Poetry Commons^™

Full, Caleb Lewis

Bryant Literary Review

Be the cup,

have more purpose when you're filled up.

Winter, Claudia Rosado

Bryant Literary Review

i was born on an island

and hand crafted for the sun.

The Car Ride Home, Jonathan Rivera

English Honors Theses

The Car Ride Home explores the coming of age of a young boy into a queer man, searching and sifting through the trauma of home life, and realizing his mother’s addiction affects more than just herself, but an entire family. This realization coincides with views of masculinity, as he carefully watches the men around him. He internalizes these depictions of masculinity when exploring his own confusion and investigation of his own sexual identity and queerness. The poetry collection is broken up into two connected parts. Part one explores the illusion of childhood and nostalgia while introducing subtle glimpses and secrets …

My Responsibility To Live, Michael Grassetti

Bryant Literary Review

I wonder what it's like

to be a man unfazed by fire?

Flashes, Lila Bovenzi

Bryant Literary Review

Maybe it's grotesque

That I think of them like flashers.

Countless Stars, Mckenna Themm

Bryant Literary Review

I still taste the golden wisps

of stardust, dancing across the midnight blue

Youth, El J. Reyes

Bryant Literary Review

A miracle crosses paths

with me, and I find myself

staring right at my youth.

The New Historian, Nilsa Laine

Bryant Literary Review

One month, we were given just one month.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Rosa Parks.

Harriet Tubman.

Not A Goodbye, Sanjana Aiyar

Bryant Literary Review

Blood flowing in your veins.

Heart beating slow.

Rx#: Sea, Mikaela Gresty

Bryant Literary Review

The ocean calls, smells,

like rosé aged with salt

Unlike Mike, Caleb Lewis

Bryant Literary Review

We lost time while heat simmered on the blacktop.

Our hands stunk of warm rubber

Headed Inbound, Claudia Rosado

Bryant Literary Review

i've fallen in love

with you on the train

Driving To Look Out Point To See The Sunset, Riley Mayes

Bryant Literary Review

My car or yours?

We already know the answer.

On The Rocks, Jen Mazlymian

Bryant Literary Review

He sat on the rocks

by the shoe

Staring at the sea

Mono No Aware, W.W. Harris

Bryant Literary Review

a part of me is still

drowning beside

Plum Rains (梅雨), Claire Kuo

Bryant Literary Review

Tissue paper petals

wilt under the weight

I Drop Your Photograph In The Sea, Claire Kuo

Bryant Literary Review

But I am the sailor submerged

in your endless blue --

Submersion, Meg Peters

Bryant Literary Review

Before anything else, there is water.

God Spoke To Me Through The Car Stereo, Alexa O'Kane

Bryant Literary Review

I was twelve.

The woman with the crooked teeth

Told me I was a pearl,

I Have Felt For A While That..., Nichole Page

Bryant Literary Review

Time is passing too quickly again

and I have not had enough time to hold you

The Messenger

The Messenger

forward

onward so as to make progress; toward a successful conclusion.

“There is a way forward

and yes

it is with a broken

heart

but it is our own way

collectively convened,

pondered,

Shared.”

Alice Walker

(Trans)Form: Spoken Word As Queer And Transgender Testimony, Kaileigh/Wesley Strobel

Undergraduate Distinction Papers

(Trans)form will explore the importance of spoken word poetry in and for the queer and transgender community. Especially underscoring the significance of public voice in a culture that often wants to conceal or minimize the lived lives of LGTBQIAP+ people. (Trans)form will be a collection of self-authored spoken word poems that are influenced by—and in dialogue with—powerful transgender spoken word authors. The project will open with an essay on the importance of spoken word poetry and voice.

الأسس الخلافية لتأويل مشكل شعر المعري بين البطليوسي وابن العربي, البشير التهالي

Dirassat

Title : The controversial foundations for interpreting the problem of al-Maari's poetry between Batalyawsi and Ibn al-Arabi

The poetry of Abu Al-Alaa Al-Maari is distinguished for its interactive and argumentative context. In addition, it is rich in interpretative capabilities. In addition, Al-Maari’s poetry has a brilliant interpretive potential that establishes the literary rule. Accordingly, it aims at analyzing the foundations of dispute between Abd Allāh Ibn Muḥammad al-Baṭalyawsī and Abu Bakr Ibn al-Arabi who were famous for interpreting poetic discourse. As far as Abu Al-'Ala al-Ma'ari is concerned; the reality of his poetry resides in an …

Ode To Chuck, Zane Bell

Arrow Rock

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Ocean, Arianna Amann

Arrow Rock

No abstract provided.

Lighthouse Haiku, Sara Anne Hook

Graduate Scholarship and Professional Work

Inspired by the lighthouses of the Sable Points Lighthouse Keepers Association (SPLKA).

Ode To The Crafty Foxes, Sara Anne Hook

Graduate Scholarship and Professional Work

This is a poem written in 2021 by graduate student Sara Ann Hook.

Ludington North Breakwater, Sara Anne Hook

Graduate Scholarship and Professional Work

This is a poem written in 2021 by graduate student Sara Ann Hook. originally published in the Sable Points Beacon Newsletter by the Sable Points Lighthouse Keepers Association (SPLKA).

Mars Hill (A Haibun), Sara Anne Hook

Graduate Scholarship and Professional Work

No abstract provided.

Et Cetera, 2019-2021, 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.