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Blowing Apart In The Wind, Lainey Terfruchte

Vázquez-Valarezo Poetry Award

No abstract provided.

Lost At Sea, Izzi Breaux

Spanish Class Publications

Los hispanos vienen a Estados Unidos en busca de nuevas oportunidades, pero luego son excluidos de su tierra natal y son discriminados en los Estados Unidos.

In English: Hispanics come to America for new opportunities, but are then shut out by their homeland and are discriminated against in America.

Yo Soy Un Mix, Alfonso Gonzalez Gomez

Spanish Class Publications

Yo naci a diferente cuturas, y este poema describe mis sentimicutos.

In English: I was born in different cultures, so this poem describes my feelings about it.

La Lucha De Ser Mexican, Rachel Del Angel

Spanish Class Publications

Being Mexican in the U.S. is not easy sometimes, even friends can make it hard, but we stand strong and show love.

Cuarenta Segundos, Breanna Watson

Spanish Class Publications

Este poema expresa los desafios y penas perias asociadas con el proceso de la visa estadounidense para los Latinoamericanos.

In English: This poem expresses the challenges and heartbreaks associated with the U.S. Visa process for Latino Americans.

Un Obituario De Sonadoras, Jacie Sellars

Spanish Class Publications

Una poema sobre la vida de bailarinas y soñadoras y las dificultudes a las que se enfrentan.

In English: A poem about dancers and dreamers and the difficulties that they face.

Sometimes I Wonder What I'M Still Doing Here, Natalie A. Goetsch

TYGR: Student Art and Literary Magazine 2018-present

No abstract provided.

When The Moon Rises And You Want To Sing, Frances Boyle

The Goose

Poetry by Frances Boyle.

Anatomy Lab, Brian R. Smith

Journal of Wellness

No abstract provided.

The Kin-Ship, Zheng Moham Wang

Comparative Woman

This is a group of two English poems the author composed separately in 2019 and 2021 about the imaginary scenes of his grandpa and mother from a Iu-Mien family of Southeast Asia and Southwestern China. The group was submitted to the upcoming Kinship volume of the Comparative Woman journal of Louisiana State University.

Milky Rust, Marcos Garcia Barrero

The Quiet Corner Interdisciplinary Journal

Milky Rust is a translation by the author of his original poem that is called Óxido lácteo. This poem was included in the anthology that #LdeLírica-Ámbito Cultural and Huerga y Fierro Press published in Spain in 2022. The author of the original poem, Marcos García Barrero, was one of the finalists in the National Poetry Competition "III National Award for Performance Poetry" (III Premio Nacional de Poesía viva #LdeLírica.)

Synesthesia, Rachel Blood

Healy Poetry Prize

No abstract provided.

So Long My Friend, Bryan Mcnair

Journal of Humanistic Mathematics

No abstract provided.

Failure, Mary Dengler

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

August, Mary Dengler

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

Therefore I Say To You, Her Sins, Which Are Many, Are Forgiven, For She Loved Much, Rose Postma

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

Decomposition, Rose Postma

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

Illusions, Shelby Gesch

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

Funeral - Sunnyvale, California 2001, Erica Hughes

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

Invocation, Rose Postma

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

Prescience, Bob De Smith

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

Rare Books, Bob De Smith

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

False Spring, Rose Postma

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

Still Waiting For A Cure, Uchenna Emenaha

Journal of Multicultural Affairs

Poetry elicits emotions and imagery, which can capture the sentiments of the collective experiences that educators and our society are experiencing during this moment in history. This poem calls to attention the way in which the COVID-19 pandemic has affected our country through social distancing precautions put into place to curb the spread of the virus. The verses in the poem speak to the loss of community and celebrations that occurred during this time. The poem concludes by addressing the racial awakening that has also taken place during these unprecedented times. The pandemic reduced many of life’s distractions allowing a …

The Last Birthday, Natalie M. Dolan

Student Publications

This poem looks back on the predicted apocalypse of 2012 in light of the poet's 12th birthday, which took place that year.

As Your Writing And Reading Teacher, Jean Prokott

Communication and Theater Association of Minnesota Journal

AS YOUR WRITING & READING TEACHER, and as a poetry enthusiast (fangirl), I was thinking about you yesterday as I watched Amanda Gorman perform her poem at Biden's inauguration, and then I was really thinking about you, students, as I watched Anderson Cooper interview her last night. I hope so much that you heard the poem, and I would truly love for you to watch the interview: she talks about the task to write a poem, the feel of words over images, the research she did from history and culture to pull this poem together. It is a feat that …

An Anthology On Human Suffering In America: Notes On Black Lives Matter, Katelyn Dubois

Senior Honors Projects

For far too long systemic racism has protected inequality and suffering in the United States, preaching that one’s worth and opportunities are determined by the color of their skin. Despite the foundational values of freedom and equality in the United States, the Black community continues to be killed and discriminated against in disturbingly disproportionate amounts to their peers, and is precisely 3.23 times more likely than Caucasians to be killed by police. “An Anthology on Human Suffering in America: Notes on Black Lives Matter'' was created with the intent to bring greater awareness to the racism and social injustices experienced …

Mineral Rites, Emma Van Dyke

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This document is a collection of original poems written between Fall 2017 and Spring 2021.

Steel Ties Do Bind, Misa Rasmussen

The Tuxedo Archives

No abstract provided.

Once Upon A Nightmare, Brittany Lyons

The Tuxedo Archives

No abstract provided.