Speaking Your Language: The Vernacular Goes Digital

Speaking Your Language: The Vernacular Goes Digital

Within the end of the year torrents of crunching for economic problem sets, linear algebra final exams, and government research papers, CMC’s Literary Journal,...

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“…Meets Girl”

“…Meets Girl”

When I see her, I know that my entire life is one simple story: Boy meets girl. It’s one that’s been told plenty of times, but I think mine is special. Not...

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A Fable, or A Short, Moralizing Story about Animals

A Fable, or A Short, Moralizing Story about Animals

Once upon a time there were a number of animals in a setting appropriate to the species of the animals present. One animal, the Exemplary Animal, embodied a set...

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The Norton Victorian Period Introduction Abridged

The Norton Victorian Period Introduction Abridged

Victoria the Queen was so moral Her writers wrote rhymes quite unfloral No longer reflective But rather socially attentive

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Metathingal Poem

Metathingal Poem

In thinking about Frank O’Hara Why would he push me so, telling me to scribble as if at gun-point, or at knife-edge, or at razor’s blade?

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Fathers of the Nephilim(1): a Theological Sonnet

Fathers of the Nephilim(1): a Theological Sonnet

Like things of clay, the sons of God did cave upon the sight of the daughters of men; their fairness lowered angels down to knaves; against the flesh, divines could...

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Smokey Rain

Smokey Rain

Your sweatshirt smelled of smoky rain. I was thinking of how often I had rested my head on that exact place on your chest. Your candid expression when you looked...

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