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Sleepy Summers, Rachel Carter
Sleepy Summers, Rachel Carter
Student Scholarship – English
My name is Rachel Carter. At the time of this writing, I am a senior majoring in English and Writing at Olivet Nazarene University.
For me, poetry is a breath of fresh air for me when I have nothing else to do. That’s sort of what these poems are about--having nothing to do in the summer, especially in 2020 during the pandemic. Home is in Ingleside, Illinois and after awhile, things stay the same there and I like static environments but I’m learning that I want to grow and change and I don’t think I had realized that yet when …
Lipstick Stains, Elisa L. Klaassen
Lipstick Stains, Elisa L. Klaassen
TYGR: Student Art and Literary Magazine 2018-present
Abstract
I wrote my poem “Lipstick Stains” for an assignment for my Writing Poetry class. We were told to look at a list of shapes and write out all of the ideas and images that the shapes brought to our minds. When looking at a certain shape, I was reminded of the shape of lips, leaves, pistachios, crab pincers, and kisses. The idea for the poem immediately came to me, and I based much of it on true experiences and memories from people in high school. Even the little plant cutting is real, growing only two leaves in a brown …