Category: Contributor Exclusives

October

Anaya White, Junior, Business Information Systems and Creative Writing Major from Fort Worth, TX   October seeps in like a spider through the cracks of a weathered home barely holding on. You see, when she creeps in, she sews beautiful webs out of anguish that should be long gone.   Midway through October, I will drag my weary bones to… Read more →

The Wanderings of My Childhood

Anna-Claire Wilcox, Senior, Writing and Social Work Major from Orange, CA.    I was born in Monterey, California. Beating the drum of the nomads, holding no images of the town that birthed me.   My mother’s escape from generational poverty in explorative experience, my father’s calling from boyhood. Creating the conditions for my wandering.   Stafford, Virginia included a plastic… Read more →

Cotton Candy Head

Savannah Childs, Senior, English Major from Shreveport, LA   Whenever I’m contemplative, My body feels heavier,  As if I’m closer to the earth.  Yet my mind is far away,  Clouded and stuffed with cotton.  I can roll my emotions over my tongue, But never quite taste them.  When I swallow I can never seem to remember their flavor.  Every time… Read more →

Winter is Coming

Dania Kreisl, Senior, English Major from Euless, TX   I’m scared of the winter. I can already feel the cold wind creeping up my legs underneath the layer of my pants as I run from it.   It reminds me of you, of a lot of our firsts, so now a year later I no longer feel your warmth fighting… Read more →

Mannequin

Roxy Odiorne, Senior Psychology major with English and Child Development minors from Georgetown, TX.   MannequinI am a mannequin.I’m flesh and blood, tissue and bone.Bruises blossom across my skinAs reminders to watch where I’m going.Tiredness slips into my limbs at the day’s endWhile air rushes like wind through my lungs,In and out, in and out.My body proves that I am… Read more →