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Sometimes I Wonder What I'M Still Doing Here, Natalie A. Goetsch Apr 2024

Sometimes I Wonder What I'M Still Doing Here, Natalie A. Goetsch

TYGR: Student Art and Literary Magazine 2018-present

No abstract provided.


When The Moon Rises And You Want To Sing, Frances Boyle Nov 2023

When The Moon Rises And You Want To Sing, Frances Boyle

The Goose

Poetry by Frances Boyle.


Anatomy Lab, Brian R. Smith Mar 2023

Anatomy Lab, Brian R. Smith

Journal of Wellness

No abstract provided.


The Kin-Ship, Zheng Moham Wang Jan 2023

The Kin-Ship, Zheng Moham Wang

Comparative Woman

This is a group of two English poems the author composed separately in 2019 and 2021 about the imaginary scenes of his grandpa and mother from a Iu-Mien family of Southeast Asia and Southwestern China. The group was submitted to the upcoming Kinship volume of the Comparative Woman journal of Louisiana State University.


Milky Rust, Marcos Garcia Barrero Nov 2022

Milky Rust, Marcos Garcia Barrero

The Quiet Corner Interdisciplinary Journal

Milky Rust is a translation by the author of his original poem that is called Óxido lácteo. This poem was included in the anthology that #LdeLírica-Ámbito Cultural and Huerga y Fierro Press published in Spain in 2022. The author of the original poem, Marcos García Barrero, was one of the finalists in the National Poetry Competition "III National Award for Performance Poetry" (III Premio Nacional de Poesía viva #LdeLírica.)


So Long My Friend, Bryan Mcnair Jan 2022

So Long My Friend, Bryan Mcnair

Journal of Humanistic Mathematics

No abstract provided.


Still Waiting For A Cure, Uchenna Emenaha Nov 2021

Still Waiting For A Cure, Uchenna Emenaha

Journal of Multicultural Affairs

Poetry elicits emotions and imagery, which can capture the sentiments of the collective experiences that educators and our society are experiencing during this moment in history. This poem calls to attention the way in which the COVID-19 pandemic has affected our country through social distancing precautions put into place to curb the spread of the virus. The verses in the poem speak to the loss of community and celebrations that occurred during this time. The poem concludes by addressing the racial awakening that has also taken place during these unprecedented times. The pandemic reduced many of life’s distractions allowing a …


As Your Writing And Reading Teacher, Jean Prokott Jul 2021

As Your Writing And Reading Teacher, Jean Prokott

Communication and Theater Association of Minnesota Journal

AS YOUR WRITING & READING TEACHER, and as a poetry enthusiast (fangirl), I was thinking about you yesterday as I watched Amanda Gorman perform her poem at Biden's inauguration, and then I was really thinking about you, students, as I watched Anderson Cooper interview her last night. I hope so much that you heard the poem, and I would truly love for you to watch the interview: she talks about the task to write a poem, the feel of words over images, the research she did from history and culture to pull this poem together. It is a feat that …


Steel Ties Do Bind, Misa Rasmussen Mar 2021

Steel Ties Do Bind, Misa Rasmussen

The Tuxedo Archives

No abstract provided.


Once Upon A Nightmare, Brittany Lyons Mar 2021

Once Upon A Nightmare, Brittany Lyons

The Tuxedo Archives

No abstract provided.


Women Are People Too, Marijke Pieters-Kwiers Mar 2021

Women Are People Too, Marijke Pieters-Kwiers

The Tuxedo Archives

No abstract provided.


The Birds Make Everything Okay, Marybeth Holleman Oct 2020

The Birds Make Everything Okay, Marybeth Holleman

The Goose

"the birds make everything okay" is a poem about where we are now, in these changing yet still beautiful times.


Two Poems: Footprints And Word Chain, Anthony Purdy Oct 2020

Two Poems: Footprints And Word Chain, Anthony Purdy

The Goose

"Two Poems: Footprints and Word Chain" by Anthony Purdy.


~Seals~ (Ode To Henry Abbey) Poem, Georgious Conexsus Sefela Oct 2020

~Seals~ (Ode To Henry Abbey) Poem, Georgious Conexsus Sefela

The International Journal of Ecopsychology (IJE)

No abstract provided.


I Didn't Know Aiiieeeee, But It Knew Me, Adrienne Su Jul 2020

I Didn't Know Aiiieeeee, But It Knew Me, Adrienne Su

Asian American Literature: Discourses & Pedagogies

"I Didn't Know Aiiieeeee, But It Knew Me" is a poem that reflects on the influence of both the anthology and the word Aiiieeeee on the writer's development. It uses an adaptation of the ghazal to explore both the continuities and discontinuities of becoming a writer when Asian-American literature was mostly inaccessible.


A Game Of Life, Elisa Klaassen May 2020

A Game Of Life, Elisa Klaassen

TYGR: Student Art and Literary Magazine 2018-present

No abstract provided.


The Gamble And Jump Rope, Halie Brown May 2020

The Gamble And Jump Rope, Halie Brown

Diamond Line Undergraduate Literary Magazine

Halie Brown is a University of Arkansas senior, majoring in Editoral/News Journalism. She was the lifestyle and news editor for The Arkansas Traveler and is the current Hill Magazine assistant editor. She spends much of her free time removing Oxford commas and has been told she is best known for her Twitter lists.


Beetles In Moonlight, Gordon Grice May 2019

Beetles In Moonlight, Gordon Grice

Westview

This rooted cliff is riddled and pocked. On August nights, you can watch the moonlight clatter into shards that move apart and come together to couple.


Quarters, Nina M. Siso Mar 2019

Quarters, Nina M. Siso

The Crambo

"Quarters" is a poem that depicts a struggle with ethnicity and heritage. How does someone react to the political climate when they pass for white, but are only two generations away from Latin immigrants. What is their responsibility? What parts of their heritage can they express?


Tuesday Night, Amber Thompson Dec 2018

Tuesday Night, Amber Thompson

Westview

The coppery softness of cinnamon sticks to my fingers.


Tennyson, By Allergies Immured, John Bradshaw Dec 2018

Tennyson, By Allergies Immured, John Bradshaw

Westview

Window bound I sit and ponder Letting my sheltered eyes go wander.


Plowing, Kevin Oakes Dec 2018

Plowing, Kevin Oakes

Westview

As a kid growing up on a farm You are expected to learn how to plow


Nowhere Is Nowhere, Catherine Mccraw Dec 2018

Nowhere Is Nowhere, Catherine Mccraw

Westview

People often speak of rural Western Oklahoma as the middle of nowhere.


The Valley, Sheila Cohlmia Dec 2018

The Valley, Sheila Cohlmia

Westview

I wander through a deep narrow valley


September's Grapes, Sheila A. Murphy Dec 2018

September's Grapes, Sheila A. Murphy

Westview

There’s grief from harvest early, or too late: bitter, hard, or over-ripened fruit.


Gonna Die (Poem), Wes Grooms Jul 2018

Gonna Die (Poem), Wes Grooms

disClosure: A Journal of Social Theory

No abstract provided.


Garden Of Flawless, Joe Chiodo Apr 2018

Garden Of Flawless, Joe Chiodo

The Crambo

A poem about bonsai trees.


Forever Undone [Poem], Kate Abell Nov 2017

Forever Undone [Poem], Kate Abell

Occasional Paper Series

Kate Abell shares a poem following September 11. It is a personal expression of never forgetting the images and events of September 11.


Cicadas, Gene Grabiner Jul 2017

Cicadas, Gene Grabiner

Journal of Humanistic Mathematics

No abstract provided.


Disciple, Jessica K. Sklar Jul 2017

Disciple, Jessica K. Sklar

Journal of Humanistic Mathematics

This is a love poem for mathematics.