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Campus Poetry Walk: (Re)Creating And Reconnecting A Community (Presentation), Lisa Villa Dec 2021

Campus Poetry Walk: (Re)Creating And Reconnecting A Community (Presentation), Lisa Villa

Staff publications

In January 2020, the Outreach and Engagement Team at the College of the Holy Cross began preparing a poetry walk, which was reconfigured to a social media “poetry event” due to COVID-19. With the anticipated return of students to campus for the Spring 2021 semester and a need for the community (especially students) to have recreational opportunities that were safe, socially distanced and preferably outside, the Team attempted for a second time to plan a poetry walk. CrossWorks, the institutional repository for the College, was a part of this plan from the beginning. Foremost, CrossWorks would support the scholarly and …


Wish In One Hand, Amber John May 2021

Wish In One Hand, Amber John

English Honors Theses

In confessional genre-blending poems, prose, and poetic essays, Wish in One Hand probes the reality of living in liminal spaces, and how that reality changes perceptions of identity and the home. Crossing three physical spaces that separate the works, the idea of home is shown to be fluid and multifaceted, frequently interweaving with ideas of childhood, memory, and the passage of time. From meditations on mice in the walls to visceral descriptions of swamp creatures, Wish in One Hand reflects the personal struggle to reconcile liminality with the concrete nature of our worldly experiences.


Sonder: A Poetry Journal 2021, English Dept., College Of The Holy Cross May 2021

Sonder: A Poetry Journal 2021, English Dept., College Of The Holy Cross

Holy Cross Bookshelf

Susan Elisabeth Sweeney is the faculty advisor for this publication.

Sonder is a compilation of student poetry written for the course "Introduction to Creative Writing: Poetry" at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. Students taking the course produced this journal as a final class project under the guidance of their instructor, Susan Elizabeth Sweeney, Monsignor Edward G. Murray Professor of Arts and Humanities


'I Want The Feels Of I Be On Top' Said Little Angela Black, R.T. Guerra Apr 2021

'I Want The Feels Of I Be On Top' Said Little Angela Black, R.T. Guerra

The Purple

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The Oncologist, Brendan Ryan Apr 2021

The Oncologist, Brendan Ryan

The Purple

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Good Brains, Spiroanthony Stathas Apr 2021

Good Brains, Spiroanthony Stathas

The Purple

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Thirst, Grace Manning Apr 2021

Thirst, Grace Manning

The Purple

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In Space, Sarah Street Apr 2021

In Space, Sarah Street

The Purple

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Capitulated Memory, Anna Davis Apr 2021

Capitulated Memory, Anna Davis

The Purple

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Consider A Birthday Candle, Devyn Forcina Apr 2021

Consider A Birthday Candle, Devyn Forcina

The Purple

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The Gospel Of I, Claire Fitzpatrick Apr 2021

The Gospel Of I, Claire Fitzpatrick

The Purple

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My Sister And I, Grace Manning Apr 2021

My Sister And I, Grace Manning

The Purple

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Trees Of Life, Luka Agniel Apr 2021

Trees Of Life, Luka Agniel

The Purple

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Making A Name, Kimberly Fetherston Apr 2021

Making A Name, Kimberly Fetherston

The Purple

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My Obsession And I: A Love Story, Anna Davis Apr 2021

My Obsession And I: A Love Story, Anna Davis

The Purple

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The Houseplants, Christine Mclaughlin Apr 2021

The Houseplants, Christine Mclaughlin

The Purple

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Chimera, Sarah Street Apr 2021

Chimera, Sarah Street

The Purple

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I Came Home, Grace Manning Apr 2021

I Came Home, Grace Manning

The Purple

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Letter To A Stranger, Sebastian Samuels Apr 2021

Letter To A Stranger, Sebastian Samuels

The Purple

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My Father's Self-Defenestration, Sam Lively Apr 2021

My Father's Self-Defenestration, Sam Lively

The Purple

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Spiral, Anna Davis Apr 2021

Spiral, Anna Davis

The Purple

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This Truth, Grace Manning Apr 2021

This Truth, Grace Manning

The Purple

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Everything But The Girl, Olga Wiktoria Apr 2021

Everything But The Girl, Olga Wiktoria

The Purple

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04. The Days, Finley Cassidy Apr 2021

04. The Days, Finley Cassidy

Campus Poetry Walk 2021

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12. Childhood Bliss, Emily Foscaldo Apr 2021

12. Childhood Bliss, Emily Foscaldo

Campus Poetry Walk 2021

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02. A Child Says, Xiani Zhu Apr 2021

02. A Child Says, Xiani Zhu

Campus Poetry Walk 2021

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11. More Than A Neighbor, Alexander Thurber Apr 2021

11. More Than A Neighbor, Alexander Thurber

Campus Poetry Walk 2021

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01. Welcome (Start), Holy Cross Libraries Apr 2021

01. Welcome (Start), Holy Cross Libraries

Campus Poetry Walk 2021

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06. God's Unfailing Love, Jennifer Feraud Apr 2021

06. God's Unfailing Love, Jennifer Feraud

Campus Poetry Walk 2021

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07. Going To The Sun, Kimberly Fetherston Apr 2021

07. Going To The Sun, Kimberly Fetherston

Campus Poetry Walk 2021

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