Author: helicon
Enoch Sees the Light in His Final Testimony
Elijah Elvin Dear Son, Elijah Jordan will be your name, It symbolizes the divine strength that I hope never leaves you. Boy, your heart won’t ever grow dark when it comes to feeling love ‘cuz Lucy’s gonna always spoil you with a nourishing light. She’s a good woman, so follow her words closely, even when… Read More Enoch Sees the Light in His Final Testimony
Bargaining
Maelea Tan Maelea Tan (they/them) is a senior at Northwestern University studying theatre, entrepreneurship, and art theory and practice. More can be found at maeleatan.com/design
A Civilised People
Olivia Mofus A Civilised People “For Obukpa people, God is everywhere and in everything. You can talk to him through the sun, or through a star, through the moon or through an iroko tree or even through a mound of clay.” *** In those elementary school days, my mother made sure to bring us to… Read More A Civilised People
and on that day
Atarah Israel inspired by Mary Ruefle’s Kiss of the Sun and on that day/when the blood orange envelopes those milky clouds/and we all turn our heads in shame/remembering our unravelings/ancestors’ toes steeped in midnight soil/soil almost as dark as them/we will unremember and become/that is to say/unfurl our suns into themselves/until they become something else… Read More and on that day
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Elsie Hayduk Elsie Hayduk is a freshman in the McCormick School of Engineering, studying Manufacturing and Design Engineering.
wrestling wind
Kaitlyn Hung The prickle of outdoor air dances through my nostrils, its unfamiliar temperature and humidity filling my lungs. I inhale—diaphragm, chest, stomach—in in in. I exhale—whoooosh–pushing the air out out out that same path with a powerful contraction of my diaphragm muscles. A heavy sense of calm coats my body and mind. I breath… Read More wrestling wind
Exits
Ryan Morton There’s a doorway. You know it’s the last time. Standing next to family, For-sale sign Long-stabbed. Brave faces everyone, Try to smile. Show some teeth. Seal the garage You once dreamt of Filling with fumes. Draw in a deep breath, Take it all: How the apple tree has not known New fruit for… Read More Exits
Sliver of Vanity
Jessica Vallan Jessica Vallan is a fourth year RTVF & ATP student from Oakland, CA. Her work is born out of her fears of forgetting and being forgotten, and she wonders just how long Vienna will actually wait.
Bayshore Boulevard
Ava Paulsen “So here we have our watermelon.” In front of Dr. Thomas Stevens sits a swollen, green watermelon. The top has been cut so it’s flat, and the bottom is leveled off as well, so it can sit on the table without rolling. “Now, if I were to place this metal block on top,”… Read More Bayshore Boulevard
Swimming in Lake Michigan
Elysia Lopez The winter sunlight dimples silky waves, Its polka dots of white on satin blue. I wear the glittered garment, let it save My mind for muted hums and thoughts anew. The sky begins at earth’s horizon line, Or at my steadfast lips, my breath a cloud – It’s one, the sky and sea… Read More Swimming in Lake Michigan
