Fourth Grade was Cold by Rachel Thorpe
There is a picture of a white dog with white eyes in a boat that capsizes along the east coast.Continue Reading
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City High's new literary magazine. Iowa City, Iowa.
Untitled by Savannah Norton
Her jeans grew damp from the wet grass as she watched the fireworks light up the night sky. It wasContinue Reading
Meta Metaphors, Smiling Similes by Garrett Forbes
Meta Metaphors, Smiling Similes by Garrett Forbes What is a metaphor for metaphor Could it make sense to say aContinue Reading
Your Own by Bihotza James-Lejarcegui
Her sleeping dog’s wheezing breaths Mimic the rhythm Of her tears falling. She has an ocean to fill AContinue Reading
Gypsy Girl by Bihotza James-Lejarcegui
(First Place Winner of the City High Poetry Contest) Raccoons in the night, Rummaging through dumpsters, Yelling across the river.Continue Reading
Forgetful by Charlene Miller
Bring your trumpet! Bring your phone! Bring your homework! Don´t leave it at home! Bring your backpack! Bring yourContinue Reading
Fall by Rika Yahashiri
The trees change faces from green to brown crying tears drifting to the ground. The wind bites our faces asContinue Reading
What is Lost by Caleigh Stanier
Barnacles soak the hem of her dress notoriously grainy and bitter thirteen lumps of quartz a lozenge of blue topazContinue Reading
Denouement: the final resolution of the intricacies of a plot by Emma Nugent
God had forsaken him, but God had not forsaken me. On the verge of losing everything, Death was winning andContinue Reading
Salinger by Cecilia Thomas
In a time of nothing, Halfway between then and then, A gong sounds dimly, Beckoning out into the frosty yonderContinue Reading
