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
The Best Day for Folding Clothes and Other Poems
By Yoon Park The Best Day for Folding Clothes is on a second Wednesday when the radio plays its 1 p.m. classics mother’s favorite dvorak and when the window is open, so that the room can breathe as I do. I first separate father’s socks, match them at the end before a turn inside out … Continue reading The Best Day for Folding Clothes and Other Poems
Light and Other Poems
By Andrew Chung Light Once upon a time, every texture was important I’d follow the beat of my soul creativity without limits, that was my life one day, it diminished the possibility of everything became intangible dreams now a distant memory and reduced to ashes no matter how blue the sky is, just a picture … Continue reading Light and Other Poems
Snack and Other Poems
By Andrew Ban Snack It's dark out It’s cold out Any moment now the sun might come out But i can still hear the sounds of people moving people struggling people trying their best to live I thought I wasn't getting much sleep these days These people don't sleep at all I lay in my … Continue reading Snack and Other Poems
1915 and Other Poems
By Rena Kim 1915 Menlo School was founded My Menlo School Originally a military school Boys only super strict Now a place for this Asian American With it's nontraditional values The school challenges me each day Pushing me more and more So close to bursting but never quite there I learn more and more Menlo … Continue reading 1915 and Other Poems
ROC, NY and Other Poems
By Isabella Dunsby ROC, NY and so the ducks glide in the direction of The Mushroom House. There’s a Man living there who picks them up by their bellies and kisses ‘em as they wander by. The Man visits a fish hatchery on days he thinks of his children in the city, watching speckled brown … Continue reading ROC, NY and Other Poems
11/11 and Other Poems
By Junseo Lee 11/11 11 AM—Armistice To be remembered in remembrance A dirty pool of evacuees Defy the Four Horsemen of D-Day In earnest To discover our origins the Mendelian factor the paradox of L’Hopital’s Rule Seemingly noncancerous But the preconviction yields Discovery is a maladapted fool In a private first class wins the Pulitzer … Continue reading 11/11 and Other Poems
Songdo and Other poems
By Karen Lee Songdo There stands the tittered fence of my school, Covered in leaves and wires, now only coming up to my shoulders, Still low enough for us to toss our bag and jump over after the bell rings. I take a few steps and reach the old Korean snack bar, With the same … Continue reading Songdo and Other poems
Bugs and Other Poems
By Sigrid Kim Bugs Rolling green hills looking like pillows, On a Sunday morning, keep looking like something you’d see on a postcard only for so long. You’re not from the North-East if you’ve never gone on a road trip up the 87. She tapped the worn down sink as her kid sat outside on … Continue reading Bugs and Other Poems
A Blur and Other Poems
By Alex Lee A Blur Buildings caught his throne forever, Like a glance half-forgotten, they lingered on. The frozen memory, a photo carried in his eyes, Of a past shade in the meadow, now forever gone. The buildings had faded, scraps tearing and falling within, The tiles, like a mouth, full and red to see. … Continue reading A Blur and Other Poems
Academy of the Heart And Mind 