Author: nortonco
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Atomotus – Claire Palmer
The sun did not disappear –The slit squint dimming.There was no premonition of the end of days,Just dust circling, settling restless. We were in the kitchen,Nicking fingers on freshly sharpened somethings,Simmering on low.Chicken portraits cock eyed,Not quite straightened. The noiseless flash.Fine china demolition rat-tat-rattles,Shaking her figurinesAnd flipping a fingerAt the sweeping shockWave, crashing –Waxing and
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November 6, 2024 – Jay Roberson
That feeling eight years agoCreeps back in againWoke up in tearsAfraid of all the painJust like I did in the eighth grade And I can see meIn the students I teachThe disappointmentAnd fear for their futureThey ask me why? The souls that will be taken too soonLost control to autonomyCollective youth sits and weepsMourns what
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Dear Mother – Kaitlyn Seawood
Did you ever think of mewhen you wrapped your arms around others,clutching them close while I learned to stand alone?You took in children who weren’t yours,but left me searching for hands that never came.You never held me when the world was too much,never whispered the secrets of being softin a world that demands hardness.I built
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To Be Or Not To Be – Michaela Smith
How do you define my existence? Perceive me as a man My crimson-stained cheeks a chiseled
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Shards of a Lovely Heartbreak – Klaudine Bessasparis
“I think I love him.” Pity infiltrates her face like months-old trash contaminating a lake but more beautiful, an essence of ethereal magic dropping from shiny eyes coated with desperation. She slams the cherry red lipstick on the counter, wincing when the flimsy plastic cracks, blinking slowly while she shakes her head. “You – you…
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A Flame In Your Heart – Finn Alexander
Open server. [INITIALIZING SYSTEM…] Good Lord, if this process didn’t take so long, – [OPENING SERVER 12A — 5992 RAMBLE GREEN TRAIL — UNCERTAINTY, TX] [PASSWORD: ***************] Please be up there, please be up there… [ Γ — — — — — CONNECTION ESTABLISHED — — — — — Δ ] Delta? Delta, can you
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In Mind I Might – Lilly Trace
Is this a test? I feel it odd to so engage A person as myself In such a manner: In mind I might– In body, however… Do you wish to bring me lower? Unable to have me one way, So you’ll settle for Demystification. I am real. I am physical. In mind I might Say
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Update on the Future of Venture Magazine…
Photo courtesy of Skye Chernobilsky Happy April’s Fools, gorgeous. Confession: I have this thing where my life is a constant battle between wanting to correct grammar and wanting to have friends. Unfortunately, my grammar impulses win out, but I want better for you. So, I am giving you an extensive list of knee-slapping jokes so
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Sigma Tau Delta Convention
Photos courtesy of Brooke Foster and Talia Hincks Hello readers! Over spring break, Venture editors Brooke Foster and Talia Hincks ventured out to Pittsburgh, PA to speak at Sigma Tau Delta’s centennial convention, where they made new friends, lasting memories, and represented Rider at a national level! The Pittsburgh convention was the main event, but
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Day in the Life of a Venture Staff Member
Photo Courtesy of Maura Corman Hi Venture readers! It’s Skye with my very first blog post (feels exciting)! I figured thatbecause most of you are fans of our literary magazine, it would be cool to see what a day in thelife of a member of Venture (and English major with a concentration in literature) is