BY: Kelli J Gavin FULLOFIT ME IAMFULLOFIT RAGETHATIS IDIDNOTKNOW UNTILHESAID YOUAREFULLOFIT FROMHEADTOTOE FULLOFFEAR FULLOFREGRET FULLOFJEALOUSY FULLOFRAGE FULLOFIT ME NOTPOPULAR NOTSOMETHINGCOOL NOTTHEINCROWD JUSTTHEPOSSESSOR IKEEPITALL ALLTHERAGE IAMFULLOFIT IAMGIVINGITBACK IDONOTWANTIT RAGEISNOTFORME NOTNEEDED DOESNOTHINGFORME MAKESMESICK ADDSLINESTOMYEYES ALLTHATRAGE GIFTEDTOME FORTHEASKING ALLTHATRAGE COULDHAVERUINEDME RIDDINGMYSELFTODAY NOLONGERFULLOFIT Bio- Kelli Gavin lives in Carver, Minnesota with Josh, … Continue reading ALLTHERAGE
“Breathe”
By Caitlyn Forte 9/7/17 No. 9/7/17 So, apparently I’m not allowed to write a single word and call it a day. They told me I have to write about how I’m feeling. Supposedly it helps to write things out on paper so you can see it. Some bullshit about how it doesn’t get stuck in … Continue reading “Breathe”
350 Seconds
By Max Worley It started with a bump. The oxygen masks tumbled out of their hidden alcove in the storage bins above the seats. The left engine sputtered and died before my eyes as I looked out the window. I leaned forward anxiously, then relaxed; I’d heard that planes are designed to be able to … Continue reading 350 Seconds
“Summer Money”
By Gabby Velasquez The worst time to get a job is when you don’t need it. My ma doesn’t need her fix and I don’t need this job...especially since it's my money she uses to get all her drugs. Here I am, my face sticky-sweaty and my arms sore from holding a sponge all day. I … Continue reading “Summer Money”
Counting Worries
By Zoe Abramson “Get in the car!” I had only been in dad's house for one minute and I was already being yelled at. “Samantha, can you please hurry up?” I was trying to hurry up, but I couldn’t. I was hoping for a hug, but instead I got yelled at before I could even … Continue reading Counting Worries
What Lies Ahead
By Chaher Alzaman Someone might ask: Where am I right now? I am bit exhausted to speak. But I'll give it my best shot. I am at what seems to be a locker room of some sort. Wait a minute! I remember now. Just a while ago I was with my team - a … Continue reading What Lies Ahead
Breathe In, Breathe Out
By Jessica Ricks Everything stops. Shaking hands, heart palpitations Throat tightens, Someone standing on my chest Weighing me down. Falling through space, accelerating, The world is a haze. Breath stuck, oxygen deprived Concentration gone. Breathe in, breathe out. Time freezes. Suddenly a ghost no longer part of myself, On the outside. Nothing … Continue reading Breathe In, Breathe Out
Breathe In, Breathe Out
By Jessica Ricks Breathe In, Breathe Out Everything stops. Shaking hands, heart palpitations Throat tightens, There is someone standing on my chest Weighing me down. I am falling through space, accelerating, The world is a haze. My breath is stuck, oxygen deprived Concentration long gone. Breathe in, breathe out. Time freezes. Suddenly … Continue reading Breathe In, Breathe Out
Tommy Haiku #146-151
By Thomas Page I count, once again, The fifteen ornaments that Hang from the garlands I am the guard of The door marked “Elves only.” Kids Love to make for it. The river frozen, Labored frigid breaths escape From chilled lungs and tongues The trees dead jutting Out of graying, cold hillsides. The year is … Continue reading Tommy Haiku #146-151
The master of beginnings
By Rajnish Mishra I’m the master of beginnings; neither middle, nor end, of steps that hang, neither rise nor fall, of sounds that are, reach ears mean nothing. Try not to call me, or meet me (never). Mail me. Mails are good, convenient too. There’s no guarantee that I’ll mail you back. I respond … Continue reading The master of beginnings
Academy of the Heart And Mind 