Kaia Wirth, Editor in Chief
September 9, 2020
I am under judgement every time my family decides to eat at a restaurant.
Every time a “table for three?” is directed towards my mother, father, and brother,
Conveniently deleting me from a picture-perfect narrativ...
Kaia Wirth, Editor in Chief
September 9, 2020
When I was younger, I had a recurring dream of a house.
It was a small cottage, white shutters and large windows built on a precipice. To the East, floor length frames overlooked rolling fields of lilacs. To the West, the un...
Kaia Wirth, Editor in Chief
September 9, 2020
There is a couple I pass every evening
While I ride my bike by the beach
Their hair is turning gray
But they walk at a comfortable pace
I smile at them as the sky burns
They smile back
What will I be whe...
Kaia Wirth, Editor in Cheif
September 7, 2020
Coming to terms with the simple fact that people will see my brown skin before my white upbringing is something I’m still learning how to do. There is an underlying beauty to knowing your identity. To be viscerally aware of the d...
Everett Beals, Opinion Editor
April 24, 2020
For visitors to the state of Maine, our spirit of hospitality is one of the first things they notice. It marks our license plates, our highway signage, and is written on the face of almost every local. Slogans famously describ...
Kenna McLeod, Staff Writer
March 4, 2020
For my second article for The Herd, I asked my schoolmates a simple question: If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be and why? Inevitably, as a Gen-Zer, I took to Instagram. I set up a Q&A type of deal o...
Kaia Wirth, Staff Writer
February 26, 2020
I’m the electricity powering the city lights that Boy and Girl see from a parking garage.
Boy and Girl love the view
They feel it within their soul
Boy says that he’s only ever gone there alone
And Girl finally recognizes...
Kaia Wirth, Staff Writer
January 29, 2020
I felt the presence of love before I was able to taste the vowels of the word on my tongue. Unbeknownst to me, it found me from thousands of miles away, in the lovely form that is my parents-yes, my real parents. Sleeping six-m...
Kenna McLeod, Guest Writer
December 5, 2019
Dear teenage girl in a toxic relationship,
Yes, you, the one who just went back to him for the fourth time this month.
The one who can’t seem to stop blaming herself for every mistake and every disagreement despite the f...
Brian Foisy, Editor in Chief
November 14, 2019
It's that time of year again when college applications have come, and everyone needs to know about it all the time. In fact, it's the main topic of discussion for anyone in the senior class. Every so often, I feel compelled to t...
