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Katie Brown
Oct 1, 2024
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Bethel Creatives Interviews
Bethel Creatives, no. 16: Katie Bracey
Interview conducted by Katie Brown in the The Crossings’s series on creativity and diversity within Bethel University’s student body. The...
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That Glorious Day
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Teagan Risher
Mar 5, 2024
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The Journey from Poetry to Faith
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Anne Clouse
Mar 5, 2024
12 min read
Number 35
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Corbin Greenslade
Mar 5, 2024
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Maria Whitney
Mar 7, 2024
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Young Again
Oh, if only I could be young again! To just feel free again! Just one day to be a kid again. To have no responsibilities. No stress...
Henry Linville
Mar 7, 2024
1 min read
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The Fingers Tell a Tale
And an odd tale at that. A man who suffers, suffers silently, no one hears him except for us. We suffer for him Compounded anxiety ...
Gabriel Schwendinger
Mar 7, 2024
1 min read
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Butter
I am not a leader I am not a fighter I’m not even really a voice. My talent is fake My ability is fabricated And not my own And...
Tim Miller
Mar 7, 2024
1 min read
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Lies
time. It’s absent in the presence of cynical heartbreak. When confronted with difficulties, it runs to a desert oasis. Time abandons...
Aimee Smith
Mar 6, 2024
1 min read
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Choose
“You are not being very helpful.” I know. –But how to explain all the words I cannot pull from myriad thoughts? Mouthful of cotton...
Keira Steinberg
Mar 5, 2024
2 min read
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A Crown of Thorns
I - Eden The crown of thorns Woven from an Imposter’s Garden. How can I Claim knowledge— Claim ownership— Over the object Of my...
Melanie Bridges
Feb 8, 2024
1 min read
Poetry
Panic Attack in the Ladies Restroom
Hold it in, get a grip Tighter, tighter, tighter Hold back the tears, keep it in Breathing- but not getting air Faster, faster, faster I...
Brianna R. Densmore
Feb 8, 2024
2 min read
Poetry
Feet of Giants
The world is a magnificent museum, and Time is its curator. Every person, every creature, is a temporary, living exhibit, born of wax and...
Camron Weston
Dec 7, 2023
1 min read
Poetry
Don't Give Pearls to Swine
The savior is brought to him; in chains, he is bound. Boisterous is the hall of Herod; mad with drink. Herod approaches, yet no fear in...
Samantha Macklin
Dec 7, 2023
1 min read
Poetry
Promise Keeper
You are a promise keeper. Your word will never fail. I want to go deeper. Each step gets steeper. Each breath I take, my skin gets pale....
Eric Trent
Sep 5, 2023
1 min read
Poetry
The Sonnet Homework Assignment
I search inside my mind, digging deep down For what I should write a sonnet about. Nothing will come to mind, which makes me frown. To...
Kadie Sue Martin
Apr 7, 2023
2 min read
Poetry
Soulmates
Soulmates – are they real? I'm not sure, but I think we are. You see, my father was a short-tempered man. Mama thought she could tame him...
Filip Segota
Apr 7, 2023
1 min read
Poetry
Sky
What is that all the way up in the sky? Been there as long as I can remember, Sunny and light in middle of July; Dark and murky in midst...
Emma McNamara
Apr 7, 2023
1 min read
Poetry
I Love You Forever
I pull away from the hug, sad although I know it’s not for a Long time. Six weeks will fly by; you’ll be back in no time. If Only I had...
Aimee Smith
Apr 7, 2023
4 min read
Poetry
A Reflection on Painful Spaces
Some spaces are difficult to exist in. Spaces where the most precious memories reside while, simultaneously, the searing pain of loss...
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