Aydia Caplan
Aydia Caplan is a senior at George Washington High School in Denver, Colorado. You can usually find her at her sprawlingly cluttered desk, listening to alternative rock, and giving a blank piece of paper an equally blank stare as she tries to fill it with hope alone.
Unmoored From a Mother
“The city smells of thirst and untethered sidewalks. You are lost.”
Repetition
“I count down the minutes between tears.”
The Last Death of Jerusalem
"The resting place of kings upon kings, demolished yet again."
Vitruvian Woman
Taking a look in the mirror, Aydia braces herself for the inner-critic.
A Shared Love of Words and Language
Aydia and her mother, Eliana, delve into their history and shared love for all things nerdy!
The Calmer of Two Tempests
This short story depicts the struggles and triumphs of two women who chase both feminism and freedom
Allow Me to Paint a Picture of the Siren
Her two forms circle like the seasons:
Maiden and Monster
Deceptively innocent beauty;
Brilliant guillotine danger.
Life and death incarnate.
She is the Maiden, the dream,
Cloudfar sunsets, radiant; Aphrodite...
