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  • About Us
    • About Us
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  • Poetry

    Here is what I like to believe, by Hazen Palamar

    March 24, 2026 /

    Click for PDF I like to believe that Icarus laughed as he fell. That he…

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  • Poetry

    Lockdown Drill, Third Period, by Lleyton Kane

    February 26, 2026 /

    Click for PDF The alert comes mid-sentence,the same chord they usefor severe weather.Ms. Chen stops…

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  • Poetry

    Under, by Tegan Cook

    February 17, 2026 /

    Click for PDF I live under an ultraviolet light, a constant invisible ink pen,one where…

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  • Poetry

    First Love, Second Window, by Lleyton Kane

    February 17, 2026 /

    Click for PDF We called it seeing each other,though mostly it was glass—the reflection of…

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  • Poetry

    Where, by Addyson Aiken

    February 17, 2026 /

    Click for PDF Where does love go?When she has no hand left to holdDoes she…

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  • Poetry

    Nah-gah, The North Star, by Allison Churches

    February 12, 2026 /

    Click for PDF The evening fire casts our shadows on the red rock; my hands…

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  • Poetry

    Peaches, by Allison Churches

    February 12, 2026 /

    Click for PDF Cold misty air mixes with pinecones on blue concrete and the smell…

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  • Poetry,  Published Submissions

    ivy, by Helen Hernandez

    February 5, 2026 /

    Click for PDF it’s like it’s hiding something. darkness crouches  under the green leaves  catching the sun with their …

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  • Poetry,  Published Submissions

    neutron star, by Helen Hernandez

    February 5, 2026 /

    Click for PDF here I am stowed away at the edge of the universe, so…

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  • Poetry

    Year of the Snake, by Allison Zhang

    January 27, 2026 /

    Click for PDF My grandmother was born in the year of the snake.   She…

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