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Where Does That Flower Bloom, Conner Gordon 16

Honor Scholar Theses

No abstract provided.

His Hands, Sierra Gonzalez

Calliope

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On Writing, Ashley Pham

Calliope

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Everything, Anonymous

Calliope

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After, Desiree-Ashley Orque

Calliope

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Daddy's Deployment, Rylie Towne

Calliope

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Battle Within The Universe, Sarah Unger

Calliope

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Letter From The Visual Editors, Margaret Brunet, Ann Fitzpatrick, Binaypreet Singh, Kristi Tom

Calliope

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Litmag 2015-16, 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.

The Fall, Pamela J. Thompson

The Mercury

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Disorganized Speech, Pamela J. Thompson

The Mercury

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Dance Until Six, Jenna M. Seyer

The Mercury

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Ragnarok, Emily D. Pierce

The Mercury

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The Cemetery Tree, Andrew C. Nosti

The Mercury

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When Time Stops: A Loss Of Identity Or A Lack Of Responsibility?, Emma M. Kuper

The Criterion

Elizabeth Bishop’s “In the Waiting Room”, and Louis MacNeice’s “Sunday Morning” follow a similar temporal structure as they begin with a normal passing of time, feature a hiatus or stretch of time in the central part of the poem, and then end with a return to normalcy. In addition, both poems include a connection among strangers during this stretched time period. However, Bishop’s speaker finds this connection frightening, due to her resulting loss of identity. In contrast, MacNeice portrays this connection as positive, as all of humanity shares in a peaceful, joyous morning. This difference originates in the cause of …

Corresponding Voices Volume 9 (Complete)

Corresponding Voices

The full issue of Corresponding Voices volume 9, featuring Yusef Komunyakaa, Jane Springer, Caitlin Vance, Santee Frazier, and edited by Pedro Cuperman and Jules Gibbs.

Table Of Contents (V. 9, 2016)

Corresponding Voices

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Santee Frazier Folio, Santee Frazier

Corresponding Voices

"Ventilator" series is a part of a longer work-in progress; a chiaroscuro where one image seems to black out as another presses through.

Threshold, Leah Vahjen

Theses and Dissertations

This senior thesis details an exploration by Leah V into spaces and places in time—be they emotional or physical—in which an important boundary has been crossed, thereby removing the possibility of returning to that space or place. The critical introduction for this collection of poems by Leah V focuses on the esteemed voices of Robert Penn Warren and Seamus Heaney, two men whose poetry has been, and continues to be, highly influential in Leah’s own poetic quest.

Romanza, Madeline Guekguzian

Calliope

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Commonthought (2016 & 2017), Commonthought Staff

Commonthought

This issue features works created by Lesley University students and covers a broad range of topics. The work itself crosses many disciplines from creative writing to visual arts.

The Appetizer And Other Poems, Sam Blomberg

CMC Senior Theses

Thrust into a world of poetry, I’ve grown to embrace the poetic lens. Each topos, each trope, each rhyme, each cliché, each morning morning’s minion, each reduction to a state of almost savage torpor, each nightingale, each ode to an obscure, inanimate object, and every single Stella of the skies holds special significance hidden to the naked eye. Not insamuch as something undiscoverable upon ponderance. Rather, a way to contemplate the physical. The Ah, Sunflower! reaction. That is not to say that poets have a supernatural eyesight to certain beautiful images. My eyes do not see any more dandelion puffs …

Slow Emergencies, Jordyn N. Rhorer

Theses and Dissertations--English

Like the ever-circling lines in the skin of trees, sometimes the whole of a person is peeled back, layer by layer, until only seeds remain. Names, faces, stories, and relationships are unmade and molded into new shapes. Without warning, those left at the base, at the roots, can’t recognize this maple’s form. They hold a pile of leaves, a bottle of glue, and the hope that something familiar will take sprout again. The tree becomes new, and its tangled branches reach out. These poems explore the lives of those living with and caring for those with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. …

Little Bird, Adnan Hashtam

Calliope

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What Is A Fairytale, Brittany Bustos

Calliope

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Father's 86th Birthday, Douglas K. Currier

Bryant Literary Review

He wonders why he should go another year.

He can barely walk; he can't grip with his hands

Elegy For Galway Kinnell, David O'Connell

Bryant Literary Review

November, the first snowfall, a confectionary sugar,

is turning now to sleet, the evening's tempo quickening

Funky Fresh, Ryan Girard

Bryant Literary Review

Warm lights flash

Scuffs of roller skates litter the dance floor

Inherent Vice, Brennan D'Elena

Bryant Literary Review

The sun sets, pages age, leaves wither away.

Glass shatters, candy melts, eggs break, ponds dry.

This Man's Life, Brian Daldorph

Bryant Literary Review

If only for a short time

a man has all that he wants: