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Natural Philosophy, Michael J. Leach Dec 2017

Natural Philosophy, Michael J. Leach

The STEAM Journal

In this poem, I reflect on the close connection between life science and the arts from the perspective of a student undertaking liberal studies.


Literary Digest: Cannibal Poetry And Biology, Alicia Anzaldo, Claire Boeck, Sara Schupack Dec 2017

Literary Digest: Cannibal Poetry And Biology, Alicia Anzaldo, Claire Boeck, Sara Schupack

The STEAM Journal

A humanities professor and a biology professor at Wilbur Wright College collaborated to create a lesson on human digestion and poetry, enriching the humanities course theme on cannibalism. This article describes the lesson plan, examples of student work, and faculty reflections.


Woe To Those... By Jakob Van Hoddis And Mystery And Crime And Elderly Couple By Yaak Karsunke, Gregory Divers Dec 2017

Woe To Those... By Jakob Van Hoddis And Mystery And Crime And Elderly Couple By Yaak Karsunke, Gregory Divers

Transference

Translated from German by Gregory Divers


Mistreated & Misremembered: A Tale Of Two Annes, Elizabeth H. Dunn Nov 2017

Mistreated & Misremembered: A Tale Of Two Annes, Elizabeth H. Dunn

Steeplechase: An ORCA Student Journal

The two poems and historical notes that I worked on were a part of my interest in both history and poetry, especially since many historical figures remain misunderstood, ignored, or misinterpreted. Throughout my research I tried to find a personal voice for all of the subjects within the poems, Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and Anne of Cleves. Though the poetic form gave me creative freedom, I did want to approach each name as more than just a reputation, but as a person. In my view, Henry VIII's notorious reputation and infamy still reigns today because of his many wives and …


Bipolar Nation; In Hopes Of Tomorrow; Paradoxical Legacies, Patrick S. De Walt Nov 2017

Bipolar Nation; In Hopes Of Tomorrow; Paradoxical Legacies, Patrick S. De Walt

Journal of Multicultural Affairs

A collection of three poems that draw from current and historical events. The poems are grouped together into one submission. Each title is listed within the Article Title section.


Forever Undone [Poem], Kate Abell Nov 2017

Forever Undone [Poem], Kate Abell

Occasional Paper Series

Kate Abell shares a poem following September 11. It is a personal expression of never forgetting the images and events of September 11.


The Nyc Board Of Education Mandates Pledging Allegiance [Poem], Kate Abell Nov 2017

The Nyc Board Of Education Mandates Pledging Allegiance [Poem], Kate Abell

Occasional Paper Series

Kate Abell shares a poem following September 11. It is a criticism of the requirement of pledging allegiance to the flag in school.


Monday, September 17 And Urn [Poems], Rella Stuart-Hunt Nov 2017

Monday, September 17 And Urn [Poems], Rella Stuart-Hunt

Occasional Paper Series

Stuart-Hunt recounts the difference in play styles of a four-year-old girl before and after losing her mother in the September 11 attack. This is followed by a poem she has written titled "Urn".


Bullet Wounds, Broken Bones, Erin Frick Oct 2017

Bullet Wounds, Broken Bones, Erin Frick

Agora

No abstract provided.


Know Them As I Would Have Liked To, Amy Best Oct 2017

Know Them As I Would Have Liked To, Amy Best

Agora

(Editor’s note: Amy Best’s poem is based on “Letters from the Astronomers,” the LCSR reading by Siv Cedering. Amy wrote this poem as an assignment in SPAN 340, Latin American Culture, in fall 2004.)


It’S Cloudy Today, Natalie B. Ngong Aug 2017

It’S Cloudy Today, Natalie B. Ngong

Sierpinski’s Square

No abstract provided.


Barking & Biting: The Poetry Of Sina Queyras Selected By Erin Wunker, Jenny Kerber Aug 2017

Barking & Biting: The Poetry Of Sina Queyras Selected By Erin Wunker, Jenny Kerber

The Goose

Review of Erin Wunker's (ed.) Barking & Biting: The Poetry of Sina Queyras.


Disciple, Jessica K. Sklar Jul 2017

Disciple, Jessica K. Sklar

Journal of Humanistic Mathematics

This is a love poem for mathematics.


Telos Haunts Billboards, Colin Post Jun 2017

Telos Haunts Billboards, Colin Post

Proceedings from the Document Academy

This piece is an excerpt from an ongoing hypertext poem, akhilleus, which chronicles the activities of a network of characters interacting with the built world via text. This particular piece follows Telos, a seer of ends, as they appear before a billboard. Telos contemplates billboards as a kind of document, a succession of information planes along the roadway, echoing into and past each other, and also shares a premonition of the end of billboards.


Maximillian Sunflowers, David Schelhaas Jun 2017

Maximillian Sunflowers, David Schelhaas

The Voice

No abstract provided.


Black Woman, Noemia De Sousa May 2017

Black Woman, Noemia De Sousa

AWE (A Woman’s Experience)

No abstract provided.


Mother Of Mankind & Of The World, Kardo Bestilo May 2017

Mother Of Mankind & Of The World, Kardo Bestilo

AWE (A Woman’s Experience)

poetry


Ana The Prophetess In The Temple, Adelia Prado May 2017

Ana The Prophetess In The Temple, Adelia Prado

AWE (A Woman’s Experience)

poetry


Silent Emergency To The Children Of Africa, Vera Duarte May 2017

Silent Emergency To The Children Of Africa, Vera Duarte

AWE (A Woman’s Experience)

poetry


Late, Chad Dickinson May 2017

Late, Chad Dickinson

Bryant Literary Review

You were late.
The strong Hawaiian sun peers through
The window on that December Sunday morning


Terminal Velocity, Charles Harper Webb May 2017

Terminal Velocity, Charles Harper Webb

Bryant Literary Review

--the highest velocity attainable by an object as it falls through air

The male Mandarin, world's most gorgeous

duck--scarlet bill; purple breast; white


Lost At Sea, Mitch Lescarbeau May 2017

Lost At Sea, Mitch Lescarbeau

Bryant Literary Review

The mass for the missing is over:
it's too cold, the wind off the Atlantic
wheedling everybody back toward their cars.


Goodbye, Apostrophe, Peter Schmitt May 2017

Goodbye, Apostrophe, Peter Schmitt

Bryant Literary Review

Goodbye, apostrophe--
you were barely hanging on


The Barber's Chair, Kevin Power May 2017

The Barber's Chair, Kevin Power

Bryant Literary Review

The shallow mockery goes back and forth
like a hollow ping pong ball of conversation


Out Of The Limelight, David James May 2017

Out Of The Limelight, David James

Bryant Literary Review

Maybe it's my dislike for coconut,
my aversion to horror movies.


Game 5 Of The 2015 World Series (Pitcher Perfect Through 8 Innings), Frank De Canio May 2017

Game 5 Of The 2015 World Series (Pitcher Perfect Through 8 Innings), Frank De Canio

Bryant Literary Review

"Call no man happy till after his death,"
Montaigne wrote. If, Harvey had died before


Strolling In Guangzhou, Stephen C. Behrendt May 2017

Strolling In Guangzhou, Stephen C. Behrendt

Bryant Literary Review

It's afternoon in Guangzhou
and I'm out with Maia,


The Moon's Old Glory, David Dragone May 2017

The Moon's Old Glory, David Dragone

Bryant Literary Review

Overrated, exaggerated
The crescent hangs, worn-out


Sister Wigberta, Thomas Dorsett May 2017

Sister Wigberta, Thomas Dorsett

Bryant Literary Review

Dad hanging onto the pier
after his ship has sailed on


The Fall, Peter Schmitt May 2017

The Fall, Peter Schmitt

Bryant Literary Review

I could forget, in time, how a half-minute
sooner and I might be running in the rain
across the parking lot, catching his shoulders;