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It’s been a hot minute since anything posted on this site. That’s because life has gotten its hooks into us and we’ve let the important things — like poetry, fiction, artwork, writing about writing, personal essays, and general expression imagination magic — slip away. You can help us. How? You can submit your artwork and Read More ...
We invite you to share your creative expressions with us — poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, critical essay, drawings, paintings, photographs — so that we can publish them here. Contact Dr. Laurie MacDiarmid via email. Artists may submit: Upload each submission separately. (With the exception of poetry: If you’re submitting more than one poem, create a Read More ...
Graphos, a creative space maintained by and for undergraduate artists, is spearheaded by students at St. Norbert College, a Catholic, Norbertine, liberal arts institution founded in 1898 on the banks of the Fox River, in De Pere, Wisconsin. Some form of Graphos has been in existence since 1990, staffed by students and faculty, serving the Read More ...
It wasn’t like the world would come to an end Or like the cob-webbed grandfather clock in the hall would Stop ticking It wasn’t as if his classmates would stop doing their homework Or as if they would give up on the windy, dewey Friday night lights It wasn’t like his parents would stop sharing Read More …
I can still feel the winter breeze on my cheeks. Even though I was bundled from head to toe, The pervasive cold on my face prevented me From feeling an ounce of warmth in my little body. I walked into the ice shack with my dad and brother, And some other who’s since faded from Read More …
The Victorian Era of the late 19th century marked a time of social change, in which advancements throughout multiple sectors of society allowed for reformation of historically stagnant concepts. With this attentiveness to forward progress, non-fiction and scientific literature characterized a challenge to some aspect of contemporary knowledge. Despite the goal of publishing solely objective Read More …
You set me down and forgot about me, like a story left on a nightstand: discarded. But the way you left my pages all marked up and dog-eared told me you saw something in me worth coming back to… This poem by Olivia Augustian won 1st Place in our 2022 Literary Awards.
Why does Sylvia save the bird from the hunter? This central question must be at the heart of any thorough examination of Sarah Orne Jewett’s 1886 short story, “A White Heron.” Much can be gleaned from the story when it is viewed through the life of the author — particularly through the devoted relationship Jewett Read More …
Kara walked out of the Physics room with her face still heated. She was shocked that she had been so hostile and felt bad for snapping at Isabella and Brenna. Maybe being feisty towards Jack had opened up a part of her that she had been trying to push into a little box so that Read More …
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Black, bleak thoughts Expecting phantom shots New ideas Same old fears No progress Just distress Happiness all around Inside, none is found Chipper chaps cheer while I want to disappear No progress Just distress Loving wrong things Clinging to lofty dreams Standards set too high Left gazing into the unforgiving sky No progress Just distress Read More …