Stacy Mccrosson, M.D. `97

Stacy Mccrosson, M.D. `97
TOPSY TURVY Amanda Monroe ’16
Airplane Shot Adam Gavin ’19
Philadelphia Gun Violence Crisis is on the riseThe Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence reportsAt the end of 2022, 516 HomicidesVictims non-fatal, 1,667Father God we need you to reign down from HeavenStoneleigh foundation says 472 shooting victims were fatalNow they live a life that’s unstableMore than 200 people under 18 have been shotHow do we handle…
I’m having a love affair with my pillow.No matter how many times it doubles in size—soaked with the weight of my problems—or I smear all my makeup from another long day,or I scrunch and I squish it this way and that,it loves me back.Every night, it cradles my face,and for hours while I dream—helpless and…
Brigid MacArthur-Thompson, ‘17 Plastic beads swinglike rosaries through the leavesAnd the sidewalks have scarsFrom the rising water.The roots grow big enoughThat as you walk,You could be upended at any second.And the ocean waits, ready to rush inAnd fade us into oblivion.The trees must be as oldAs my soul,Because the closest I’ve come to findingGodIs on…
Amanda Monroe ’16