ISSUE VII

MAR. 2026

Editor’s Note

Each and every year the editors here at Ink & Venom are astounded to wake from their winter hibernation and find green sprouts of creativity all over this school. Somehow, despite the chaos that rules spring semester, SMHS students have found time to grow artwork out of the asphalt. Our team tries (very hard) to provide you with plenty of fertilizer; this issue, we hosted our first ever contest, centering around the idea of home! I think you’ll be pretty impressed with our winner. Also in this issue: love poems, VASE pieces, sports photos and more. As always, our magazine is created out of the brilliant minds of SMHS. To everyone featured here today, thank you so much for sharing your creativity with us. We truly appreciate it.

Brynn Gardner (Co-Editor-in-Chief of Ink & Venom)

Contest Winner

This issue, we ran a contest asking participants to write or draw about the idea of “Home” and what it means to you. The winner of this contest is Evelyn Dickinson with her artwork “Where the heart is”!

Evelyn says about her piece: “My piece was showing my two best friends. Home to me, at least, is a warm, safe, inviting place, and I’ve never been in a place so bright and comforting as their presence.” Congratulations Evelyn! Thank you to everyone who submitted to the contest. Your hard work and creativity did not go unnoticed.

Poetry

Though You May Depart, I Shall Remain – Anonymous
One Last Dance – Anonymous
Déjà vu – Mikayla Moreno
Type Rope – Samson Salinas
what love will do – Natalia Villanueva

How I feel when I’m home – Anonymous
Hopeless Path – Levi Hernandez
Nature’s View of New Orleans, Louisiana – Kiearri Mullins
Everyday – Zoey Terrel

Fiction & Nonfiction

What If? – Anonymous
The Noble – Jace Santiago

Warmth – River Palmer

Art

Off The Neon Coast – Anonymous
The Changeling – Noelle Chagnon
Princess Brit – Cassandra Lott
Players Peak – Kevin Villareal

Tapang – Aubrey Auert
Where the heart is – Evelyn Dickinson
Anslem – Faustino Rosas

To find more creative pieces like these, or to submit work of your own, explore the links below!

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