Wick Students
Carrie George
Graduate Fellow and First year NEOMFA student
Her favorite poem is "Moving North" by Ann Deacon.
"We are heading
both of us north. The cold, I hear,
is shriveling, the cold bites back.
Even in this lush midway state I feel
a touch of gangrene on my hither leg,
some deadlier hermit fiddling in my brain."
Isaiah Hunt
Graduate Outreach Assistant and First Year NEOMFA student
His favorite poem is "Some Tomorrow" by Sun Ra.
Dorisha Hendrix
Junior English major with a creative writing minor
"Without a Sound" by Dorisha Hendrix
In your arms I slept
Tucked away between the fabrics of our love
Rested on cotton sheets
And since I can't forget
In that moment I was whole
In that moment were only us
Silenced in bliss
Tucked away between my lips
How much I've longed for this
Out in the universe we fell at rest
Stardust filling my soul with your galaxy
Rain falling upon the window sill
In your arms I am healed
Regan Schell
Senior English major with minors in political science and creative writing
Her favorite poem is "Holdfast" by Robin Beth Schaer
"We should hold each other more while we are still alive, even if it hurts."
Caitie Young
Junior English major and creative writing minor
"Soap Suds" by Caitie Young
Soap and suds;
just washing the dishes,
counting down the hours,
and making wishes.
A few more shifts
of empty achievement,
of wiping the windows,
and nods in agreement.
Smudges on plates,
and food that goes to waste;
a ship sinks in my gut
and bittersweet tastes
Like soap suds,
and washing the dishes;
she said “don’t count the hours,
but keep making wishes.”
So I’ll keep making wishes.
Rebecca Cybulski
Junior Integrated Language Arts major
Her favorite poem is "The Red Wheelbarrow" by William Carlos Williams.
"so much depends
upon
a red wheel
barrow
glazed with rain
water
beside the white
chickens"
Sadie Schlegel
Junior English major and creative writing minor
"Title It Poetry" by Sadie Schlegel
It starts with a simple idea,
Drawn out lightly in pencil,
Then covered in broad strokes
Of basic color,
Boldly confident.
It may look rough
With harsh edges
And mistakes,
But it’s loved.
With gentle care
And a thin tipped brush
Pressed into the canvas,
Details begin to create refined life.
Colors are carefully selected,
Each adding to the texture,
Portraying the intended emotion
As it falls further and further away
From the first image in my head.
Layer upon layer of acrylic,
Paint caked under my nails,
Bristles askew,
I’m finally satisfied with my painting
But before it’s done,
I title it Poetry.
Mack Shaffer
Freshman English Major
Her favorite poems are “Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy’s Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota” by James Wright, “Relax” by Ellen Bass, or Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 60.”
Nisreen Yamany
Doctoral candidate for English Literature
One of her favorite poems is "A word is dead" by Emily Dickinson.
"A word is dead
When it is said,
Some say.
I say it just
Begins to live
That day."
Terra Kincy
Junior Engineering Technology major
Her favorite poem is "He Remembers Forgotten Beauty," by William Butler Yeats.
"But flame on flame, and deep on deep,
Throne over throne where in half sleep,
Their swords upon their iron knees,
Brood her high lonely mysteries."
Emma Nowosielski
Freshman English major with a concentration in professional writing
Her favorite volume of poetry is The Nectar of Pain by Najwa Zebian.
Hailey Knisley
Senior Digital Media Production major
Her favorite poem is "Substance" by Christine Gosnay.
Night sky comes through the pines,
water and milk through a cheesecloth.
We are too shy of bears and comets to stand out in dark
and the French door sprint graham crackers of moonlight on the
floor.
Watch the middle night widen into itself– out there,
only threads of light old enough to hurt us
play on our skin. Watch the middle night
widen into itself. The mind likes to see
the broadening of what was slim.
And your hands were a circlet around my waist
and you said to me, here I am. And you said to me,
while I am lost, stay away from the sea.
Rachel Lamorgese
Senior Educational Studies Major with minors in English and Communication
One of her favorite poems is "Bad Weather" by Marie Howe.
Kayla Mae Meyer
Freshman Architecture Major
Her favorite poem is "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" by Dylan Thomas.