Category: Contributor Exclusives

Ode to Tumblr Sexy Man

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 →

The Road Back Home

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 →

Creamy Crack

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 →

Staring at Constellations On The Popcorn Ceiling

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 →

Ode to the Immortal Lobster

Adrienne Stallings, Senior, English & Writing, Bedford, Texas you’ll outlive even me. england declared you sentient recently. your pincers crush ice as easily as you’re boiled and steamed. just a little salt, lemon, & butter to achieve true divinity. dearest rock lobster, chosen of Poseidon, it would be fabulous to have you over for dinner. Read more →

Rediscovering Purpose

Kathryn Reid, Junior, Political Science & English, Keller, Texas          I liked sitting by the window because I could see above everything else. I was as high as the clouds, watching the city like an urban angel. I watched as taxis sped down 9th Avenue and past West Street, ignoring red lights and swerving buses as they drove. The streets… Read more →