Student Editors Shine Through “Dogwood”
In the final few weeks of May, the Fairfield University “Publishing Practicum” course made their finishing touches on the annual literary journal, “Dogwood: A Journal of Poetry and Prose”. Starting...
A Religious Experience Reflected in Photography And Poetry
In my most recent visit to the Fairfield University Art museum, I found myself particularly drawn to one exhibit: “Specimens and Reflection.” When I first glimpsed these images, resembling a spiral shape...
A Semester’s End
Stress, oh how you know me best, Yet you never let me rest. We’ve been tight nearly every school night, I’m starting to think maybe you’re right. Maybe I need to stress...
Songs of My Soul
My favorite song Is the one That mirrors The movements of my heart At any time of day. It’s The one That Pumps me up Before a big race, Presentation, Leaps toward...
Halloween
Tis the season for bats, ugly faced rats, and scary black cats. Tis the season for Jack-O-Lanterns, lighting up in the dark, as trick or treaters disembark. Tis the season for a witch's...
Peace in Reality
The wood scrapes my skin And I know who I am. The cold burns my lungs And I know where I am. When Thoughts are like poison And The avalanche...
A Message From the FBI Anti-Piracy Agency
I had a skydive blunder I went to the land down under I wish it were Australia But now I’m in hysteria All around me is fire In a place for dirty liars Pitchforks prodding my...
Grey
It’s the color of the sky where I first met you, That cloudy night in the city with string lights. It’s the color of the Arch I stood...
Heart Beats Time
And so Time Marches on. Here’s the thing About Time. It has a Big ego. It thinks It’s untouchable, Unstoppable, ...
Inkwell Spotlight: The Problems of Purity
So I made myself new As what all worshippers do Caught in an awkward place As all teenage boys do My new self is to be pure To be wary of things That worshippers find wrong But...