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Chase Scene
by D’Asia Smith Short Fiction Honorable Mention, VSU Student Writing Contest 2019 Based true to life EXT. GATEWAY 2 RESIDENT HALL FRONT –...
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Speak Now…
by Dillon Armstrong Short Fiction Winner, VSU Student Writing Contest 2019 How do you tell your best friend that you are in love with...
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Everything In-Between
by Tedria Smith Poetry Honorable Mention, VSU Student Writing Contest 2019 When things are good it reminds Me of the sweetest cotton...
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The Grandest Show in the World
by Grant Sowels Poetry Winner, VSU Student Writing Contest 2019 Step right up to the grandest show on the planet! You’ve seen imitators,...
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Note from the Editor
by Tedria Smith The Virginia Normal had an amazing year with endless opportunities given to the students at Virginia State University....
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My Journey’s First Playlist ft. Erykah Badu
By Emani Brown aka lulo Creative Nonfiction Winner, 2018 VSU Student Writing Contest
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“I Love You”
By Jacquori Braddock From the Mass Communication Department’s 2016 Photojournalism Exhibit All girls dorm that I’m sneakin’ in, But you...
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Untitled
By Emiyah T. Brooks From the Mass Communication Department’s 2016 Photojournalism Exhibit Standing here on this stage, my palms are...
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Save Me
By Erica Alston From the Mass Communication Department’s 2016 Photojournalism Exhibit Protect me from the eyes of society Shield me from...
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Awkward
By Nadine Rayes Devin Lightner The story ended on a bit of a letdown. Just Seemed to fall flat at the end The jokes didn’t make any sense...
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Piano Troubles
By Tori Lyde Devin Lightner 88 keys on a piano, right? No color though just black and white. Happy mediums, there’s no room. One or the...
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Add Lights
By Telvis Savage From the Mass Communication Department’s 2016 Photojournalism Exhibit I hear your questions and I hate questions Like...
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Nothing Lasts Forever
By Damonia Newton From the Mass Communication Department’s 2016 Photojournalism Exhibit She looked at me as if I were a sick patient in a...
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The Yellow Brick Road
By Jocelyn Morris David Lightner Thrifting on Malibu ave...I spy a woman in red. There’s another woman too on the street parallel, on...
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Can You See Me?
By Tamera Wimbish I was never used to someone staying in my life. When I was only 5, I remember watching my mother day in and day out...
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One Pop, Two Pops, Three
By Tedria Smith Bewildered eyes glisten in the night. The street light flickers in the background. I remember his smile lighting up the...
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The Stranger
By Dillon Armstrong My parents always told me to never talk to strangers. “Don’t speak to anyone you don’t know,” my mom repeated on an...
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Benjamin’s
by Tedria Smith I lay flat at her feet And watch her brown skin sparkle in the bright hot lights above me She just turned seventeen Her...
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Patterns
By Asia-Aylana Simone White 16. What a young age to give Birth. Sunny San Diego, California, the year is 1973, and its Fall. California...
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Who Killed the Butterfly?
By Branson Neuman Who killed the butterfly? With wings of gloss. Softer than the caustic moth We look in awe at the way it takes off....
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