Granddad
If someone were to ask, / “What do you remember about your granddad?” / I would turn my face and imagine myself at Nana’s and Granddad’s,
Apostate
My first year at college involved no drinking, a lot of prayer circles, and five hour exams. This is not an experience I recommend to others.
Uceris
My brain, / my prized possession. / My creativity, / my reason for living… / Gone.
Head to Head
I sit / holding back tears / failing.
Death of a Poet
No fit of rage or gaze of wonder / Does a true poet fall asunder
Who I Would Save in a Fire
It’s not what will I take but who will I take. I just didn’t want to admit it, because I can’t save them all.
To Mary in Statuary
Looking at you now, rigid and perfect, / I almost forget how your sacred boy once / pushed against your insides while rehearsing the stations
Issue III: Fall 2014
Issue III: Fall 2014
Featured Artist – Samantha Wright
“Make sure you have the best technical skills you can possibly have, and you really have to love your work enough to kill yourself working at it. I am a big critic towards myself and I think it’s great. Honestly, if you don’t love it then don’t do it.”
Featured Writer – Natalie Sizemore
“Poetry allows me to wonder endlessly. I hope that I allow the beauty of the world/those who dwell here to lead me to where I am supposed to be with my writing and otherwise.”