Category: Contributor Exclusives

Emily DuBose, Senior English major from Austin, TX.   Perfection is a problem because I can’t seem to do anything without making it exactly right. So I sit, sweating, stuck in stress, only in my dreams can I do anything half-assed. When I write, my hand cramps, ink on my palms and pain in my joints. But at least the… Read more →

Seven Castain, Sophomore Writing major from Draper, Utah.   I waited. As the sun rose and night fell away. Waited through the scorching sun, beating on my back, turning my fur to matches of fire. Waited until the bugs began to hum and the sun crept towards the mountain peaks, tired from a long day of shining light on all… Read more →

Ellie Evans, Sophomore Studio Art major from Atlanta, GA. Read more →

Mark Rose, Junior Political Science major from Midwest City, OK.   The brilliant blue hue of those eyes Is a sight I could forever admire; A refreshing oasis on the hottest of days, A perfectly patterned obsidian and sapphire maze That I love every second of being lost in. Those seas are waterfalls, Seeping into gaping wounds and soothing; Delicate… Read more →

Vanessa Winders, Junior Writing major from Atlanta, TX.   What are we but a society that has lost sight of what love is, We love things we should not. And we revel in the corruption of that love. We are Tumbler, And we love those that other will not. Oh, Sexy man, creation of our own design! The mass media… Read more →

Angelina Leonardi, Sophomore Entrepreneurship & Innovation major and  English & Political Science minor from San Diego, CA.   The Road Back Home Leaving home never gets easier And when I left, I promised you I would be fine I didn’t know my heart would pay a heavier fine I formed a mask to hide and found that it wouldn’t drop But… Read more →

Erin Crittendon, Sophomore English major from Desoto, Texas.   Creamy Crack Ah, it’s Tuesday another day Another chair Another hot comb Another ply of despair. I sit there waiting for my appointment to begin Is it my choice, no. But my mother insists,  She has a solution of what would Fix me, and make me “manageable.” Does that include a… Read more →

Cameron Cole, Junior Film major from Fort Worth, Texas.   Your gaze of     emerald green Like Irish grass    with autumn leaves You’re my         fixed luminous point My star, my   sun, my counterpoint The warmth     from you keeps me alive Until you leave It gets cold  and     I slowly die Once   stationary,        but now shooting through the… Read more →