AFTER THE SNOW ~BY EMILY SHIPP
After the snow,
A lonely flower tried to grow.
It rose from the ground,
Fighting to be found.
By a girl with braids in her hair,
2024
WOMAN, THE BEAUTIFUL SOUL ~BY SARARANI GHUMARE
There’s a world of beautiful souls in the depths
Facial appearance or character traits it affects
INEXPLICABLE ~BY MARWAH SHEBL
Trapped under a
Stonehenge
I crawl out from the
Ground my hands are
Bleeding,
My feet drag and
Moss begins to grow on
my shoes
And bugs crawl over my toes
A COMFORT IN DARKNESS ~BY MARWAH SHEBL
Some say that all forms of darkness are like an abyss. Darkness is twisted silence filled with echoing maniac laughter, and the scent of withering flowers, about as unpleasant as the clicking of nails on tiled floors.
DRIVING IN THE DARK ~BY MARWAH M. SHEBL
A Coyote crosses the dark street, in the dark fog.
A headless lady pulling shopping carts at the side of the road, her neck lulled back,
A group of men untying two cars on a dark road in the middle of the woods.
Something shady no doubt about it.
LIFE ~BY PAMELA LEVARI
I think of you today
with a smile and I say-
you are the best of my days-
on the worst of my days-
If life was fair-
I’d be sitting here with you covered in your dog hair-
DAISY ~BY PAMELA LEVARI
see a daisy in my yard white and pure
I pick the daisy and place it in my pocket to save for later
Inside my pocket the petals fall off
Inside my pocket the daisy dries
I pulled the daisy from my pocket
DRAGONFLY ~BY PAMELA LEVARI
One quiet evening I sat outside
the sun went down and I started to cry
then I saw a dragonfly
Hovering there, wings so sheer and clear
moving so swiftly
It looked into my eyes with a reflection of being alive
LADY ~BY PAMELA LEVARI
I remember the day you were taken away
That morning, each moment
I held you in a way wishing it didn’t have to be this way
not today
I wrapped my body around you weeping
wishing I could somehow find a way for you to stay
THE BLACK PANTHER AND THE EYES ~BY JOEL KABUYA KUMUAMBA
The Black Panther, a beautiful black,
Defines black history with majestic track.
Your eyes may seem scary, but your heart is happy,
Without you, the wild would be a Disney land, quite snappy.