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This month's theme was to include a rose(s) in your work. Art by Jason Dennis

February Literary Magazine

Poetry By K.E.M. "Roses to Bristol" Been watching through a window, That unnamed walking widow. Who always carries roses, On her way up to Bristol.   She walks them for her Moses, Who died...

Graphic made by Lydia Gerety using Canva

January Literary Magazine

Taylor Walker and Ellie Lyles January 22, 2024

Poetry By Ellie Lyles "Time is Like a River" Time is like a river. It continues flowing from days into nights. Slows down but never stops. Forwards, but never backward. Sunday. Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday....

Art by Jason Dennis

December Literary Magazine

Taylor, Brock Peterson, Jason Dennis, and Arwen Johnson December 19, 2023

Poetry/Rap By Taylor Walker "Bitter snowflakes" Tell me how to smile Tell me how to laugh when no one is watching When I’m staring up at the stars And everyone else has left    Tell...

Art by Owain Hernandez

November Literary Magazine

Owain Hernandez, Taylor Walker, and Arwen Johnson November 21, 2023

Poetry By Junior Owain Hernandez "Turkey" The cooked turkey on the table is starting to get cold. How many more days will it sit till it starts to get old? Why has no one carved the turkey yet? Perhaps...

This is the debut of The Talon's literary magazine. With a new theme each month, our October theme is: horror. Get ready for some eerie poetry and some haunting tales that will send shivers down your spine. These words will invade your nightmares, and just in time for the spooky Halloween season. Art by Eos Gustafson

October Literary Magazine

Poetry By Sophomore Sophia Hughes ~~~ In those darkened shadows lay those eyes,  they have always been there, never moving,  but once you look away they vanish as if they were never there to...

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