By Swati Premkumar, '28 "A Surgeon's Hand: The bullets pass right through you" By Leanne Fan, Westview High School 26' but what did i really inherit? if they split open my veins, they would find my mother’s nose, my grandmother’s anger. sandalwood incense & hymns & crimson kumkum . i see red-hot matriliny, watch it crystallize into rakshasi scales every month, ten-thousand knives on my body. four days later, the scales would crumble onto each other, fall like sn

By Charlotte Zheng, The Bishop's School '29 "Weight of the World on Your Shoulders" By Leanne Fan, Westview High School 26' You can always see your nose, but your eyes ignore it, because it’s always there— Kind of like the monotonous hum of the AC in the jammed room. The walls are yellowing; a crack splits across the wall behind the officiate. The ceilings are low. A light flickers. The AC is too loud. An ominous tension hangs heavy over the bowed heads. Grief—  A lingering r

By Katelyn Deng, 27' "Carcass of a tree" By Leanne Fan, Westview High School 26' song of a woman girl She is the village’s greatest joy....

By Stefanie Huang, Del Norte High School 26' "Serendipity (Colors in the Right Places)" By Leanne Fan, Westview High School 26' When I...

By Miyu Liang, Del Norte High School 26' Artwork by Yilin Chen Summer, age: 2 Mother tells me I was born in a ghost month. My ancestors...

By Stefanie Huang, Del Norte High School 26' Photography by Man Lai Esther Peckham Tonight I await you walking through the doors of the...

By Cindy Liang, Del Norte High School 26' "Visual Alchemy" by Leanne Fan, Westview High School 26' Atheism (n): the lack of belief in God...

By D. Wang* Del Norte High School 26' "A word exiled from the prayer" by Leanne Fan, Westview High School 26' Before America points its...

by Stefanie Huang, Del Norte High School 26' Photograph by Man Lai Esther Yu A poem should flow unceasing and natural as a waterfall...