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High
the rivers are dry, so, your tears aren’t just going to waste, let me conquer these days of darkness and sink into this dark ink so, no one may feel left out. I should compromise and leave the residues behind but once again, I fall deeper and these days, catch me on a flight so,…
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Wrong Piece In A Puzzle
John always felt like a wrong piece in a puzzle around his home. He rarely felt welcome, treated fairly, or like one of the other siblings. As the oldest sibling, he knew something was not adding up, although he wasn’t sure what. His break money was always the smallest, and his father would excuse it…
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What It’s Like To Attend A Taping Of SNL
“Live from New York, it’s Saturday night!!!!!” Every August, fans have the chance to enter one of the hardest shows to get into, the Saturday Night Live lottery. So, for the third year in a row, I emailed about how, as a native New Yorker, I always dreamed about going to a live show and…
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Distracted Souls
Here where I stand There are many distractions, Wealth and power Love and lust Each one has its place But they took my heart so quickly Just like tobacco They have no warning. From the highest person To the lowest man, Each one has his day Every power without discipline They have no control Our…
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International Women’s Day
This year, March 8th marks 115 years since the first International Women’s Day. That’s 115 years since those first women raised their voices, walked out of their jobs, and marched through the streets for equality, joined by millions of others across Europe. Its aim today is the same as it was 115 years ago: to…
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Broken
The bottles fall to the floor in pairs, anti-depressants are a waste of your welfare and therapy is another quack to flare up buried sorrows. Empty, oh, I see, this time, the world has turned against me, I walk in shame afraid someone might recognize me as another lame flack. I whisper in shadows scared…
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35 Interesting Women’s History Month Facts We Bet You Didn’t Know
The first Women’s History Day was held in 1909. The day became Women’s History Week in 1978. In 1987, Women’s History Month began. … The president declares every March Women’s History Month. Every Women’s History Month has a theme. Ways to honor women’s history in the workplace: Host insightful lunch and learns. Initiate an employee…
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What You Were
The first time your eyes clicked with mine I felt my walls being broken down, my worlds being torn apart, you were smart, but your smile was far from your frown. You were as cold as ice, and I thought I could be the fire, if only I had known the bridge burner also catches…
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Frosted Over
In my memory There are things I wish to forget, The silence of heartbreak The cold snares of pain And a voice so familiar All these my heart wishes to forget. They swim freely Like boats anchored at shore, My heart is but an easel A canvas born to express beauty But burnt in me…
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A Hopeless Romantic’s Love Letter To Pretty In Pink 40 Years Later
First of all, hi I’m Savannah and I’m still shamelessly waiting to fall in love in a way that feels like an eighties movie unrealistic, maybe but movies are where I learned that you can love in big ways sorta messy ways, big dramatic ways and still come out okay and John Hughes did that…
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March 2026 Issue 2 Volume 1
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The Unhappy Camper
One spring morning, Wren’s husband, Sawyer, suggested that the two of them should go on a camping trip. However, Wren was not thrilled about the idea; she preferred to spend her days indoors, and sleeping outside was not at all amusing to her. Sawyer went into their bedroom and packed everything in their dusty old…
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