Pure Nowhere

Chitrakala: A Poem

Saachi Gupta lost her grandfather to COVID-19. The hindi word ‘Chitrakala’ translates to ‘portraiture.’ It was the name of Saachi’s grandfather’s printing company, a word she always thought was beautiful.

Dear YouthTuri SiosonOctober 23, 2020poetry Comment

my mum tells me my poetry is too cliche

I stare at the flesh in my mirror confused as to why the body i’ve always been in is now different.

Dear YouthAbby StrangwardNovember 29, 2019poetry, Featured SliderComment

"I’d condense chaos into 14 lines if I could"

My professor said something about entropy. Everything is continuing toward chaos, or something to that extent.

Dear Youth, PoetryJuliana TattoliMay 12, 2019poetry, Dear Youth (4)Comment

honey love (3 poems from mhari's upcoming book)

It is like a scrapbook filled with people, lessons, the sad times, the good times, art that I’ve created and collected, and art that was given to me.

Dear Youth, Poetry, FriendsAbby StrangwardMarch 26, 2019poetry, dear youth, Dear Youth (3)Comment

At 18 my grandma was driving 5 minutes North to Michigan to get drunk (a poem)

At 18 my mom was recently married children on the way / The home that she grew up is not the same as mine / The leisure they were given has never crossed my mind.

Dear Youth, PoetryKyla RainFebruary 23, 2019poem, poetry, dear youth, growing up, 35mm, CULTURE CATEGORY, Dear Youth (3) Comments