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Ivi Hua

things i tell myself:

By Ivi Hua

listen. at the end of the day, you are allowed
to call yourself beautiful.   to acknowledge
the           ache.                                 darling,
take your roving eyes & bring the food to
your lips.     tribute   this body.        although
it is  not always yours, render it loved.
pretend    to  know   it like a   child,   a saint.
we, you & i, make the mind a maze of
pathways             leading           back    to
not         enough. nothing will ever be the
way you want it.  someday, we’ll leave  this
hell for good.  each   moment      another
agony.     love, pick up the spoon. the
chopsticks & bowl.  let     your    demons
rest.    today, you   will be all that i cannot.
open the windows, let in the light. slice
pieces of fruit. chunks of cake.  savor the
tang,   the            sting       of           freedom.

 

Ivi Hua is an Asian-American writer, dreamer, and poet. A Best of the Net nominee, her work is published or forthcoming in Juven, [sub]liminal, and the Eunoia Review among others. In the summer of 2022, she attended the Adroit Journal’s Summer Mentorship as a Poetry mentee. You can find her @livia.writes.stories on Instagram.

Captivity

By Anne Louise Phillips

Captivity

 

Anne Louise Phillips is an independent author, photographer, and freelancer. She is currently pursuing an undergraduate degree in English. When she’s not writing, studying, or taking photos, she loves traveling and meeting new people.

Thirteenth Floor Window

By Asma Al-Masyabi

Thirteenth Floor Window

 

Asma Al-Masyabi is a poet, writer, artist, and student in Colorado. She is a Scholastic Silver Medal Poetry winner with publications in Taking Root: The Girls Write Now 2022 Anthology, Subnivean, The Ilanot Review, Up North Lit, and more. She’s currently pursuing an associate degree in English, after which she plans to major in creative writing. She looks forward to a career filled with words and art, her two biggest passions.

Fighter, Self-Portrait

By Erick Buendia

Fighter, Self-Portrait

 

Erick Buendia is an artist from Washington DC who specializes in painting and filmmaking. He posts his artwork on Instagram @Buendia_draws. He is currently pursuing a career in Film at Wesleyan University.

 

Perspective from a Puddle, Reach Out, I Matter

By Maya Krishnan

Perspective from a Puddle
Reach Out
I Matter because I am Stronger than My Insecurities

 

Maya Krishnan is a tenth grader at Skyline High School, in Sammamish, WA.
She has been learning art from Neha Parikh since the age of six, and has always found it to be a wonderful medium to express her emotions, and her perception of the world around her.

 

Scylla

By Elsa Lyons

We thought we would die if the water
swallowed us. We preferred to fight
many-headed monsters at daybreak
than spiral to the coral-veined heart
of our fears.

We thought we would die. Then we grew
gills. Our ship broke down and we let it
let water waltz with our shadows,
let schools of fish ripple our schools
of thought.

I met Scylla and I kissed her; my scars
fluttered open, and I could see
out of them.

 

 

 

Elsa H. Lyons is a young writer, dancer, and student of the earth. Her work has been recognized by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers. She lives in the city and the country, in the world and in herself, and in the spaces in between.

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