Miles by Elizabeth Califano, ‘28 You’re close to me because my heart holds you there holds a house for you with a freshly made bed and polished countertops neatly folded clothes in organized closets perfectly fluffed pillows and a vacuumed carpet all for you even though you’re miles away but when you want to…
“Eden” by Aren Saraydarian ’26 Beyond the depths and pits of earthly grief, A pasture lies with treasures yet unseen, With trees and bushes each adorned in leaf, And banks of rivers filled with waves so clean. A peace it holds that no man understands, A song it sings that no ear comprehends. The waves…
Artwork by Lauren Reyes ’26, “New Friends”
The Road of Friendship by Theresa Stender ’29 The road of friendship is difficult to know because sometimes it lasts a lifetime while sometimes it crashes and falls and sometimes makes promises knowing how hard they are to keep or says “it’ll be forever” but it never knows how long “forever” will be . Then…
“Pink Dogwoods” by ChloeAnn Cajuste ’28
Lilies by Aren Saraydarian ’26 I see the sun arising high, A cloud not known in all the sky. Awaiting me a journey lies, A journey through this land of light. Afar I walk all through the land, The grass and flow’rs beneath my hand. A song of joy runs through my veins, Again it…
I’ve heard that Death is soft so that when we hold it, it does not callous our hands. But when I play the guitar you gave me, I press the strings too hard and leave valleys running across my fingertips. The chords aren’t kind. The rhythms aren’t pitying. Death isn’t soft.
“Soft Glowing Lamp” by Sophia Sontag ’27
“Memory of a Boat Trip” by Lauren Reyes, ’26
Good sir! When I behold thee proud and tall, Full of thyself, commanding, seeking praise, Withholding all advance, all kindly phrase, Thy sullen mouth turn’d downward, and withal An unforgiving man! Still then I fall And yearn, and seek, and melt at thy caresses, Still then I lift my face at thine addresses, Believe…
