets Continue reading
Time
by Angela Guo
My response to the prompt about fear.
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Tick
Tock
I walk
Tick
Tock
I run
Tick tock
It chases me
Tick tock
It never stops
Tick
I try to enjoy the
Time
but
tick
tock
and it’s gone
Lantern Festival
by David Xie
This year, the Chinese Lantern Festival coincides with Valentine’s Day. I figured I would celebrate with a little poem.
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Left
right
and left again
but I knew
no matter where I looked
he wouldn’t be there
I smiled to myself
as I looked down
and remembered when
he put his head on my shoulder
on the school bus ride home
I was bony
and the bus bumped
and he didn’t sleep
but we stayed still
dangerous love
by Maya Asregadoo
My
darling
dearest
sweetheart
I want
to tell
you all of these things
You have stolen my
breath
You have stolen my
thoughts
You are sweet and you love
sweet things
I want nothing more
than to hold
y
o
ur
attention
You
called me yours
once
and I smiled
When I see you
my heart beats
faster
and louder
and faster
and louder
still
You make me feel
very shy
I always
want
to see you
If you read this
you will not know
that it is a
bout
yo
u
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