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Classroom Cantos, Anastasia H. Cook
Classroom Cantos, Anastasia H. Cook
Cedarville Review
This poem contains some of the most memorable ideas that Dr. Heath and my fellow students said during the Intro to Creative Writing class this semester.
Lakeside, Anastasia H. Cook
Castle Crumbling, Emily L. Vest
Castle Crumbling, Emily L. Vest
Cedarville Review
Castle Crumbling is an extended metaphor poem illustrating the futility of holding together temporary, earthly "sandcastles" in the face of inevitable waves of change. I use Biblical references to Matthew 7 in which Jesus talks about how the foolish man built his house upon the sand, instead of a firm rock foundation. The second stanza is intentionally arranged to give the appearance of it falling apart, just like the sandcastle in the poem.
Ginori, Dulevo, And Aynsley, Emily L. Vest
Ginori, Dulevo, And Aynsley, Emily L. Vest
Cedarville Review
"Ginori, Dulevo, and Aynsley," named after porcelain manufacturers, is a poem about the teacup collection I look forward to having in the future. It is a piece about longing for stability after years of moving from place to place every few years, and being scared to start such a fragile thing as a teacup collection. The poem ends with said teacup collection, yet a realization that things don't go to plan anyway and shattered and chipped porcelain, or "laugh lines and cracked cups," should be expected.
P.S. The part that references "time" instead of "thyme" is intentional, both for the …
Editor's Foreword, Rachel Rathbun
The Shadow, Corrissa L. Smith
The Shadow, Corrissa L. Smith
Cedarville Review
A man creates a forbidden servant to wipe out rebellion in his empire.
Second Long Eternity, Evan J. Ellis
Augur, Rachel G. Rathbun
Augur, Rachel G. Rathbun
Cedarville Review
This poem sketches a character listening for the voice of someone she's lost through her radio.
Storm Chamber, Alayna Drollinger
Commission, Meghan Wells
Atlas, Alayna Drollinger
First World, Grace Kohler
Rerouted, Megan Collom
Potatoes, Heidie L. Raine
On The Deception Of True North, Emma Hurley
A Sickly Sabbatarian, Heidie L. Raine
Home Remedies, Megan Collom
The Hermit Saxophone, Madelene E. Fish
A Treatise On Time Travel, Corrissa L. Smith
A Treatise On Time Travel, Corrissa L. Smith
Cedarville Review
A poet-mathematician from a different universe waxes eloquent on the nature of space and time.
Warnings And Wilted Roses, Rachel Crane
First Impressions, Alayna Drollinger
Morning Wedding, Josiah Alberghene
Appendicitis, Grace Kohler
Chasing The Light, Grace E. Mitchell
Chasing The Light, Grace E. Mitchell
Cedarville Review
An eye-catching corner of the Louvre, Paris
As It Comes, Ashley N. Riddle
As It Comes, Ashley N. Riddle
Cedarville Review
As It Comes is an odd cross between a memoir, an autobiography, and creative non-fiction that was born out of grief, frustration, and my self-perceived inability to be holy.
Crash, Emma M. Foster
Homesick, Joslyn N. Laflamme Miller
Homesick, Joslyn N. Laflamme Miller
Cedarville Review
It is normal to be homesick during marriage. Marriage isn't all its cracked out to be.
Running Into Paper Walls, Julia N. Schultz
Running Into Paper Walls, Julia N. Schultz
Cedarville Review
This piece is speculative of what I would be like as a wife if I was not self-aware of my fear of commitment and vulnerability.
To Those I May Never See Again, Evan J. Ellis
To Those I May Never See Again, Evan J. Ellis
Cedarville Review
Five Poems about the poet's relationship with God, people, obscure sci-fi concepts that inspired Halo.