Poetry
Erin M. Bertram ∅ "Sentient Being"
I am famish. Color wheel. Some days/The wind combs my hair.
Emily Brungo ∅ "Gaslight (1945)/Bunny Lake is Missing (1965)"&"Baby Face (1933)/Dirty Dancing (1987)"
They left her in the first
day’s room as the gaslights flickered slightly,
and the floorboards shook out whispers from the story above.
and the floorboards shook out whispers from the story above.
Melissa Crowe ∅ "Orphan Looks a Gift Horse in the Mouth (or Why I Want to Quit the Circus)"
Because I'm not afraid anymore when
I walk the wire.
Lauren Barrier Gould ∅ "Crime Scene"
I was making a mock up of the scene in my notes.
Kimiko Hahn ∅ "Just Walk Away" & "Meditation on Magnetic Fields"
Reversal is overdue: the last change
of polar fields
occurred when man was carving stone into weapons.
occurred when man was carving stone into weapons.
Marcus Jackson ∅ "Why They Call Me Sweet Thang"
Because my melanin
riles their eyes
as toffee does the tongue.
Packed and map-marked outta Ocotillo
Wells
with the Hefs and High Lifes thrown
from the backseat
with the Hefs and High Lifes thrown
from the backseat
Farah Marklevits ∅ "Aspects of Mrs. Morse"& "Mrs. Morse Gets a Pet"
I have never murdered anything
but plaid and a few small animals.
but plaid and a few small animals.
winner of the first annual Augustana College Clementine contest
The wind smelled like wheat. The giant
and I held hands as we walked.
I wake, hollow bones in Times Square.
Photography
