reclaim your voice.
Featured Illustration: Samiksha Singh Love is meant to be pure Golden streams Of honey A heart traveling One to another Without any stop signs Natural Not contaminated Or filtered by conditions A heart That’s an open book Misunderstood at times But loved by others Pages Now smothered By neighbouring dust Trapped…
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Featured Illustration: Lara Paulussen Splatter of maroon across the canvas Neighboring pine trees Tickling lush green bushes Light playfully resiles from the trees Their silhouettes Conceived In light autumn breeze The cold is comforting Matching our despondence Instead of bright lights Stretching lips Into smiles That take precedence The hush of the…
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Featured Illustration: Fernando Cobelo I know we’re tattered Because every day We distinguish a new face With the same frayed hands And grin Deemed out of place Foraging with their eyes For a soul That will reinstate hope Discerning for hands That might donate more And there are a bountiful of people…
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Featured Illustration: Shelia Liu Your heart Centering your chest Could center more The window to your soul The words that you let go Perhaps the way you view the world Could all be the reflection Of the heart Ever so raw And without Your mind’s protection You could go far You could…
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Featured Illustration: Titus Kaphar We take human life For granted We treat a mother’s child Like they’re an isolated entity We see Through hollow eyes And empty hearts As if one teardrop Doesn’t stain their clothes Or one death Doesn’t ripple into more A life Wrapped by skin And blanketed By her…
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Featured Illustration: Ranganath Krishnamani Let them into our home There is nothing You can clasp onto More than a hold From a hand Extending out Letting you know There is solace Lying about The surface of our world Beautiful And unknown Locking myself In my room All alone… …
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Featured Artwork: Nicole Hwang Due to the coronavirus situation, people’s mental health has depleted. Mental health relies on a person’s genes, biology, environment, and lifestyle. The environment and lifestyle for many of our global citizens have been disrupted, and we have become victims of its result. Our bodies and minds are trying to adapt to…
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Featured Artwork: Anna Parini He returns home With his buttoned shirt And maroon tie He breathes it in And lets out a sigh His backpack slouching Descends to the side And plummets down With a muffled cry He can’t disclose it Can’t let his parents know He failed his test Can’t let…
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Featured Artwork: Kate Osmond We must Invigorate therapy We must structure A home Because… As the world ages So do we And more hearts fracture; Others deprived Of the key And more solemnness Fills wells Of our eyes Barricaded By stigma Or a person to confide in And we…
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