Contents

Entropy
Emma Hoffman

ode to your cup of tea placed warm in my hands
Mady Thetard

mt
Carleigh DeBrock

A Heavy Space Between Us
Kenny Borsch

Silent Ephemera
Kai Clark

The Photo Taken By Ella Jean
Em Loney

Lapsed
Em Loney

Field Lament
Elizabeth Angione

Under the Mirror
Paul Wagner

Idolatry
Braylon L. James

Veiled Fragility
Kai Clark

Vanity
Braylon L. James

Will I Ever See You Again?
Kenny Borsch

Lush
Rinoa Chech

Under the Mirror

Sloth holds a pane of glass unto the sky.
Threads of gold are returned to the mothers,
reflecting, burning.

Death’s hood is white, and flame is his sword.
He casts bronze visions from a polarized plaster
built by his own hand.

Sin has a power sealed in a cloth, gliding and flowing.
A rope is its guide, its palace a rod;
it holds the same glass.

Under that glass they pour a message,
a lie:
All is black and white.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Paul Wagner is a junior majoring in music technology at Kent State University at Stark. He is currently recording a demo of his original songs, lyrics, and arrangements for a musical about the life of a famous twentieth-century African American pianist and composer. Paul’s poetry and lyrics are an important part of his life and music. His poem “There I Found the Sun” pays tribute to a Syrian refugee, and “Under the Mirror” reflects the current political climate in the United States.