Creative Essay
Walking in a Shadow’s Wake
A girl works to come to grips with her brother’s attempted suicide.
Poetry
Diamonds
A convicting poem that traces the origins of “a girl’s best friend.”
Poetry
An Exceptional Tree
A pitiful Christmas tree is transformed into an object of pride.
Poetry
Begin
If we could choose not to be born, would we?
Poetry
And He Came Down From High
A delicate and poignant lament for a world in need of peace.
Poetry
Dried Flower
An abstract look at misunderstood loners who are frozen in time by our school yearbooks.
Poetry
Conversation
A dialogue in prose poetry.
Poetry
Lágrimas en Sangre
“You who have condemned me… I will come back in the light of lightning and forever they will pay for my tears of blood.”
Poetry
Midnight Waltzes
Freedom displayed in the movement of shadows.
Poetry
Mi Hermana
An admonition to really live and a confession of love from older sister to younger sister.
Poetry
In the Palm of Remembrance
At the end of all she sees in a stark landscape, “now I find myself standing alone.â€
Poetry
Chasm
A true description of two people who think the are closer than they are.