GratitudeBy Cornelius EadyI’m here to tell you an old story. ThisAppears to be my work. I live in the world,Walk the streets of...Social CommentariesClassRace & EthnicityLivingLife ChoicesThe MindRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsActivitiesSchool & LearningArts & SciencesPoetry & PoetsMetersFree VerseTechniquesAnaphoraConfessionalMetaphorAngerGratitude + 13 more
Into the WeedsBy Kevin PruferThe brutality of those two men who broke into her apartment and murdered her boyfriend, then, as she...Social CommentariesCrime & PunishmentLivingComing of AgeDeathSorrow & GrievingThe MindMemory & NostalgiaRelationshipsFriends & EnemiesActivitiesSchool & LearningArts & SciencesPhotography & FilmMetersFree VerseTechniquesConfessionalImageryMetaphorTypes/ModesElegyGrief + 16 more
p1Stunt DoubleBy Tomás Q. MorínIn this life, there are starsand there are stunt doubles.Before I became one of those fathersobsessed...LoveSocial CommentariesClassRace & EthnicityLivingParenthoodRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsFriends & EnemiesActivitiesSchool & LearningSports & Outdoor ActivitiesArts & SciencesReading & BooksFather's DayAngerDisappointmentJoy & ContentmentOptimism + 12 more
Force VisibilityBy Solmaz SharifEverywhere we went, I went in pigtails no one could see— ribbon curled by a scissor’s sharp edge, the...Social CommentariesHistory & PoliticsLivingLife ChoicesYouthActivitiesSchool & LearningArts & SciencesPoetry & PoetsPhotography & FilmStanza FormsTercetMetersFree VerseTechniquesImageryMetaphor + 10 more
p1Jesus on the Iron CrossBy Jim DanielsThe strongest boy in our high school on the edge of Detroit did not play sports—he would’ve had to cut...LivingYouthActivitiesSchool & LearningSports & Outdoor Activities
Linnaeus in LaplandBy Lorine NiedeckerNothing worth noting except an Andromeda with quadrangular shoots— the boots of the people wet inside...NatureActivitiesSchool & LearningTravels & JourneysTechniquesPersonaTypes/ModesDramatic MonologueDisappointment + 2 more
VI. IdeasBy Anne CarsonEventually Geryon learned to write. ____ His mother's friend Maria gave him a beautiful notebook from...ActivitiesSchool & LearningArts & SciencesLanguage & LinguisticsPoetry & PoetsMythology & FolkloreGreek & Roman Mythology
p1If Your Hands Are Full of FireBy L.A. JohnsonThe book from the archive whispers with handwriting. A gold pen shines the name of every man, his every...Social CommentariesGender & SexualityActivitiesSchool & LearningArts & SciencesReading & Books
p1Love Song for AyumiBy Marianne ChanAyumi never spoke in class, never responded to anyone who talked to her, and I tried talking to her ...Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityLivingYouthActivitiesSchool & Learning
p1in another string of the multiverse, perhapsBy Michaella Batteni. i am sitting in sunday school in a handsewn pink dress and white lace tights i am putting my hand...LoveBreak-ups & Vexed LoveFirst LoveReligionChristianityFaith & DoubtLivingComing of AgeYouthThe MindMemory & NostalgiaRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsFriends & EnemiesLGBTQ+ActivitiesSchool & LearningSports & Outdoor ActivitiesAnxiety & InsecurityDisappointmentGriefMelancholy & Despair + 15 more
Taking ItBy Vievee FrancisI never remember the knuckles, though his hand was bare, though their hands were bare. I remember the...Social CommentariesGender & SexualityLivingComing of AgeLife ChoicesYouthThe BodyActivitiesSchool & LearningAngerBlame + 4 more
p1UndoneBy Padma VenkatramanThey ignored the new boy, snickering behind his back. In silence, I stayed safe. My lips pressed together...LivingComing of AgeYouthRelationshipsFriends & EnemiesActivitiesSchool & LearningBlameDisappointmentSchool + 3 more
p1Nowhere Else to GoBy Linda Sue ParkTurn off the lights. Wear another layer. (Sounds like a dad.) (Sounds like a mom.) You say hand-me-down...LivingYouthActivitiesSchool & LearningAnxiety & InsecurityBeing OneselfSchool
p1School—12:15By Tina Boyer BrownImagine the lunchroom, crowded and wary— seating charts a welcome apprehension. Loose-leaf papers spiraled...LivingYouthActivitiesSchool & LearningJoy & ContentmentSchool
p1At the Student Poetry ReadingBy Kim StaffordI guess you could call me broken, says one. I’m still lonely, says another, but now I can name it with a song. In my poem, says another...LivingYouthActivitiesSchool & LearningArts & SciencesPoetry & PoetsJoy & ContentmentOptimismBeing OneselfSchool + 3 more
p1A smile always healsBy Suma SubramaniamYou cannot pronounce my name. “Soor-ya.” Not “soar.” Surya—the sun god. Mom always tells me that a smile...Social CommentariesRace & EthnicityLivingYouthRelationshipsFriends & EnemiesActivitiesSchool & LearningJoy & ContentmentOptimismBeing OneselfCultureSchool + 6 more
p1One of UsBy Joyce Sidman“That kid is weird,” says the teacher, flipping her shining hair. “I don’t know where he’s at.” Indeed...LivingYouthActivitiesSchool & LearningArts & SciencesPoetry & PoetsReading & BooksJoy & ContentmentOptimismArts & CultureSchool + 4 more
American CitizenshipBy Wu ShengOut here in the sticks You rarely encounter such genius: "Come, come, come to Taiwan U Go, go, go to...LivingLife ChoicesRelationshipsFamily & AncestorsActivitiesJobs & WorkingSchool & LearningAngerAnxiety & InsecurityBlameDisappointment + 4 more
p1School-to-Prison PantsBy Clemonce HeardThey had to be Dickies®, not Dockers®. They had to include a cellphone pocket on the right leg, & feign...Social CommentariesClassCrime & PunishmentLivingYouthActivitiesSchool & LearningAnger
p1FreedomBy Jill McDonoughI talk to the students in jail about freedom, how in America we obsess over it, write it over flags ...Social CommentariesCrime & PunishmentHistory & PoliticsActivitiesSchool & LearningAnxiety & InsecurityBlameDisappointment