• Love at First Sight 

  Cardin, Jennifer (2020-08)

  PLEASE TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT INSPIRED THIS WORK: This story is a metaphor for what it feels like to fall for someone in an instant and be captivated with all that they are.

• University College London 

  Cardin, Jennifer (2020-08)

  PLEASE TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT INSPIRED THIS WORK: A poem about being a student at UCL.

• Live 

  Cardin, Jennifer (2020-08)

  PLEASE TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT INSPIRED THIS WORK: We only get one life. I realized the only reason I feared death is because sometimes I feel like I haven't been living. This story is a reminder to live the one life ...

• Once 

  Cardin, Jennifer (2020-08)

  PLEASE TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT INSPIRED THIS WORK: This is a poem about enjoying friendship.

• Sun 

  Cardin, Jennifer (2020-08)

  PLEASE TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT INSPIRED THIS WORK: A simple hikau about remaining optimistic.

• Grrrr 

  Rodriguez, Rudy (2020-08)

  PLEASE TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT INSPIRED THIS WORK: We all had plans before COVID-19 stopped down the world. This piece represents the coping stages I went through.

• Skinny-Fat 

  Wang, Jennifer (2020-08)

  PLEASE TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT INSPIRED THIS WORK: I've always had an uneasy relationship with my body because I am what Western society considers "skinny" or "average" but I am "fat" by Asian standards. At my lowest ...

• Searching for Wildflowers 

  Zechner, Juliet (2020-08)

  PLEASE TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT INSPIRED THIS WORK: A sunny spring day, with hope for many more to come.

• Marley 

  Rodriguez, Rudy (2020-08)

  PLEASE TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT INSPIRED THIS WORK: Our first grand daughter was born a year ago in Colorado. COVID-19 prevents us from visits so we are stuck watching her grow up over streaming videos. I hate it!

• Little Loves 

  Cardin, Jennifer (2020-08)

  PLEASE TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT INSPIRED THIS WORK: This peice is inspired by my definition of love. I think love is both a spontaneous draw and a conscious choice, a passionate longing, a strong affection for, a good ...

• Epidemic 

  Wang, Jennifer (2020-08)

  PLEASE TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT INSPIRED THIS WORK: I actually wrote this when we had the case of Ebola here in Dallas. I listened to an NPR piece about the stigma that Thomas Eric Duncan's neighborhood was facing, and ...

• Serendipitous words 

  Neelam, Sudha (2020-08)

  PLEASE TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT INSPIRED THIS WORK: In a world where everyone glorifies busyness; slowing down comes with its own challenges. While we slow down and reflect on our lives, our environment and the beautiful ...

• Breathe 

  Mukerjee-Roy, Neije (2020-08)

  PLEASE TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT INSPIRED THIS WORK: The struggles with the COVID-19 Pandemic and those who do not believe in wearing a mask.

• Blue 

  Wang, Jennifer (2020-08)

  PLEASE TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT INSPIRED THIS WORK: This poem originated as fanfiction about the anime Free! The main character is an introverted blue-eyed boy who only feels like himself when he's swimming. He made ...

• Black Lives Matter 

  Davoli, Christopher (2020-08)

  PLEASE TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT INSPIRED THIS WORK: The recent events since the murder of George Floyd

• The Last Dream 

  Henson, Jeresia (2019)

• Silver prayer 

  Svokos, Heather (2019)

  PLEASE TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT INSPIRED THIS WORK: One Christmas, my dear friend, former professor and mentor got me a silver necklace. On one of the charms is a bit of smoky quartz, intended to calm and help manifest ...

• Mis- 

  Mukherjee-Roy, Neije (2019)

  PLEASE TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT INSPIRED THIS WORK: I handle a lot of mouse breeding at work, and that's where I realized what miscarriage could be like for mothers. One day a mouse was having dystocia and a pup was ...

• Forbidden Fruit 

  Mukherjee-Roy, Neije (2019)

  PLEASE TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT INSPIRED THIS WORK: The literal story about picking a peach stems from a recent event when I slipped while climbing a peach tree to pick a particularly ripe peach I wanted. I came off the ...

• The Gardener 

  Holland, Adriana (2019)

  PLEASE TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT INSPIRED THIS WORK: My grandfather passed away a few years back and this is my memorial to honor him. He was a man of few words, but I learned a lot from the little.

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