The Price By Remedy Ryan The tourists trampled the sunflower field for the perfect Instagram shot The field reduced to useless, golden ruins Remember when we were born? Our mothers cried for us then Little fools To think that beauty could exist Without pain One winter night we rubbed each other’s hands […]
By Remedy Ryan the song says “modernity has failed us” and we bang our heads in agreement what else can save us narcissistic loners in the underbelly of empire yearning for love Remedy Ryan ’21 (remedyryan@college.harvard.edu)
by Remedy Ryan I felt a pang of longing but maybe it was just hunger I felt a flash of anger but maybe it just was Maybe you should eat something I thought I was falling in love but maybe I was just falling I thought I could get to the bottom of it but […]
A Poem By Remedy Ryan and Abigail Koerner Your arms feel like a long-lost sweater I knew I would find I am not any kind of perfect But I am warm and I am alive and so are you “Tu tump” is Italian and my heart hits boom I said I don’t use […]
A Poem By Remedy Ryan It’s too early in the year to wear jackets so we rub each others shoulders as the wind whistles past A year older now we know where we are headed but we still whine about the long walk You’re hit with the saline smell as you push yourself […]
A poem By REMEDY RYAN You can touch the cross around your neck all you want When has that ever saved anybody? Some days I kneel and all I can feel is the strain in my spine and the carpet burn on my knees as I look up at the eucharist this is the […]
By REMEDY RYAN When I first heard about the shooting I was in church The priest had just rubbed a black cross on my head and he told us to pray for Florida Later, I skimmed the news update and after concluding the shooting was a safe 45 miles from my alma mater went on […]
By Remedy Ryan ’21 and Abigail Koerner ’21 I stick out my tongue letting the cold droplets caress it Take in the shimmering white that has covered the trees, the sidewalks, the people Still, all I can think about is the sea The sea and me? Or maybe we? Pleasant thoughts of fleeting moments […]
“You thought you were done with this didn’t you?” You think as you pull yourself off the icy road and hobble into your dorm On the eve of your 19th birthday Pull out the hydrogen peroxide and watch it sizzle on your knee Somehow closer to nine than nineteen The child in you has […]
By REMEDY RYAN I turn off the alarm clock without hitting snooze and I am making myself do this and I press the thin circles onto my eyes and I brush my teeth with the whitening toothpaste and I slide on the one-piece and then the hoodie and the leggings over it and I make […]