By Taeyeon Kim Taeyeon Kim is a talented 13-year-old artist currently studying in Seoul, South Korea. She has a natural gift for capturing emotions and telling stories through her artwork, and she aspires to become a renowned artist in the future. Despite her young age, Taeyeon has already shown her potential as an artist, creating … Continue reading Flowers and Butterflies and Other Artwork
The Protagonist
By Ivan S. Asanovic Separated from myself, Looking back on my past, Separated, seeing it all at once, As everything starts to unfold. Witnessing it all, As a distant spectator with no stakes at all, Previous shame, disgrace and wrongs are disappearing in distance, With no weight or meaning anymore. But all the good moments … Continue reading The Protagonist
This is my Last Serenade and Other Poems
By Alex Guffey This is My Last Serenade Floating in the span of space, hearing the hymn of my swan song. This is the infinite sadness of song, sung on a moment’s notice, sealed on a permanent staccato. I feel you as you fall away. I hear you say you want to stay. This is … Continue reading This is my Last Serenade and Other Poems
Seagulls from the Other Woods and The Body of One’s Day and Night
By Hua Ai Seagulls from the Other Woods In the woods, my leaves have tapped on many people’s heads during their yellowed seasons. The fallen woods and the wind towards the west, two glasses of a historic yesterday, cut through Sava River, and they asking about how hungry I must have been to be aboard. … Continue reading Seagulls from the Other Woods and The Body of One’s Day and Night
My Essentials and Other Paintings
By Esther Yeh-Rynn Chae Esther Yeh-Rynn Chae is a talented student who attends The Elizabeth Morrow School. Born with a passion for the arts, she enjoys spending her free time reading, drawing, and writing. Music is also a big part of Esther's life, and she plays both the piano and flute with great skill. When … Continue reading My Essentials and Other Paintings
Turning points and Other Poems
By Kashiana Singh Turning points silverfish darning holes in language doppelganger the caesura between death and I repotting I dig deep into dirt standing atop a disemboweled earth many limbed durga moon shapes remaking of old habits sleeping town a window lights up at dusk Menopausal the insect inside its amber, a womb sharpness of … Continue reading Turning points and Other Poems
Lost and Found
By Karen Court Patricia Barker hugged her bony knees to her chest as she sat on the sidewalk amidst all the rubble. She coughed. A steady rain was still falling and her hair dribbled cold water down her hunched back and shoulders. Oblivious to the rain, Patty sobbed quietly to herself. Rain drops joined her … Continue reading Lost and Found
The Albino African Clawed Frog and Other Poems
By Robert Beveridge The Albino African Clawed Frog The machinery thumps, cracks, presses a thousand thousand plates into a thousand thousand —what else?—other plates. Cannibals are rumored to live on the valley floor, but what if, just this once, a longpig really is just the opposite of the litter's runt? We carry it on its … Continue reading The Albino African Clawed Frog and Other Poems
D/L/T/B/B
By Leonardo Chung D/L/T/B/B let the bedbugs bite / and the pain won’t melt into discomfort / hopefully / because ignorance / isn’t bliss over here / turn a blind eye / and tempt yourself / now hurry before / those five words / snake into that / deeply nestled mind and say / who … Continue reading D/L/T/B/B
Santiago and Other Poems
By David Kim Santiago I hop off the bus, Hailed a hero for bringing my Nintendo DS The Autumn wind The smell of the mountain snow The pastel orange sky shimmers I face the buildings, The mountain peaks still shimmer behind A long march ensues The sidewalk trickles people Construction workers, helmets covered with stickers … Continue reading Santiago and Other Poems
Academy of the Heart And Mind 