Butterfly She glimmers, Catching the summer rays in her wings. Like shiny gold coins spilled upon the pavement You cannot help but watch as you walk by. She’s alone And practically begging...

ONE. “She’s here!” The doctor announced loudly to the whole room when Kayleigh was born. I was only nineteen, so the attention was unwanted and unneeded. Shortly after Kayleigh came into...

People Shape You I heard a lot online as a kid that the people you choose to spend your time with build and shape who you are. I thought that it didn't make any sense. I was me, not someone else I thought....

An old lady sits on her porch on a hot day in July, gazing across her small overgrown lawn at the children playing on the swings across the street. She watches as their legs pump the air, propelling them...

Life’s purpose is a highly debated phenomenon- is our purpose to serve some higher being, to do good, to build a family, or travel the world? Should we all subscribe to one big thing, some kind of dictating...

Two doves commence their labor in the oblong, stoned dovecote with their fellow birds in the high fortressed mountain subject to the shivers of peril itself;  The first dove works under the guidance...

For Valentines day, students were invited to submit their poems to the Aerial to be included in a collection. The prompt was “short-form love poems”, though they were also encouraged to write whatever...

If on your flight You break a wing Or lose a feather Or forget how to sing There will always be here, Dim and warm To rest up in a tree Away from harm If on your journey You go astray Or forget...

Scene: An upper-middle class suburban neighborhood. Jim is going to knock on the door of his newly moved neighbor.   Jim: [Knocks on door, holding a housewarming gift]   [Someone...

I’ve spent a lifetime, A patient winter, Waiting for the moment You slow your stride. You hurry through the courtyard. Frost bitten and bruised By the unrelenting wind That strikes your cheeks. I...

What should I do when I’m out of fresh cheese? Who should I go to, should I ask the breeze? This problem haunts me whenever I’m out, When I lack cheese, my soul is full of doubt.    Cheese...

Waking up in a cold sweat feels like nothing to worry about. But sometimes, you remember why you worry. That dream you had felt so surreal, and for what? Why? Why are you tortured by your own mind in the...