Poem by: Kayla Ehrlich Copy-edited by: Pranav Gupta Illustration by: Campbell Lackey I’ve stood at the cusp of the earth where nothing but scuttling crabs and drifting gulls ever dare to wander there are no footprints at least, none that remain untouched by the passing waves the melting, running foam that leave everything and nothing … Continue reading the salt of the ocean//the sand of the shore
Poem by: Caroline Levine The value of education is more than we can mine. But without our values no gold, will we find. Excellence can be seen inthe glitter of all gold. But what use is a shining stone—torn from land, unknown—if the world so readilyforgets all integrityand stores it on its own? With excellence, comes responsibility. And, in this, … Continue reading The Value of Education
Poem by: Caroline Levine I wish I knew what was bold, not true. I wish I feltwhat could bedone for others,for myself. Alas, I am young. Too youngto watch rivers form as they flowfrom shore to sea. But too old, I am,to join the worldgreen. I must knownow for if not now,then how? I musn’t wait,that much I can … Continue reading Voices Untold but Told Anyway
Poem by: Caroline Levine Choices come to every manand what is done is yours to plan.For you know well the truth in action,but truth is never your reaction. And seldom has a day gone bywhere you stopped to wonder whythose around you have no shame, when it’s all you’ve to your name. So, when success is … Continue reading The Average Person
Written by: Sophia Eberhard Copyedited by: Marguerite Andrich It’s 6AM when I roll my overstuffed suitcase down the sidewalk to my beat-up Toyota. Rays of sunlight are just starting to peak over the horizon. Half-asleep, I start fumbling through my pockets for my car keys. “It’s way too early for this,” I grumble to myself. I … Continue reading Home for the Holidays
Written by: Taylor DiPietro Copyedited by: Jordan Harrow To the View Outside My Window, I see Simpson Hall and the intersection of Museum and some road that isn’t long enough to have a name. There’s a large, elegant pine tree with its spanish moss swaying gently in the breeze. I wonder how long it has … Continue reading Love Letter to UF
Poem by: Derek Pena I felt a second heartbeat. It throbbed steadily, filling the gaps left by the first. The two rhythms fought against each other, but neither seemed to give in. I looked out into the vastness of space, finding nothing. Against the darkness, my chest appeared to glow. It was as if the … Continue reading Binary
Poem by: Julia Garcia Apprehension, Anxiety, Worry, Fear bombard you like freezing rain. They soak you to your core, penetrating layer after layer as they chill you to your bones. They surround you from all sides and escape seems impossible. Until. You stand at the edge of a cliff, a precipice, a crossroads. A doorway. … Continue reading Home
Poem by: Nikita Patel Sadness comes like tidal waves with rolling wind and hazy eyesPain that lingers, lingers and lingers like the riveting fear of anger.The boiling cauldron of madness swirling in the salty night airMade from the fears and sorrows that build the bridges and damsOf the lives that we have evolved and the … Continue reading Sentiment
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