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A good thing can change so quickly, but the clouds will break in due time.

Mona and I

Noah Smith, Staff Writer November 30, 2015

Her eyes tempted me from across the room. I stood, still as stone, and returned her gaze. Her eyes were something tough to describe. They were metallic blue toward the pupil, but grew emerald by the edge....

They are forever vanished in the rain; along with our love.

Rain

Kristin Iler, Staff Writer November 2, 2015

I rest, A lonely glimmer of gleaming sunlight In a trail of bulky gray nimbus clouds. Rain vaguely pelts my face in an innocent dance. It plummets down; a waterfall on my rosy, wind-burnt cheeks, A...

Forevermore, I trace where his fingertips grazed leaving chills behind in paths towards the very bones of my being.

Loving on a Stranger

Hailey Yarbrough, Associate Editor September 25, 2015

Never fading, His touch resounds on my skin In a burning rage of melancholy and serendipity Both satisfied and neglected.   Everlasting, Blessed with the unending indention of his...

“Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.” –Mother Teresa

The Warmth of Another

Matthew McFadden, Staff Writer September 24, 2015

I feel alone.   Surrounded by friends who love me With a passion that glows As bright as his forest green eyes When his face lights up in laughter.   Yet I can’t help but...

Nature is a mother, fiercer than her blooms.

Vaporous

Savannah Keith, Poetry Editor September 24, 2015

Boys like Persephone with their ankled Flowers, beautiful Are the harbringers of a reality With limp-spread wings and slacked backs And kisses from their succubi, golden. Boys like Hades with their...

it is best to step away from the stress of daily life and take time to live.

Just Live

Jack Kern, Staff Writer September 21, 2015

Have you ever felt that sinking feeling in your stomach when you know you are destined for failure? That feeling that consumes every inch of your being and makes you feel that that is all you are in that...

My favorite verse and my inspiration everyday is definitely Proverbs 30:5; the verse emphasizes how if we just put our trust in Him, He watches over us and keeps us safe in His love. I love it.

Bible Verses For Bad Days

Jade Flack, Staff Writer September 18, 2015

Among the many things than can make me feel better on a bad day, the Bible definitely comes first. There are a myriad of verses that apply to our everyday lives, including guidance through weaknesses,...

“You’re too afraid to grow, to prosper, to bloom. But what you’re able to sow, the potential has so much room.”

Bloom Where You Are Planted

JoAnn Ahn, Staff Writer September 17, 2015

“Bloom where you are planted,” You probably heard before, But have you ever realized How much it has in store?   You are too afraid to grow, To prosper, to bloom, But what...

Tonight memories come in waves and I find that I am drowning.

Memories Come In Waves

Jessica Prouty, Staff Writer May 12, 2015

In the first few hours of the morning, I'm haunted most by memories of dying summer days that transitioned to scorching black nights. Nights spent burning up raw emotion, taking in my desires...

The blood that is in your veins makes up the paint on my favorite masterpiece.

Masterpiece

Megan Hoffman, Staff Writer May 11, 2015

You wanted so badly to be marveled at You sketched on your skin You painted your hands And you asked me to put them on display   You worked so hard to be a piece of art You flooded...

Her hands were always warm, even in the coldest places.

Where the Nails Go (Hands)

Cameron Conner, Staff Writer May 11, 2015

  Her hands were always warm, even in the coldest places And the smoke staining the back of them seemed more like steam, to me Enveloping her in a fog; consuming us both in a tangible visage Of...

“and I is a line…incomplete beyond sign”

I is O

Daniel Snodgrass, Staff Writer May 8, 2015

i is in Lie surrounded by the gaps hidden from the eye, even if i cry, no matter how hard i try, i is in Lie, until i die   and i is in Line, without any benign, incomplete...

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