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The Letter Carrier, Ronald Thorpe

Bryant Literary Review

Who understood him? Not his brothers.
His father's love had been drained away

The Nazi, Baron Wormser

Bryant Literary Review

I can't remember who played the Nazi
But his face thrummed like glass in summer sun.

Lila Zemborain Folio, Lila Zemborain

Corresponding Voices

A bilingual folio of poems, entitled "Guardians of the Secret V," by the poet Lila Zemborain, presented in its Spanish original and in English translation by Rosa Alcalá.

Lights And Shadows - 2002, University Of North Alabama

Lights and Shadows

Art and Literature Magazine

The Strange Attraction Of Blake's Urizen, Kelly Kelleway

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

[First paragraph]

Without Contraries is no Progression. With this simple statement in The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, William Blake posited, in 1790, a process -- a Hegelian dialectic of sorts, if you will -- that has underscored much of his poetry and has revealed itself in his etchings and engravings. But what, exactly, this Blakean hypothesis means is open to debate. One way to explicate this notion is to look at it in terms of a process of reunification or recursion wherein one falls from the Blakean space of Innocence (or is dragged kicking and screaming) to the rather …

Music And Poetry: Confessions Of A Rhyming Musicologist, Jean Kreiling

Bridgewater Review

No abstract provided.

Cemetery Of Discount Saints, Paul Mueller

Dissertations and Theses

The banal events of everyday life, when highlighted through the use of image and narrative, and combined with an active imagination, can be transformed into a literature that displays something miraculous. In some sense, this idea is related to the ideas of existentialism—the assertion that life is contingent or purposeless leads to the assertion that everyday life is an inexplicable miracle. It is also related to the assertion that a narrative is the only construct that can transmit meaning.

Cemetery of Discount Saints, as a collection of poetry, explores the relationship between the familiar world of contemporary Western civilization and …

2001 Fall Chapbook, Otterbein English Department

Quiz and Quill

No abstract provided.

The Lantern Vol. 69, No. 1, Fall 2001, Drew Petersen, Amy Scarantino, Susannah Fisher, Sarah Napolitan, Maura Strauman, Whitney Daniels, Leah Miller, Melanie Scriptunas, Jennifer Walton, Alison Shaffer, Ali Bierly, Jennifer Brink, Katie Lambert, Harry Michel, Padcha Tuntha-Obas, Amanda Ripley, Chris Tereshko, Laura Phillips, Flynn Corson, Genevieve Romeo, Phil Malachowski, Kathryn Chapman, John Ramsey, Michael Pomante, Olatokunbo Laniya, Raquel Pidal, Shaina Schmeltzle

The Lantern Literary Magazines, 1933 to Present

• Frets
• Burn
• The Amish-Man
• City Children
• Coasting West
• Futile
• Oxymoron
• Fleeting Reflection
• Pink Geraniums
• Moving
• Running: Arcola
• Expectations
• One Time Deal
• We Slept
• Faraway Field
• My Own Giselle
• My Father's Will
• Meet Me in Montana
• Pride is a Lawn Mower
• Gloss
• 2% Low Fat
• Bits of Tuesday
• This is not a Pipe
• What Ifs
• Reconnection
• A Bell Called Emily
• The Elevator

Nicknames And Accordions, Katy Welter

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Sure, Katy is a writing major. Yes, she's from Indiana. But remember, when you assume, you make an ass out of you and me.

The Last Of The Peanut Butter, Maggie Neal Doherty

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Maggie is from Petoskey MI. She has 5 brothers, enjoys a good beer, and skis a whole hell of a lot.

Collateral, Josh Lamb

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Josh runs cross country and track. After college, he plans an early retirement.

How We Were Wrong, Caroline Wadsworth

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

Telling your parents you want to be a poet is not a good way to encourage them to continue funding your college education.

Inside Front And Back Covers: Poetry, Philip Tabakow

Bridgewater Review

“Writing Class” and “Elegy”

Et Cetera, Marshall University

Et Cetera

Founded in 1953, Et Cetera is an annual literary magazine that publishes the creative writing and artwork of Marshall University students and affiliates. Et Cetera is free to the Marshall University community.

Et Cetera welcomes submissions in literary and film criticism, poetry, short stories, drama, all types of creative non-fiction, photography, and art.

The Lantern Vol. 68, No. 2, Spring 2001, Kirsten Mascioli, Benjamin Schuler, Alyson Jones, Sarah Napolitan, Corey Taylor, Padcha Tuntha-Obas, John Ramsey, Lori Kruk, Syreeta Dixon, Melanie Scriptunas, Thomas Lipschultz, Jeffrey Church, Daniel Gallagher, Mike Keeper, Monica Stahl, Ani Broderick, Christine Spera, Jason Fischer, Genevieve Romeo, Rosabelle Diaz, Raquel B. Pidal, Kelly Campbell

The Lantern Literary Magazines, 1933 to Present

• Eden
• Ginsberg Mourning
• On the Cusp of Winter
• (Woman: as Needing to be Silver and Sharp)
• Descended
• Book Unbinding
• Scrawlings on the Stall
• My Frankenstein
• Jazzy Avantguardia
• Paper Crane
• A Child's Valentine
• Ten Years' Gone
• Out the Window
• Tar's Melting
• Passing Time
• Ave Maria
• Heart of the Matter
• Damn Kids
• The Candle Incident
• Nostalgia
• Cuban Couch
• Dinner Date

2001 Spring Quiz And Quill Magazine, Otterbein English Department

Quiz and Quill

No abstract provided.

Commonthought Vol.Iii (2001), 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

Mighty?, Craig Davis

Electronic Journal for Inclusive Education

The following poem was written by a teacher candidate at Wright State University in response to viewing the movie, The Mighty. This movie reveals the challenges and the triumphs two students with disabilities face as they forge a unique and enduring friendship.

In The New Guinea Highlands, John Grey

Bryant Literary Review

I can't get over the belief

that the simplest people always know more;

Lesson One, Janet Proulx

Bryant Literary Review

All winter long

Sister Mary Julian would enter the classroom,

Junior College, J. Tarwood

Bryant Literary Review

All my friends had gone off

As if each had found a fate.

Leavetaking, Janet Proulx

Bryant Literary Review

As I leave the nursing home where my mother now lives

Sean, Courtney Zullo

Bryant Literary Review

A handcrafted butterfly hangs over her bed,

Infant Savant, Naton Leslie

Bryant Literary Review

Madonna and child on

the south-east crossing pier

Thoughtless, Chris Semansky

Bryant Literary Review

A piano falls from the sky.

A quite beautiful piano.

First Sky, Jay Udall

Bryant Literary Review

Some days you don't need a second sky--

the one outside is what you have

The Touch So, Rob Diehm

Bryant Literary Review

the touch so

deep (little hairs

stand on end)

we become one

Impending Doom, Mario Duarte

Bryant Literary Review

Out of nothing, nowhere,

a boy grasping a red balloon

wavers over the circus tent.

Notes On Laureateship, Michael S. Harper

Bryant Literary Review

You must act like a Morpho in the forest

Perhaps thirty feet in the air