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The Delta Statement

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The Delta Statement

Love's Mystery Parade

Love’s Mystery Parade

Sheldon Ransom, Staff Writer March 25, 2016

I see your face Yet, I don't know your name You come to me in my dreams Whispering the calling of my name Appearing with an outlined radiant glow I'm losing myself in your eyes Can you...

The Hunt

The Hunt

Rebecca Carroll, Staff Writer March 1, 2016

  Dragons breathe fire, boat on water, sword and shield, with ballista and web. The dragon is spotted, the Archangels fly, down and down they go through the smoke and clouds. The...

Mirrors

Mirrors

M. Brynn Bertrand, Staff Writer March 1, 2016

Everywhere I turn, a mirror stands in my way, Each showing a vision of myself in the future, Pulling me in different directions. The images whisper softly in my mind, Telling me which...

I Am

I Am

Jimmieria Chillis March 1, 2016

I bottle the wind 'tis but unclaimed potential contained within I cap the snow 'tis but Hate's wounded heart aching for Love to grow I bring the rain only to find there's no hail to gain I see what...

I Love You

I Love You

Jamarrez Davis, Poetry Writer February 27, 2016

Don't leave me please This of you, I beg Started the same way as others Out of the womb, I came Hours of labor and months of carrying It only attributed to your tremendous heart and strength Try...

The Future

The Future

Jamarrez Davis, Poetry Writer February 27, 2016

Legacy The flowers we blossom today Will be the the source of fruit from which the next generation will eat and flourish from We are all capable of leaving a blueprint But is that blueprint helpful? The...

Within

Within

Sheldon Ransom, Staff Writer February 26, 2016

The madness speaks to us everyday It's the voice we call the other Why ignore Is it the rage The insanity in you that runs through your veins No Its the known of your unknown

Now That's Show Biz

Now That’s Show Biz

Alecia Wilson, Copy Editor February 24, 2016

The curtain of deceit hangs With the veil of Hell, she gains Cloaked in disguise he tries To all but pass through time Frozen with ill will, The other’s anger threatens to spill Trapped...

Love Sick

Love Sick

Aallyah Wright, Editor February 24, 2016

Why am I here? I seem to tune out the world more and more… Why aren’t you near? I seem to push you away, Even when it hurts me to the core… Why can’t I live? The pressures of...

Absent Mind

Absent Mind

Alecia Wilson, Copy Editor February 24, 2016

What’s on my mind? What are my thoughts? What is real? What is not? I’m not sure because I forgot. What time is it? What’s the time that it was? Questions. Questions. In...

The Reality

The Reality

Jamarrez Davis, Poetry Writer February 22, 2016

Strewn across a path so wide Lay fragments that aren't easily hidden A puzzle so complex and impromptu That we never are fully able to see it To each their own because we all possess it Is this...

Crescent Wrench No. 1

Crescent Wrench No. 1

Jimmieria Chillis, Poetry Writer February 16, 2016

Sometimes I need you Although old and weathered with age Your beginning and latter strength has no end. You’re experiencing better days I’m reminded of you as I gaze— At the twilight Whose...