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A Letter Would Have Been Fine, Melanie Fee Oct 2015

A Letter Would Have Been Fine, Melanie Fee

Kaleidoscope

No abstract provided.


Petrocan, Madelaine C. Longman Ms, Sep 2015

Petrocan, Madelaine C. Longman Ms,

The Goose

Poetry by Madelaine Longman


Heaven's Disco Dances, Savannah Leigh Osbourn May 2015

Heaven's Disco Dances, Savannah Leigh Osbourn

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

Heaven’s Disco Dances is a collection of poetry about finding identity through defamiliarization and displacing oneself from reality to better understand it. Within the literary community, there is a great deal of derision toward writing that fails to be “real” or “serious” enough, and poetry is an excellent example of how sometimes the extraordinary speaks to us in ways that realistic fiction cannot. The marvelous and fantastic might serve as an escape from the world, but not necessarily from reality. Rather, they give readers a different lens on life, and sometimes that makes it a more powerful one, because people …


Le Flâneur Contemporain: The Wanderer In The 21st Century, Zachary Kocanda May 2015

Le Flâneur Contemporain: The Wanderer In The 21st Century, Zachary Kocanda

Honors Projects

This creative project is a love letter to walking, poetry, and the French language. The flâneur is a French literary type, the most famous example being Charles Baudelaire. Baudelaire epitomizes la modernité, writing poetry about urban Paris in the nineteenth century. The flâneur's importance as a literary type continues in contemporary poetry. Through fifteen prose poems, the project examines what it means to wander in the twenty-first century.


There Is An Unformed World In The Sky Of My Heart, Nathanael T. Spanos May 2015

There Is An Unformed World In The Sky Of My Heart, Nathanael T. Spanos

Creative Writing Minor Portfolios

“There is an Unformed World in the Sky of My Heart” contains works of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. All the pieces were written after my conversion to Christ in December 2012 and before my graduation from Cedarville University in May 2015. Though my spiritually-themed poems are the pulse of this portfolio, the title refers to the fantasy world of Sembercron, which I am discovering and creating through my writing. The title also refers to heaven growing in my heart, or Christ’s image supplanting my own, or God sanctifying me for his purposes. This portfolio observes, explores, and delights in this …


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

No abstract provided.


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

No abstract provided.


Lost Boy, Pamela J. Thompson Apr 2015

Lost Boy, Pamela J. Thompson

The Mercury

No abstract provided.


Poorly Drawn Earth, Victoria A. Blaisdell Apr 2015

Poorly Drawn Earth, Victoria A. Blaisdell

The Mercury

No abstract provided.


To My Father, Victoria J. Reynolds Apr 2015

To My Father, Victoria J. Reynolds

The Mercury

No abstract provided.


Pluto, Rachel L. Martinelli Apr 2015

Pluto, Rachel L. Martinelli

The Mercury

No abstract provided.


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

The Year Of The Apocalypse, Pamela J. Thompson

The Mercury

No abstract provided.


Aromantic, Rachel L. Martinelli Apr 2015

Aromantic, Rachel L. Martinelli

The Mercury

No abstract provided.


Battlefield Gothic, Anonymous Author Apr 2015

Battlefield Gothic, Anonymous Author

The Mercury

No abstract provided.


Lamprocapnos Spectabilis, Victoria J. Reynolds Apr 2015

Lamprocapnos Spectabilis, Victoria J. Reynolds

The Mercury

No abstract provided.


February, Victoria J. Reynolds Apr 2015

February, Victoria J. Reynolds

The Mercury

No abstract provided.


The Mercury 2015 Apr 2015

The Mercury 2015

The Mercury

No abstract provided.


Banshees: Poems, Eileen P. Kennedy Apr 2015

Banshees: Poems, Eileen P. Kennedy

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.


Nec(Romantic), Cathleen F. Chambless Mar 2015

Nec(Romantic), Cathleen F. Chambless

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

NEC(ROMANTIC) is a poetry collection thematically linked through images of insects, celestial bodies, bones, and other elements of the supernatural. These images are indicative of spells, but the parenthesis around romantic in the collection’s title also implies idealism. The poems explore the author’s experiences with death, grief, love, oppression, and addiction. NEC(ROMANTIC) employs the use of traditional forms such as the villanelle, sestina, and haiku to organize these experiences. Prose poetry and a peca kucha ground the center of NEC(ROMANTIC) which alternates between lyrical and narrative gestures.

NEC(ROMANTIC) is influenced by Sylvia Plath. The author uses Plath’s methods of compression, …


Asterisms, Erica N. Kenick Feb 2015

Asterisms, Erica N. Kenick

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

ASTERISMS is a collection of lyric poetry that seeks to express a sense of awe for the natural world by exploring themes of science, art, and the self. By combining physics and metaphysics, scientific terminology and musings on love, ASTERISMS argues that these seemingly-disparate fields of knowledge can harmonize in unexpected ways.

In its style, the collection draws from the works of Dorianne Laux, Pablo Neruda, and Annie Dillard. Most of the poems are written in free-version and are tied together by images of astronomy and wilderness, both modern and prehistoric. Poems about classical music appear as interludes meant to …


The Molloy Student Literary Magazine Volume 13, Damian Hey Ph.D., Emily Cruz, Chloe Chappa, Katy Mormino, Sammi Messina, Eve Kaczmarczyk, Taylor Windle, Joseph Ostapiuk, Helen Daly, Lauren Spotkov, Caitlin Abdo, Theresa Mary Bissex, Alyssa Gutierrez Jan 2015

The Molloy Student Literary Magazine Volume 13, Damian Hey Ph.D., Emily Cruz, Chloe Chappa, Katy Mormino, Sammi Messina, Eve Kaczmarczyk, Taylor Windle, Joseph Ostapiuk, Helen Daly, Lauren Spotkov, Caitlin Abdo, Theresa Mary Bissex, Alyssa Gutierrez

The Molloy Student Literary Magazine

The Molloy Student Literary Magazine, sponsored by Molloy College’s Office of Student Affairs, is devoted to publishing the best previously unpublished works of prose, poetry, drama, literary review, criticism, and other literary genres, that the Molloy student community has to offer. The journal welcomes submissions, for possible publication, from currently enrolled Molloy students at all levels. All submitted work will undergo a review process initiated by the Managing Editor prior to a decision being made regarding publication of said work. Given sufficient content, The Molloy Student Literary Magazine is published twice annually in Spring and Fall. Interested contributors from the …


I, Jesus, Jill A. Mceldowney Jan 2015

I, Jesus, Jill A. Mceldowney

The Hilltop Review

No abstract provided.


2015 Jim Wayne Miller Contest Winners, Creative Writing Committee Jan 2015

2015 Jim Wayne Miller Contest Winners, Creative Writing Committee

Mary Ellen and Jim Wayne Miller Celebration of Writing

No abstract provided.


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

From Daphne To Fair Apollo, Pamela J. Thompson

The Mercury

No abstract provided.


Funeral Season, Carolyn Nims Jan 2015

Funeral Season, Carolyn Nims

The Hilltop Review

No abstract provided.


Et Cetera, Marshall University Jan 2015

Et Cetera, Marshall University

Et Cetera

Founded in 1953, Et Cetera is an annual literary magazine that publishes the creative writing and artwork of Marshall University students and affiliates. Et Cetera is free to the Marshall University community.

Et Cetera welcomes submissions in literary and film criticism, poetry, short stories, drama, all types of creative non-fiction, photography, and art.