-Vanessa Kiefer (’20) “Questions” Progress Is it not inevitable? We wear black, purple Measures that are charitable We say that’s enough Throw a bone to the cause But the river still churns And there’s no true applause People will ride their bikes Watch their movies Meet friends for lunch Comment on other beauties Because we’ve done the limit And … Continue reading Themed Poetry: Questions
-Vanessa Kiefer (‘20) American Dreamers This dream This manifested hope, Is a crumbling beam Upon a rickety slope It is a blessing for some Those with the privilege, To gather their income And feel safe in their image The very first immigrants Have a free pass through, But there is indifference For next rounds’ view A family loses everything And … Continue reading Themed Poetry: American Dreamers
-Vanessa Kiefer (‘20) Now the rich garden, whose split weather, And mutations taken place Like the death of one Earth, Replaced by suburban weeds. Though maybe it is not tethered To a large wilderness of haste, But a rambunctious garden hearth That once innocent now needs. Human Nature; and overgrown irony When curtains are undrawn, We can poke our fingers in For the … Continue reading Themed Poetry: Persistent Nature
-Vanessa Kiefer (‘20) Independence For Catalonia A peaceful vote, but it will not be allowed The old powers will go valiantly into battle Cutting, cutting off their rights to sound Violence answers the protesting mound Because strangling free ideas is now justified A peaceful vote, but it will not be allowed But a bubbling Republic has vowed To build a state … Continue reading Themed Poetry: Independence for Catalonia
-Vanessa Kiefer (‘20) What Would You Take It’s 11:00pm, they have gone to bed The children are tucked in Do they know the people have fled? No- for they are in Northern California A carefree state Where all air is the perfect breathe And the welcoming palm trees sway But they are awakened The people of the roses For the fire’s embers have … Continue reading Themed Poetry: California Wildfires
-Vanessa Kiefer (‘20) The Aftermath In the aftermath, We watch in horrified fascination How the brilliant green palm trees Have been swallowed by the murky sea How the crystal white town-houses Have been decimated into withering walls And how the once welcoming waves Have perished into ripples of rage In the aftermath, We watch in a silent sense of chaos … Continue reading Themed Poetry: Hurricane Irma
The Overachiever 