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French Vanilla, Ren Kim

The Laureate

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Echo, Jennifer Dempsey

The Laureate

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A Silence In Perfect Cursive, Carissa Dismuke

The Laureate

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Debriefing, Yvonne Sapia

Bryant Literary Review

You confess all. Even the truth.

You recount what you dread. Exile.

The face of disbelief. The fear

Constellation, Janet Mccann

Bryant Literary Review

The sky was full

of bears and warriors,

God put them there.

They wheeled over us,

The Chess Game, James Damron

Bryant Literary Review

I turn from my work to see them

Indian princesses in long gowns

Lying softly on the grass

The Thirteenth Colony, Jéanpaul Ferro

Bryant Literary Review

The morning had been like a mirage:

a green twilight along Kennedy Plaza after the show,

The Shower, William Baer

Bryant Literary Review

"Younger than springtime," she sings, fading

in and out, for nearly a half an hour,

Tearing Down The Depot, Patrick Carrington

Bryant Literary Review

It's one of those days that's no damn good

from the start. You drop the toast

How The Metaphor Becomes You, John Azrak

Bryant Literary Review

and is becoming, (no matter your where-

abouts), starts with the handsome

blanket you brought home from Santa Fe;

Mount Everest, Falling, Charles Webb

Bryant Literary Review

Three times before, her father'd pounded

9-1-1 in time to bring a team to pump

Letter To Borgstrom In Stone, Fredrick Zydek

Bryant Literary Review

Dear Kurt: If what the Hindus and Buddhists say

is true, everything that makes the universe tick

A Salutation, Not An Embrace, Lois Marie Harrod

Bryant Literary Review

Knowledge is not eating, and we cannot expect to devour and possess what we mean. Knowledge is recognition of something absent; it is a salutation, not an embrace.

--George Santayana

Those moments when everything

slips away, perhaps

Like The Man Who Fell In Love With Jesus, Erica Goss

Bryant Literary Review

I want to live in a

body that quakes, I want

someone's fingers to press

At 18, Your Life Opens Up, Marianna Hofer

Bryant Literary Review

Sometimes, just

out of high school,

you hitchhiked to

your first boyfriend's,

Winter Sleep, M. L. Brown

Bryant Literary Review

She wants to tell him

about the birch in the field,

how it darkens against the snow at dusk.

Closures, Margaret B. Ingraham

Bryant Literary Review

A grandmother's death, he said, put
final parentheses around my youth.

Your family homestead is so far

away and yet the forecast is clear

Noche, Erica Goss

Bryant Literary Review

for Maria De Los Santos

Once in Mulege, Jose's father drove me back

to the long beach coated with moonlight.

The Ouroboros Father Project, William L. Betz

Theses and Dissertations

The Ouroboros Father Project is an exploration the author's relationship with his dead father, the authors' reaction to his father's death and the author's dealing with the aftermath of his father's legacy as a child molester. The complex story of this relationship and the author's exploration of his own feelings is told in several different genres. This relationship is told in three poems, an essay, and, finally, a four act play and each piece centers around the ancient symbol of the ouroboros. All of the pieces attempt to construct a healing narrative dealing with the never ending cycle of victim …

Stellar Matter, Eric J. Kozlik

The Mercury

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Fisher Girl From Picardy, Marianne A. Florentino

The Mercury

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9 Ways Of Looking At A Cup Of Coffee, Laura E. Barone

The Mercury

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The Afghan Girl, Stephanie M. Allen

The Mercury

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Triumph Of Death, Kriscinda L. Meadows

The Mercury

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Preface, Pedro Cuperman

Corresponding Voices

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Faiz Ahmed Faiz Folio, Faiz Ahmed Faiz

Corresponding Voices

Two poems, entitled "Tyranny" and "You Should Get on with Your Business," by the poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz, in English translations from the original Urdu by Raza Ali Hasan and Christopher Kennedy.

Zeeshan Sahil Folio, Zeeshan Sahil

Corresponding Voices

Two English-language poems, entitled "Love" and "Malika/Queen," by Zeeshan Sahil.

Yo Yu, And Christopher Reeve's Filipino Nurse (Two Poems), Luisa A. Igloria

English Faculty Publications

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Aph(L)Orisms (Maximus In Minimis), Florentin Smarandache

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

This collection of “aphlorisms” resulted from a search in my old manuscripts. At that time I was preoccupied everyday with noting down in my little notebook various interesting-to-me expressions that I heard or that came to my mind. Etymologically, aphorism + floral = aph(L)orism, which is a short reflection written on a floral design, or a short poetry accompanied by an artistic background. They are colorful contemplations. Maximus in minimis (Lat.) means very much in very little [max in min], or condensed thought, or ideating essence. They are actually maxims, adages, sayings mostly in one line (uni-stich) with a title, …

Midnight Crossroads Standard Time, Ryan Frabizio

Digressions: Literary & Art Journal

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