Creative Writing Commons^™

Pyro, Brittany Capps

The Messenger

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I Am (Yours) To Command, Kevin Hargrave

The Messenger

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Phantom, Tracy Akers

The Messenger

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I See You, Grace Dawson

The Messenger

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Growing Up In Minnesota, Richard Jennis

The Messenger

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My Darling Daughter, Katie Skipper

The Messenger

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Duende, Brittany Capps

The Messenger

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Mount Olympus Times-Dispatch, Austin Price

The Messenger

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Ra Ra Nah, Brennan Lutz

The Messenger

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Homecoming, Kevin Hargrave

The Messenger

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Martha Stewart, Austin Price

The Messenger

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Plastic Bag, Emily Bradford

The Messenger

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Untitled, Brennan Lutz

The Messenger

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Isaiah 25:8, Micah Farmer

The Messenger

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The Messenger, 2015

The Messenger

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Gentleman, José Angel Araguz

Faculty Publications

This poem by José Angel Araguz originally appeared in Apple Valley Review: A Journal of Contemporary Literature.

José Angel Araguz comments on "Gentleman":
My father’s death and absence from my life keeps coming up on the page. It is both a talisman that makes me grateful for each day I live as well as a source of wonder and perseverance. Since poems, via white space whether stanza breaks or paragraphs, engage and subsist on the unspoken, it is only natural for this conversation between us to continue.

Canicas, José Angel Araguz

Faculty Publications

This poem by José Angel Araguz originally appeared in Apply Valley Review: A Journal of Contemporary Literature.

José Angel Araguz comments on "Canicas":
I fear being one of the last generations to play with marbles. This isn’t a statement of nostalgia or one bemoaning how times change. I mean simply in terms of the reference of the game and the scene. These days, birds fly over our cell phone screens without us noticing.

Her Name Is Quintana Roo: Essays, Poetry, Memoir, Linda Q. Lambert Mfa

All Student Scholarship

Her name is Quintana Roo is a collection of essays, poetry, and memoir through the lens of the author's experience as a child, mother, wife, journalist, and librarian. The dominant thread is the establishment of a septuagenarian's enchantment with words and writing.

Eyre, Andrea Lesley Adams Mfa

All Student Scholarship

Charlotte Bronte's semi-autobiographical 1847 novel Jane Eyre is the source inspiration for EYRE, an illustrated adaptation . EYRE takes the protagonist Jane, an orphaned governess, and places her in a fantastical construct which bridges the worlds of 19th century Japan and England. Jane's story becomes one of an unexpected warrior battling the dark demons of alienation and desire which populate her psyche. Characters are reinterpreted as mythological creatures from within the Japanese spiritual pantheon.

No Invented Mystery, Blake Love Mfa

All Student Scholarship

This collection of poems is comprised of many recollected experiences that are personally revealing about me, both as poet and person. I often explore the dynamics of domesticity between queer men and detail the dissolution of coming together with another. Laughter as a means of subverting or avoiding trauma is a theme that runs throughout my thesis. It is intended to be read like one might view a mosaic. The narrative threads tie together by its end to tell a story that speaks to a sense of abjection and otherness many of us carry. To temper the intensity of the …

Hard Luck Baby, Tanya Lipscomb

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Hard Luck Baby is a collection that elucidates the life of a southern, black mother as she grapples with her culture, family, love and the complex reality of black life in America. Hannah, is a woman who was born in the bubbling 40s, raised in the racial 60s and raptured in the drug-infested 80s. It is through these decades that the rough edges of America are exposed. She discusses her life experiences in a manner that allows readers to touch, as much as empathy will allow, the feelings that contour the deepest areas of her barrel. She shares her first …

Litmag 2014-15, University Of Missouri-St. Louis, Kathryne Johanna Watt

Litmag

Litmag is a student-run literary magazine published annually each spring through the English Department. Our purpose is to promote the creative work of students and staff and increase awareness of the ever-present literary talent on UMSL’s campus. We aim to produce a high quality journal that gives emerging writers and artists a venue to display their work and experience the world of professional publishing.

Gender Change, Kayla Shape

Digressions: Literary & Art Journal

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My Lover Is Made Of Dust, Faren Rajkumar

Digressions: Literary & Art Journal

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Those Feelings That Go Without Name, Kyle Bolston

Digressions: Literary & Art Journal

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The Flight Of A Dove, Dymun Fengshui

Digressions: Literary & Art Journal

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And I Long To Swim, Faren Rajkumar

Digressions: Literary & Art Journal

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Wishing, Faren Rajkumar

Digressions: Literary & Art Journal

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Charm Is Deceitful And Beauty Is Passing, Kyle Bolston

Digressions: Literary & Art Journal

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This Is Not Wonderland, Alessandra Santana

Digressions: Literary & Art Journal

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