Queer Okayness & The Modernist Influence: A New Form Of Queer Poetics In Ocean Vuong’S Night Sky With Exit Wounds,
2026
Augustana College, Rock Island Illinois
Queer Okayness & The Modernist Influence: A New Form Of Queer Poetics In Ocean Vuong’S Night Sky With Exit Wounds, Sophia Behnke
Audre Lorde Prize
This paper analyzes poems from Ocean Vuong's 2016 debut collection, Night Sky with Exit Wounds, as a contemporary evolution of queer modernist poetics from the early twentieth century. Using conceptual frameworks from Sara Ahmed and Audre Lorde, the author argues for the cultural power of poetics as an inherently queer art form which artists are constantly redefining. By studying how prominent lesbian and queer modernists disrupted heteronormative ideals through non-conformist poetic strategies, the author develops a comparison to Vuong's work as a contemporary queer poet who both draws from past forms and develops a more nuanced understanding of queerness …
Profound And Absurd Poems By E. Stewart Saunders,
2026
Purdue University
Profound And Absurd Poems By E. Stewart Saunders, E. Stewart Saunders
Libraries Faculty and Staff Creative Materials
A collection of poems written between 2020 and 2026
Diamond Line - Spring 2026,
2026
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Diamond Line - Spring 2026, Diamond Line Editors
Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine
No abstract provided.
Table Of Contents,
2026
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Table Of Contents, Diamond Line Editors
Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine
No abstract provided.
Contributors,
2026
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Contributors, Diamond Line Editors
Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine
No abstract provided.
Letter From The Editors,
2026
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Letter From The Editors, Diamond Line Editors
Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine
No abstract provided.
Totality: An Eclipse,
2026
Gettysburg College
Totality: An Eclipse, Cassidy E. Haines
Student Publications
The title of this collection, Totality: An Eclipse, and the titles of each of its three sections (“First Contact,” “Second Contact,” and “Third Contact”) combine to help illustrate my experience with grief as a solar eclipse: totality is the maximum phase of a total solar eclipse; first contact is when the sun just begins to disappear in the sky; second contact is when there is complete darkness in the sky; and third contact is when daylight finally returns. I began this project in the months after my father died in December 2024, following a terminal cancer diagnosis. Then, my mother …
“From The Land Of Pain” By Hanni Ossott, Translated By April Schmidt,
2026
SUNY Jefferson Community College
“From The Land Of Pain” By Hanni Ossott, Translated By April Schmidt, April Schmidt
Living in Languages
Translation of Hanni Ossott’s poem “Del país de la pena” (“From the Land of Pain”) from Spanish into English.
To Be Buoyant,
2026
Kennesaw State University
To Be Buoyant, Jess T. Forte
FUSION
This is a poem of resistance and transformation, contradicting forces that work together to shape development. Inspired by “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros, "To Be Buoyant" is an exploration of human identity from a place of stuckness.
Waiting Rivers,
2026
Kennesaw State University
Waiting Rivers, Samuel B. Darden
FUSION
This piece was inspired by the poem “The Negro Speaks of Rivers,” by Langston Hughes. Assigned in my African American Literature (ENGL 2300) class, Hughes’s poem stuck with me, prompting me to create my own unique version, one encompassing all marginalized groups. This poem personifies the struggle for rights for African Americans (and others within the diaspora), and the long, arduous, and selective process of becoming recognized as equal, a fight ongoing to this day. The separation of each group (not only by race, but also by gender) is explored throughout the piece, touching on important historical movements, such …
Emigration Of Our Great Colossus,
2026
The University Of Mississipp
Emigration Of Our Great Colossus, Sterling Imago
Landshark Literary Review
A short poem on the emigration of The Great Colossus (Statue of Liberty) due to her view of the soceioeconomic state of The United States of America.
Confess To Me,
2026
The University of Mississippi
Confess To Me, Jenna M. Hood
Landshark Literary Review
A persona poem from the point of view of a person close to someone who seems to be experiencing abuse, but refusing to talk about or confess the truth to the "me" in the poem. The speaker is fixated on desperate and increasingly disturbing thoughts about what should happen regarding the suspected tormentor.
Mermaid Hurricane,
2026
University of Mississippi
Krohn Headed,
2026
University of Mississippi
Meredith Anderson,
2026
University of Mississippi
Meredith Anderson, Meredith J. Anderson
Landshark Literary Review
No abstract provided.
More Than Any Thing Or Any One,
2026
University of Mississippi
More Than Any Thing Or Any One, Baylie E. Rice
Landshark Literary Review
These sister poems "more than any thing" and "more than any one" were written as an exploration of how we tend to romanticize people we are involved with romantically. After they break our hearts or hurt us in some way, we begin to see them as they truly are, for better or worse. "more than any thing" is the process of viewing someone through rose colored glasses, while "more than any one" is looking back on the relationship and wishing you had spent more time learning to love yourself.
Hot Ears,
2026
University of Mississippi
Hot Ears, Anna Thomas
Landshark Literary Review
A short creative non-fiction piece about the daily battle of living with depression. This work explores the diagnosis of depression through a singular moment in time, taking a scene and expanding it into it's higher meaning. This piece also develops part of the support system an individual with depression relies on, as well as an intimate relationship between college students.
Between The Posts,
2026
University of Mississippi
Who Does The Killing?,
2026
University of Mississippi
Who Does The Killing?, Jesse A. Parkman
Landshark Literary Review
No abstract provided.
Disciple,
2026
University of Mississippi
