Normal
As a kid growing up in this highly strung town, Pencils scratching is the most common sound. They work tirelessly to be more than normal, From what people say, being average Just sounds horrible....
View ArticleClosed Windows
“The sky’s blue still manifests through darkness. Under the moon’s fullness, what constellation’s in sight?” The girl whispered into the distant twilight, charmed by her lover as her heart soared in...
View ArticleAn Account of Transition to Apiculture
I finally hit my groove and lose all track of time, mindlessly immersing myself in past-cherished toil. Succumbing to light unconsciousness reunites us with better days—before we became part of the...
View ArticleAcademic Superstar
Day after day, Chasing after a B We’re just bored little kids We don’t get to run free Just kidding, there’s no way We’ll get anything below an A We lock ourselves up And pretend we’re okay We hide...
View ArticleFrom Sunrise to Sunset
The sun began to set over the tree line of the mountain lake, which waved in a breath-like motion. The wind blew through a clearing of trees, shaking a group of tents set up around a burning campfire....
View ArticleOld Ship, New Waters
In March 2022, nestled quietly between the releases of gargantuan Disney shows “The Book of Boba Fett” and “Moon Knight,” “Our Flag Means Death” dropped 10 episodes on HBO Max. There was little...
View ArticleStarry Night
You open the door to find her with her hand outstretched. She wrenches you through the double doors of the elevator Out of the apartment building, Into a starry August night. You tighten your grip on...
View ArticleEssie Nail Lacquer Willow in the Wind 705
Paint my fingers with that nine dollar Canadian nail polish. Paint my world green as aspens, green leaching from my fingertips, green as the moss that grows on my childhood swingset. Paint my...
View ArticleBehind the Quill Episode 1 – Alice Sheffer
This interview is available to listen at https://soundcloud.com/palyradio/behind-the-quill-episode-1-alice-sheffer. [Ink Magazine] Hi Vikings! Welcome back to Behind the Quill, a special podcast...
View ArticleBehind the Quill Episode 2 – Simone Batra
This interview is available to listen to at https://soundcloud.com/palyradio/behind-the-quill-episode-2-simone-batra. [Ink Magazine] Hi Vikings! Welcome back to Behind the Quill, a special podcast...
View ArticleHumanity in Hip-Hop
When it comes to poetic masterpieces in music, most people will go to genres such as country or classical music — genres that have a reputation of complex lyrical meaning. But one genre that gets...
View Article“Venus as a Boy” by björk
“He’s Venus as a boy,” Björk, I can’t help but agree. Just look at you. Kiss me to this song; make it our song, paint it green and pink and yellow and blue. Your hands are soft as a whisper shouted...
View ArticleCold Feet
With the icy weather Comes frigid feet. The air is chilled As is my heart. I heard the woes of a lonely man The world was cold Yet he was not. In this time When frozen dew melts away So too must my...
View ArticleInevitable
Wet tracks already marked his face before the sky made the rest of him match. He looked up as he stepped off her porch for the last time. The sky spit in his eye with fat glops who possessed both...
View ArticleEphemeral
10:28. Standing, legs, arms, eyes dilate. Mist dancing, damp clothes await. Cigarette in two fingers, gun in pocket trousers. Black locks in a hair net, left in for hours. Dark uncooked meat and...
View ArticleThe Anchoress of Shere
I can only imagine how many people have walked these aisles, hand in hand, as we are now. How many people have been born anew here. In this place of worship, of devotion, the iconstases have lost their...
View ArticleLost Wisdom
Oh child, you crawl around and touch everything for the sake of discovering life’s potency, and you sit in the rain, beneath the sky’s cold humming. I saw arcane circles in your eyes when the sun set....
View ArticleA Visit to Laicos Aidem Farm
We seek out nature when reality makes us feel uncomfortable. Frustrated. Unworthy. A strawberry! That’s what I craved today. Something small and juicy. A burst of flavor to remedy my day. So I drove...
View ArticleOne Day at a Time
“Let’s start class by going around the room and saying what we did this summer.” I almost leave then and there. I’ve had enough of people asking where I was last summer, let alone the past two years. I...
View ArticlePercy Jackson Gets a Second Chance
What’s the first book you think of when someone says middle school? “I’ve always loved reading Percy Jackson,” sophomore Amily Zhang says. With over 180 million copies sold, Percy Jackson and the...
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