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Onwards and Upwards

by Bri Eberhart

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Once a year, on a crisp autumn morning, fog stretches across the yard, disappearing into the thicket of trees surrounding my house.

The haze is alive, breathing heavily on my neck, beckoning and pulling me in deeper until I can no longer tell where it ends, and I begin.
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July 19, 2024

Prose, Stories, Words

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Lies

by Eva Skrande

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‎‏‏‎‎Night awakens in your lily filled hair.

My fingers give life to kind finches

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July 17, 2024

Poetry, Words

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Belongingness

by Michael Shoemaker

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When our eyes meet

sheer innocence

magnificence

tenderness

fearless

finds.

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July 15, 2024

Poetry, Words

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I Believe

by Gina Freyre

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I believe in change.

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July 13, 2024

Hear Me Out, Thoughts, Words

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A Call for People

by Avril Shakira Villar

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Will you take a moment to look around you?

Countless of injustice stories to be told in this little town.
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July 11, 2024

Poetry, Words

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Rain Sparrow

by Yuan Changming

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‏‏‎            Above this wild wild world covered

          With layers and layers and layers

        Of red dust, my selfhood

      Has long been tired

    Tired of flying

Flying alone

Day & night

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July 9, 2024

Poetry, Words

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To the Citrus Trees in Kambos

by Eriana Ktistakis

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hazy hues of summer wrap around

me like a blanket, the world tinted shades of

amber. bare feet in gentle earth,
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July 5, 2024

Poetry, Words

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2 poems

by Lonnah Royale

But, dancing!
What magic it is!
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July 3, 2024

Poetry, Words

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Leaving Was The Hardest Until It Wasn’t

by McKenna Ashlyn

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It was the winter everyone was moving east,

chain smoking cigarettes, snorting cocaine.

Trying to curate a museum of themselves.

I’m sorry, I’ve been writing anything but myself.

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July 1, 2024

Poetry, Words

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The Bus

by Jessica Tan

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The long, yellow bus screeches to a halt next to the curb as you lift your eyes up, watching the doors fan open for the first time this fall. You spent all morning organizing your school supplies, thinking of what your new schedule would be like. But first, you have to make the journey there. And if you had it your way, you would drive there yourself. If you were old enough.
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June 29, 2024

Prose, Stories, Words

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