The Boom Site Literary Magazine
Volume 2, Issue 1: May 2018
Letter from the Editors
Hello, St. Croix Valley Lit Lovers!
It is our pleasure to present to you this issue of The Boom Site Literary Magazine. All of the submissions we received this issue were very impressive and set the standard high for our future issues. We are proud to support the talented young writers in our community!
Recently we have taken on some new staff members, and we are extremely excited to have them join us. Welcome to The Boom Site team! They have shown tremendous potential and we have no doubt that they will do great things here at The Boom Site.
With these new additions we also have some graduates. Congratulations and good luck to you on your future endeavours, we are so proud of you!
We are extremely excited for this issue and we thank you for supporting your local youth literary magazine! Enjoy the prose, poetry and visual art!
All the best,
Hannah and Eleanor
Editors-in-Chief
Poetry
Somehow snow can make everything better again.
It covers up all the dirt and mud
And if I don’t think...
"Thank the Snow" by Zoe
It’s like one of those horror movies
That really scare you
That chill you right down to your bones...
"How Reality is Contact" by Zoe
look how far we've come
the universe stretches out before us and
hand in hand...
"Untitled" by Rie
There is no voice.
Each river is too old to remember a stream.
Swelling of the familiar is lost in mist...
"How Long" by Maeve
Snow shimmering beneath
Stars sparkling above
No one else around...
"Crowded Air" by Gabi
New turn,
New year,
“Objectionable” youthquakes: never languishing...
"2018" by Gabi
We are in endless waiting
While she spreads her chapstick thick
She covers every surface...
"Chapstick" by Amanda
Desperate lies, and homeless cries,
From the mouth of those that never see the sky
And spend their days without a bit...
"Greed" by Sam
A crystal clear night sky
A beautiful sleeping black panther
Every time you close your eyes...
"Black" by Vinny
The leaves of a freshly grown tree
The color of a person's eyes
The color of a pen across paper...
"Green" by Jane
Prose
Who am I? I capture moments. These moments are filled...
"Who Am I?" by Zoe
Clementine was sitting on the balcony fiddling with her shawl...
"Cake" by Ella
Step on a crack, break your mother's back, or fall...
"The Restorers" by Abby
Once there was a dog named Jasper. He was found...
"Jasper the Alien Dog" by Claire
Visual Arts
"Jellymaid" by Rie
"Tui" and Seahorse" by Maeve
"Bridge in Fog" by Jack
"Railroad Track" by Jack
"Farm Equipment" by Jack
"Cars" by Jack
Staff Creative Work
"Mental Health in Musicals" by Evelyn
"This Green Place" by Maeve *
"BLOOD" by Eleanor
* indicates a new staff member
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