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Mad black women

Mad black women

Brooklyn Eubanks, Lit Mag Contributor May 7, 2026

if I am me i’m too loud if i let my curls flow i’m untamed  if i am happy i’m being over confident if i’m too opinionated then i need to calm down  if i speak too loud then i’m...

The Deep

The Deep

Paola Rivera, Lit Mag Contributor May 1, 2026

I loved you— like lungs love air. Desperate, Automatic, blind.   But you were the sea. Still beautiful. cold.   And i dove in  thinking love could warm what...

Hero

Hero

Elliot Rivera, Lit Mag Contributor May 1, 2026

A hero doesn’t need a cape A hero doesn’t need to be recognized. A hero doesn’t have to be a famous person A hero can be a teacher A hero can be your parent Some heroes wish to be...

Missing

Missing

Arthur Taylor, Lit Mag Contributor May 1, 2026

At what point did you become the sock from the wash? The mitten after winter? The scarf after the chilly season? When did you go missing? It's like you posted signs of yourself on a light post...

Your name…

Your name…

Athena Rhodius, Lit Mag Contributor May 1, 2026

One day your name didn't make me happy, Nor angry. It was like I didn't know you. Like all those things we said to each other. "We'll always be friends," "I'd never let you go, you know too much...

roses for a friend.

roses for a friend.

Ryden Durante, Lit Mag Contributor April 27, 2026

I brought roses for a friend, and hoped not to make amends.   Sunken in the Earth, he lies on thorns we once grew. Left without our mirth, returned to grounds we once knew.   Organic...

Coming to terms

Coming to terms

Athena Rhodius, Lit Mag Contributor April 27, 2026

And just like that you're gone and I'm okay with it. Soon your face will be taken by the sea of time. Soon I'll forget our times together, our laughter, all of it. Soon I wont even remember your...

Levis

Levis

Arthur Taylor, Lit Mag Contributor April 27, 2026

"Let’s live how we dance" Carefree as if eyes are not fixed on me. Let's dance with no fears of judgment. Let's live like everyone is entrusting. Let's dance in the face of pain and let it...

Week 2 Poetry Contest Winners announced

Staff report April 22, 2026

An Schenectady High School staffer joined two students as this week’s winners in the Schenectady High Lit Mag’s poetry month contest. Arthur Taylor, the nurse at the Freshmen Academy, became the...

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