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A hint to the poem

Golden time, in that Shower

Amber Lerma-Dominguez, photographer/photo editor/ Production Editor May 20, 2026

Yours truly leaks, with a twinkle Thy golden ratio, perfect angle, & straight in the eye of the storm Herein, which derived from this affect, this sensation, relief  From this fullness, drained...

Belmont High School's Softball field

The Game Still Calls

Van Sanchez, Photographer May 20, 2026

My weak legs drag helpless on the steep field My body aching, pain burning my chest Bruises blooming like wounds that never healed I am helplessly longing for a rest Watching this small empty...

Between the Bells

Between the Bells

Imani Canada, reporter, photographer, on-air talent, Editor-in-Chief May 1, 2026

The bell rings and everyone just gets up.   No one really talks about it, but we're all tired like all the time.   Not just "I need coffee" tired more like my brain...

Life Is Like A Butterfly

Life Is Like A Butterfly

Joseph T. Renaldi March 17, 2026

I saw a beautiful butterfly in flight And how it enlightened my life. For one bright, fleeting instant, I forgot about my problems and strife. It hovered over the succulent vegetation Until its...

"Roses are Red" on the toilet

“Roses are Red” on the toilet

Amber Lerma-Dominguez, photographer/photo editor/ Production Editor November 7, 2025

Roses are red So is my shit Hard, red, burning, spicy Oh shit oh shit The shit burns like a summer day Roses are so violent Just like thy piss So yellow So bright The sun shines bright Just like...

Pervasive Penance

Pervasive Penance

Latrice Wright and Victor Romero May 13, 2025

It starts.  The dread, grief, sorrow, and loss, All stemming from the hardships you went through. You fail to hide the emotions I'd find in every little thing only after your departure.  I’d...

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by Anna-Maria Siekluka

Her perspective

Raheen May 5, 2025

A women I’am, A women so pure The silk of my hair, so gentle, he adores I love, i smile,                                                                i...

Decadent Principles

Decadent Principles

Latrice Wright and Angelica Ramirez March 21, 2025

In between the lines, In between the lines. I see, I know what’s there. I hear, I know what to expect. I speak, I know what to say. I move, I know what to do.  The tie tightens, The...

Illustration by Angelica Ramirez

Equivocal Latter

Latrice Wright and Angelica Ramirez March 7, 2025

My eyebrows furrow when you talk to me. My nose scrunches, My mouth concaves, My eyelids clasp together,  My jaw clenches.  My eyes look down when you sit next to me. My arms locked...

She still wonders

She still wonders

Raheen, Poet March 4, 2025

I still tie my hair with the band you gave me, I do. I open a box full of memories of me and you, I remember the soft touch of your hands on my face, I get you in my dreams, I don't know where...

Her heart beats on every detail this picture holds

River of Blood

Raheen February 24, 2025

Rip her heart into a river of blood, Hang this soul on the mountains of sorrow, She cried, "what is misery burdened upon by my heart?" Indeed patience will lead to her journeys. She guarantees...

I Took this photo a few months ago.. it felt like a connection to the poem..

Words of adoration

Raheen February 12, 2025

My dear sorrows, i'm sorry. You were unforgettable, Shadows once lingered on my lips, Those were From Tears like raindrops , This almost seems like forever, But in these days of emptiness, A beauty...

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