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The Empath’S Travel Log, Pamela J. Thompson Oct 2015

The Empath’S Travel Log, Pamela J. Thompson

Student Publications

Cynthia Marie Hoffman Studner said of the poem, "This is an ambitious poem that delivers on empathy, just as promised. The poem establishes a metaphor of a “taught thread” that pulls together the traveler and an “orange-coated mutt” spotted in Italy, and this thread weaves throughout the poem as one of continual and deep connection with others. One wonders of the empath’s fate, especially when the poem begins with the story of wives cremated beside their dead husbands. What are the implications of this empathy in terms of its being something the speaker must bear? At times, it is guilt, …


Missed Phone Calls, Ben S. Sherbacow Oct 2015

Missed Phone Calls, Ben S. Sherbacow

Student Publications

A poem about hope and reconnection.


Unread Letters To My Mother, Pamela J. Thompson Oct 2015

Unread Letters To My Mother, Pamela J. Thompson

Student Publications

The poem "Unread Letters to My Mother" is a meditation on dream and memory and how PTSD brought on by childhood trauma has effected those things within the speaker's life. Each of the seven sections are addressed to the speaker's mother, but the reader knows these are things which are left unsaid, in the darkness, as the clarity and insight they provide into the speaker's life is perhaps too overwhelming for the figure of the mother to process.


Car Rides With You, Rachel L. Martinelli Apr 2015

Car Rides With You, Rachel L. Martinelli

The Mercury

No abstract provided.


Statistic, Michael A. Deleon Jr. Apr 2015

Statistic, Michael A. Deleon Jr.

The Mercury

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Epidermis, Victoria A. Blaisdell Apr 2015

Epidermis, Victoria A. Blaisdell

The Mercury

No abstract provided.


Alligators I Have Known, Taylor L. Andrews Apr 2015

Alligators I Have Known, Taylor L. Andrews

The Mercury

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Lost Boy, Pamela J. Thompson Apr 2015

Lost Boy, Pamela J. Thompson

The Mercury

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Poorly Drawn Earth, Victoria A. Blaisdell Apr 2015

Poorly Drawn Earth, Victoria A. Blaisdell

The Mercury

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To My Father, Victoria J. Reynolds Apr 2015

To My Father, Victoria J. Reynolds

The Mercury

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Pluto, Rachel L. Martinelli Apr 2015

Pluto, Rachel L. Martinelli

The Mercury

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The Year Of The Apocalypse, Pamela J. Thompson Apr 2015

The Year Of The Apocalypse, Pamela J. Thompson

The Mercury

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Aromantic, Rachel L. Martinelli Apr 2015

Aromantic, Rachel L. Martinelli

The Mercury

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Battlefield Gothic, Anonymous Author Apr 2015

Battlefield Gothic, Anonymous Author

The Mercury

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Lamprocapnos Spectabilis, Victoria J. Reynolds Apr 2015

Lamprocapnos Spectabilis, Victoria J. Reynolds

The Mercury

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February, Victoria J. Reynolds Apr 2015

February, Victoria J. Reynolds

The Mercury

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The Mercury 2015 Apr 2015

The Mercury 2015

The Mercury

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From Daphne To Fair Apollo, Pamela J. Thompson Jan 2015

From Daphne To Fair Apollo, Pamela J. Thompson

The Mercury

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Trust Rust, William H. Lane Jan 2015

Trust Rust, William H. Lane

Gettysburg College Faculty Books

Trust Rust is a book of poems rooted in the landscape of south central Pennsylvania that explore the ambiguities of our relationship with nature and one another.