Seasoned
if you take the time to watch it slide by / if only for a split second / and in peripheral vision / (be still for just a moment)
Call for Submissions
New Literati, St. Edward’s student-run online literary journal, is pleased to announce that we are now accepting submissions for the… read more
Issue II: Summer 2014
Issue II: Summer 2014
On Painting
Someone asked me once if I was a painter. I said no, I was not.
Susan Akin – Revisiting St. Edward
“Edward was ill prepared, but believed in doing good and reinstated a holy, business-free church. He was a transitional king. He believed in diversity, and looked at education as a holistic thing. Which is what Saint Edward’s University exudes. Students here are diverse. They come here looking for holistic education. Edward believed in providing justice to all people, providing clothes to people, feeding the people.”
I Am Alive
When I talk about my freedom here in the US, I say, “I breathe.” The air here has different flavor, not only because there are no military checkpoints, but also because there is freedom from a lot of concerns that in the past formed the features of my personality.
Sometimes
I imagine my father, / wading through the / angry Rio Grande, knowing / this journey was a dangerous feat.
My Goal of Middle Management
Just thinking about it makes my pulse quicken. Why this lofty goal? Simply put… middle managers have it made.
Viuda
Walking, always walking / Always together, always the purpose. / I imagine her a young woman / Full of life, / Brimming with the opposite of fear, whatever that may be.
Wolf Child
My father bought me / a pastel purple pony for / my sixth birthday.