2025

Opinion & Commentary

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2025

What will this year bring? What do you anticipate? What do you fear for yourself and others? What do you hope for? How could you make this one of your best years yet?

Submissions

  • This Year Feels…

    This year feels…

    Different.

    Like there’s anticipation 

    Hanging in the air.

    This year feels…

    Scary.

    Like there’s so much

    Uncertainty

    That we don’t know where to go

    From here.

  • This year, 2025

    This year,

    I want my family and friends to be safe.

    I want them to be happier than they ever imagined.

    I want to see smiles that shine brighter than the sun.

    I want to hear laughter that last forever.

    This year,

  • New Years 2025

    Footprints of tourists painting the sand,

    The cries of the ocean berating the land.

    Chappell Roan and milestones,

    Informing the world we aren’t fighting alone.

    Ten teenagers talking til the old year gives way,

  • The little girl at midnight

    Once upon a time,

    There was a little girl

    Barely above the age of 7

    Forcing her eyes

    To stay open

    Awaiting the new year

    The little girl

    Was excited

    She believed

    Everything would work out

  • 2025

    I will be unafraid of my future because I'll grow into who I want to be. 

    I will know I can do things I never thought of because I got through high school.