Muses From The North
Ally Finnerty The warm autumn morning of September 21 is the vacation day. The sleeping beauty, Bianca Blue, is fast asleep in her bed. She is a young woman living alone in a tight-knit apartment complex with her neighbours living close by. With her parents living across the country, she must fend for herself to…
Desmond K. Canning Feminism has been defined and redefined by different feminist movements and scholars over time (Calixte, Johnson, & Motapayne, 2017). Feminist ideology focuses on the male dominance and inequality experienced by the female gender. While feminism is gender-specific, it has been debated whether feminism can be universally implied since not all cultures and…
Chadwin Scatch I thought it was the end of my life and then I met you I said I would come back after going to pass out eventually I did When we laughed I cramped I ached for your smile again I prayed for someone like you Even tho Iām still a young fool I…
Paul Nicholas Matczuk The Original American Hero ā The Legend of Pocahontas America has a great love for its folklore, ordinary people making for extraordinary history. Pocahontas, President John F. Kennedy, the Winchester legacy, Betsy Ross and Christopher Columbus (just to name a few). Unfortunately, much of what is celebrated of American folk heroes…
Julie Birch As the sun let rays of light fall upon the city of Salem, the shadows grew more prominent and bolder in the wise old graveyard. Fog hovered over the grass and was particularly heavy above the assigned plots of the past residents of the infamous haunted city. Moans started erupting from under the…
Sarah Brown The fight for womenās bodily autonomy has been a topic widely discussed within feminist circles, and has been gaining media attention in specific issues such as the right to have an abortion. However, the abortion debate has overshadowed a much larger problem that spans the globe. Bodily autonomy is not simply confined to…
Tena Hart There is love in the midnight sky, And it is you and me. It is the moon and the stars that shine, From the heavens. As if they had sent a dove, To guide me through, This new and exciting time. A love that has given me the ultimate blessing which is Gods…
Kelly Laybolt The early 20th century was full of turmoil and extreme hardships as people endured two World Wars and the Great Depression. These events caused a transition in literary genres from Victorian literature to Modernism especially with plays when playwrights began to focus on the lives of ordinary people and addressed controversial issues within…
Charlie McGillivary Invisible in conscienceYou want me to be a part of your worldWhy do I not belong?Am I a reminder of what you could not erase?Expected to be a fellow citizenBut you still follow me around in businessesDirty skin and dirty hands waiting to stealDid you not steal from me first?I do not appreciate…
Freddie Barkman The world came into being when the Creator created the seas, lakes, and the land, which is also known as Turtle Island. When the new world was formed, he also created all living beings that inhabit the Sea and on the land. With all what he created he needed someone to take…