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Mars Rover, The Power Of The Particular, And Love, Aleisa Dornbierer-Schat

Staff Work

"Poetry appeals to, and enlarges, our human capacity to know something deeply and, in that way, to love it."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­reasons to value poetry from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

http://inallthings.org/the-mars-rover-the-power-of-the-particular-and-love/

Ride The Peter Pan, Allison Whittenberg

Bryant Literary Review

There were times when it seemed like all the beauty was sucked out of my life.

Late, Chad Dickinson

Bryant Literary Review

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

Pigeons, Bibhu Padhi

Bryant Literary Review

They embody a consciousness
that shines among light-grey rocks.

A Place For Everything, John P. Kristofco

Bryant Literary Review

"We're here with Dr. Joseph Ellis, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Redmond University, to talk about his research and his new book, A Place for Everything.

It's For Sale, But I'M Keeping It, Sean Loughran

Bryant Literary Review

This car is a money pit. I can't stand it. I keep
spending thousands of dollars of hard earned
cash to keep it running but all I'm getting out

A Fitting Memorial, Roger D. Hicks

Bryant Literary Review

Ballard had already been sitting on the store porch more than an hour before Ep left his house across the creek for their regular morning conversation.

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;

Junkyard, Susan Boehm

Bryant Literary Review

In a junkyard
piled with the rusting machinery

Bamboo, Kerry Jones

Bryant Literary Review

Alice Tran was sitting in the lobby area just outside my office, waiting for me, a large paper bag on the chair beside her, her feet dangling from the chair she occupied.

The Barber's Chair, Kevin Power

Bryant Literary Review

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

And Another Thing, Ruth Holzer

Bryant Literary Review

she used to bark
was that I looked

Out Of The Limelight, David James

Bryant Literary Review

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

6802 Bayfield Ave. Arverne, New York, Brennan D'Elena

Bryant Literary Review

He lights a cigarette and keeps
his hand steady on the wheel.

One Survived, Shelley Joy

Bryant Literary Review

He shoves the only cash he has at the Amtrak desk clerk.

Oui, Dennis Trudell

Bryant Literary Review

It is raining in Paris,
and a thin woman takes off her clothes

Water Stone, Matthew J. Spireng

Bryant Literary Review

A small translucent stone with water a million years old
trapped inside like a bubble, a liquid core purer, we think,

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

Iron Box, Emily Sheehan

Bryant Literary Review

Was the sun shining when you stepped out into the world today?

Dresden, Robert Kostuck

Bryant Literary Review

The mockingbird song is familiar, something from childhood; maybe a nursery rhyme buried in the deepest part of my memories.

From A Traveling Daughter: A Photographic Memoir, Lilian Murnen

Honors Projects

“World sits outside the door, A voice in your heart is calling, The ends of the world await, Traveling daughter, Feel the sunshine on your face, Starlight guides your feet, Earth and Sky will carry you, Journey after journey, One mountain to the next, Voice in your heart is calling.” (Abigail Washburn, “Song of the Traveling Daughter” translated from Mandarin Chinese)

My family keeps me safe, but it is this safety that protects me from the discomfort that is necessary for growth. Like Abigail Washburn’s “voices,” my discontent and my curiosity call me to venture far beyond what I can …

Coming Into Understanding, Myka Menard

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

A collection of poetry following the transition of discomfortability with Developmentally Disabled Individuals into understanding.

These Wants, Mark Belair

Westview

No abstract provided.

No Money In It, Lauren Burgess

Senior Honors Theses

This project consists of nineteen poems produced during my undergraduate career at the University of New Orleans. Issues concerning the female body; science (particularly astronomy and evolutionary theory); and theories about the creative process, capitalism, and relationships characterize the themes of this manuscript. Some poems are clearly part of the same narrative, while others are composed in various modes: epistle, address, self-definition, elegy, and lyric. This thesis includes prose and emblematic forms; there are poems styled after other poets and one composed entirely of “found” sentences. The poems consider what it means to be a young poet in 2017—a time …

Forever Story Time, John Grey

Westview

No abstract provided.

Maintaining Orbit, Robert Kendrick

Westview

No abstract provided.

I'M Her Brother, Sheryl L. Nelms

Westview

No abstract provided.

Near Shiprock, John Nizalowski

Westview

No abstract provided.

Noise, Eileen Cleary

Westview

No abstract provided.

Volcano, Lance Nizami

Westview

No abstract provided.