My Mom is the Worst Workshop Partner
By Adrianna Gordey i read some of your poems her critiques were shrikes impaled me on a thorn savored my self-esteem with … Continue Reading My Mom is the Worst Workshop Partner
Here
By Jemma Emele I stand here, in front of the mirror of the bathroom in my friends house and I look at myself and through the window the sun shines … Continue Reading Here
Dead Language
By Evan Tassin All the eulogies for the horse. All the slack and rambling. All the more reason to fall. On your knees you could drain it down. I won’t … Continue Reading Dead Language
Many Red Devils: Crane is Simple Yet Elegant
The Poem “Many Red Devils” by Stephen Crane has fascinated me since I first started engaging with poetry. This poem was featured in one of the first collections of poetry … Continue Reading Many Red Devils: Crane is Simple Yet Elegant
The Things I’ve Learned from Gilmore Girls
For my final blog I thought I would compile a list of things that the Gilmore girls have taught me over the years. However when I sat down to reflect … Continue Reading The Things I’ve Learned from Gilmore Girls
Rory Gilmore Boyfriend Battle
As my time writing these blogs comes to a near end, I think it’s only right that I discuss my very big thoughts on the men who have ventured into … Continue Reading Rory Gilmore Boyfriend Battle
Dulce et Decorum Est: Sweet and Proper Indeed
The poem “Dulce et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen is one of my favorite poems for a number of reasons. One is that I love the post WWI era poets … Continue Reading Dulce et Decorum Est: Sweet and Proper Indeed
The Good Son
“Don’t worry. She was gone by the time she got to the third step,” he says, describing the fall that resulted in your mother’s ill-timed death. You’ve just parked in … Continue Reading The Good Son
Mine Falls Park, Nashua, NH
By Val Vanderburgh I knew to listen for you at the not-quite-hill slumbering at trail’s end It was there where we first smelled the soccer fields ringed by a thousand-thousand … Continue Reading Mine Falls Park, Nashua, NH
Donostia
The bike race comeseach year to San Sebastianattacks the famous peakat Jaizkibeldowntown the old manpulls his robe aroundhis ageing bodyshivering beneaththe northerly windeyes squinting overa cup of instant coffee remembering … Continue Reading Donostia
Semester Blues
Another one of my favorite episodes of Gilmore Girls takes place in the final season of the show. Rory is entering her last few months of undergrad at Yale and … Continue Reading Semester Blues
Digging: What of my Father and his Father?
The poem “Digging” by Seamus Heaney is a beautiful piece that grapples with societal and self expectations. I admire this poem because it feels like Heaney is navigating what it … Continue Reading Digging: What of my Father and his Father?
In a Station of the Metro: Is Two Sentences a Poem?
The Poem “In a Station of the Metro” by Ezra Pound is the epitome of brevity when it comes to poetry. I would link you to the poem like I … Continue Reading In a Station of the Metro: Is Two Sentences a Poem?
Rory Gilmore Study Tree
In season four of Gilmore Girls when Rory is nearing finals week during her first semester of college, she finds herself running out of study spots. She goes to spots … Continue Reading Rory Gilmore Study Tree
Gold
By Madison Brown I stare at golden treetops as the sun sinks slowly. Trees are strengthened by the decades they’ve lived. It makes me feel so young, so small. Like … Continue Reading Gold
ode to (pleasantly) drowning in a pink tidepool on world poetry day
By Anabelle Taff the cherry-blossom ocean backwash laps the hump of my chin,splatters over my rose lips. saltwater has never tasted so delicious.i smile at the authoritative sun and tiny, … Continue Reading ode to (pleasantly) drowning in a pink tidepool on world poetry day