(Public Submission) Theme: Optimism in a Pandemic Artist Statement: This poem is a tribute the great soldiers called as health workers who have worked round the clock during this pandemic, around the much feared COVID patients with no complaint. It
Tag: Creative Writing
Julia Toplyn – Untitled
(Student Submission) Theme: Community in Isolation Artist Statement: Many of my family members, myself included, had a birthday that occurred during COVID, and like many we were unable to celebrate with our regular cookouts and a beach weekend. So, we
Nasim Mansuri – These days
(Student Submission) Theme: Home Artist Statement: Quarantine brings on so many contradictions when we think of ourselves in the world and ourselves in relation to others. The gentle comfort of being home all the time eventually gives way to an
Nasim Mansuri – Days under the virus
(Student Submission) Theme: Ourselves in the World Artist Statement: I think most people found that the quarantine made them value social interaction more; made them crave socialization. For me, it was the opposite: I have settled very comfortably in an
Greg Palmerino – Poetry Collection
(Staff Submission) Theme: Before, During and After Artist Statement: There are no greater themes in art and life than love and death. COVID-19 reminds us how timeless the Earth can be compared to human existence and how much direction and
Geoff Tompsett – Notes from the lockdown
(Faculty Submission) Theme: Community in Isolation Artist Statement: I was lucky enough to live in a neighborhood of an affluent town where people helped and encouraged each other during this unusual time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, I can only
Emily Howard – I Was Wrong About You
(Student Submission) Theme: Before, During, and After Artist Statement: “I Was Wrong About You” is a poem in response to the theme, Before, During and After. It is about the journey of self love that I have experienced throughout the
Shayna Smith – In Times of Darkness, Light Prevails
(Student Submission) Artist Statement: My short story, “In Times of Darkness, Light Prevails,” is a creative reflection on the complex emotions I felt throughout the beginning, duration, and latest phases of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the start of it all,
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Stephen Chavez – The Skies of Gold
(Student Submission) Theme: Community in Isolation Artist Statement: I wrote a Villanelle at the beginning of this long quarantine that highlights how I felt my hometown in Southern California was being affected. Compared to how life normally was it was
Alexander Pietrick – Standing Here With Me Today
(Student Submission) Artist Statement: Like most people, quarantine has been an interesting experience for me. I have found myself on a roller coaster of emotions, from the peaks of happiness and relaxation to the valleys of loneness and emptiness. What