Sharolyn McCoy English Major & History Minor—4th Year Why do we see the world this way? We’re in the herd yet so aloof; Damn, none of us...

Sharolyn McCoy English Major & History Minor—4th Year Oh, Mother dear mother, so very sublime; I’m eight and already toeing the line....

Elizabeth Jacoby, PhD Adjunct Professor of English on a clear night stars in the west are evasive and intrusive like slivers of gentle...

Alex Spurgeon Biochemistry Major—4th Year Find someone who Believes in you Because often you worry And often you whine But all the while...

Sarah Henkel Alumni moved to the ends of Earth prose in flames kindling distant dreams— midday pastries melting moonlit tugs on parted...

John Blair Adjunct Professor of English 1 My dad died in June Or was it July I think It was humid that day 2 Yet he passed at night...

Fujr Ibrahim Biotechnology Major—3rd Year Look for the before and after pictures Homes. Communities. Civilizations. Ruined. And for what?...

Michelle Zigler Librarian I wake sweat worn and stupid soaked in last night’s fermented berries that bore a bulging belly reflected in my...

Austin Young Nursing Major—1st Year Tears are the words we cannot speak, When emotions are strong but communication is weak, when we see...

Ryan Hill Chemistry Major—2nd Year He works so quietly, you say. Don’t you see my leg crossed under the desk, switching back and forth,...

Amy Roewe English Major—2nd Year The Antigua paint smears over me effortlessly. Lighter and darker blues coming into sight and mix with...

Amanda Kopp Physical Therapy—2nd Year You could have chosen anything You took a flower A small one so no one would notice Began your life...

Joshua Seipp English Major—3rd Year Great, a red light. Another red fuckin’ light. Would’ve run it, but I can’t afford the heat. Not...

Thea Le Fevre Communications Major—2nd Year Memories are, to me, mists of sometimes Van Gogh brilliance, condensing and dispersing in the...

Jayne Macke English Major—2nd Year I used to live underwater— in the dark fathoms the boundless gulf: the salt in my veins chilled by the...

Ellie Schmidt Communication Major—2nd Year Escitalopram. Lexapro. A type of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor that aims to treat...