Poem

A woman’s body melting into the earth with patches of grass and flowers crowning her features.
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i dream in decay

Peak Web March 27, 2025

By: Sofia Chassomeris, Opinions Editor this body aches for death,  a cure?  a resolution, like it longs to rest in the muddy embrace of a grave so that the earth may hold me as gently as my tender flesh allows. she will unbind my muscles from the bone, curl her fingers in my sinew and draw me open, feed me to her soil, quench the thirst of her children with plasmas and cradle them in my ribs in the dip of my pelvis or at the joints of my limbs. it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, waiting for sun to…

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Illustration of a Muslim young woman wearing a purple hijab praying while holding beads on a matt.
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The diary of a Muslim

Peak Web November 2, 2023

By: Sude Guvendik, Staff Writer Salam, we mumble, as we see one another, May peace heal us, the hearts and the minds, All of the earth is a sacred space, As you can pray and seek Allah’s grace, From the…

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A person sitting alone on a large expanse of a sandy beach. Behind them is a shadow of two people standing together on a bridge.
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To be long but not for too long

Peak Web October 6, 2023

By: Sude Guvendik, Staff Writer A contemplative poem that delves into the complexities of human belonging, exploring the various paths we take in our search for connection and the ultimate realization that true belonging transcends the physical realm. In the…

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An Ode To TransLink

EIC October 31, 2016

TransLink You suck Angry bus drivers Get fucked I understand your job is arduous and hard But you are not Columbus, Magellan, Picard Why can’t the bus come on time? Why does a ticket cost such a pretty dime? The…

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The story of El Chapo Guzmán and me

EIC August 4, 2015

Here we have the story of me, and the story of a scary. These men did not start out the same; geographic fortune is to blame. While one was born rich and the other poor, the tide has turned on…

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