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A Welling, Carol Ann Wilburn

Bryant Literary Review

I embrace the lightness

of this Kentucky March

wearing not the edges

of a dim January

but the fertile shoots of April.

Airborne, Carol Ann Wilburn

Bryant Literary Review

Every change below

tells me I’m farther away

from him.

Heirloom, Carol Ann Wilburn

Bryant Literary Review

She lets go

of her secret

long held prisoner by the mahogany

four-poster

The Cantaloupe From Peoria, Dane Cervine

Bryant Literary Review

In 1941, an Oxford policeman, while pruning his roses, scratched his face on a thorn. Ignoring the slight cut, it grew infected, spread, taking his eye and bringing him close to death.

Live In The Mood, Mark Taksa

Bryant Literary Review

My toes under a bench, I could be floating

as I watch breeze bend the passersby.

Thank You Terror, 1, Mathias Svalina

Bryant Literary Review

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God Mansplains Anger To Me, Amy Lawless

Bryant Literary Review

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Mosaic: A Lifetime Of Poems, Emma F. Bowen

Honors Projects

In hopes of providing a clearer picture of the aging process and its effects on our personalities, follow this collection of poems through diary-like entries of individuals navigating their lives from daycare, heartbreak, and loneliness. The impact that development can have on our psychological well-being and brains is fascinating and feels familiar. Why do we see the world so differently when we are young? As we grow older, what is so important that makes us shift how we view ourselves and our environment multiple times? It is often seen that each generation shares like-mindedness throughout their lives – why?

The Old, Forgotten Way, Abigail Stout

Calliope

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[Untitled Love Letter], Collin Parish

Calliope

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My Scheherazade, Tristen Nichols

Calliope

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Moths, Tristen Nichols

Calliope

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Spider In The Snow, Scarlet Mebane

Calliope

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On Primitive Baptist Hymn Singing, Mary Linscheid

Calliope

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Stitches, Mary Linscheid

Calliope

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Sleep Paralysis, Willard Hanson

Calliope

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Letter To The Past And Plea To The Gods, Equinox Eubank

Calliope

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Step Outside, Tucker Deitz

Calliope

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I'Ve Written So Much Heartbreak But It Never Comes Close To The Pain Of Losing You, Audrey Cumberledge

Calliope

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I Planted Daffodils Today And Thought Of You., Audrey Cumberledge

Calliope

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Night Witches, Valerie Browne

Calliope

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On Khreschatyk's Square, Kyiv, Valerie Browne

Calliope

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Elegy To My Youth, Leah Brennsteiner

Calliope

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The Temptress Time, Leah Brennsteiner

Calliope

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Annual Faculty Research Symposium 2022, Oakwood University

Proceedings

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I Didn't Know I Could, Shakirah Peterson

LSU Master's Theses

i didn't know i could is a collection of prose, poetry and collage that work to tell the story of a young girl’s adventure to a parallel realm - aerythia. she discovers that she has escaped from her traumatic reality to a majestic universe she created herself. the collages feature photos from my family archive, handmade paper, hand pressed collages, and found text/images from magazines.

the narrative is a creative exploration of my own traumatic (but not without beauty) childhood truths as well as a reimagining of my unknown ancestry. i am one of many black americans without a succinct, …

Water Trembles: Alternative Experiences Of Poetry, Su Hyun Nam

Frameless

Water Trembles is a poetry game, which will be published along with the forthcoming poetry book, Fast Fire (Carnegie Mellon University Press). This project is developed by the Burnt Orange Game Lab at Syracuse University, led by Su Hyun Nam, Rainie Oet, and Regan Henley, in collaboration with students in the Computer Art and Animation program. In the game, the main character Gertie, who has locked themself in their room after their mother died, solves puzzles by collecting poems about memories of their mother. By progressing the game, Gertie completes the poetry book and also takes themself out to the …

Understanding Humanity: Demarginalizing The Intersection Of Black Masculinity And Feminity For The Psyche, Kandice Fowlkes

Symposium of Student Scholars

As the intersection of race and gender is a feat for the strong Black man and strong Black woman, the double edged sword is the deterioration of mental health overlooked by the need to maintain the guise of perfection. The social disadvantages of this intersection include a myriad of traumas such as financial stability, violence and oppression, and the internal stigma of judgment, which causes Black men and Women to delay or go undiagnosed for mental health disorders. In turn, this enables an unstable community to unite for mental health reform. Aside from seeking medical help, the conversation of mental …

A Few Words In The Void: Bridging Past And Present Creative Poetry, Sarah Tate

Liberty University Research Week

Undergraduate

Textual or Investigative

Tuneless Song: A Poetic Form Proposal, Rae Bynum

Undergraduate Research Conference

The Problem

I recently asked some of my fellow poets what the purpose of poetry is to them. The consensus? Sharing experience and meaning with the reader. But what is the point of sharing these ideas if there is no one with whom to share? Poetry readers are dwindling in numbers for two main reasons: the first being that most people believe poetry to be elitist because they have only read poetry from the periods where this was true; the second reason is that “poetry” is widely available to the common person in the form of music. The form I …