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 Spring 2023     Poetry 

Shadow's Descent

Brian Hunt

Upon the hill there we lie
As shadows descend upon the sky

But there is no fear for we are forever blind
And so, darkness has been ever kind

The ones who see are the ones who scream
As shadows descend into sunny dreams

‘I will repent I will repent’ those words they say
But just like us, on their backs they will forever lay

Unlike them we do not pretend
For we know where the shadows descend

Sleep for now or sleep forever
You will continue a shadow’s endeavor

The cost of light is that it burns and rends
While we are blessed when shadows descend

A Letter to my Parents

A Life of Fiction

Answers

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Giving In

I have a question!

I think of you

Light's Secret

Murky Middle

Once Upon a Push Pin Heart

Origami Horses

Road Trip

Shadow's Descent

She Gets to Live

Shenandoah Spring

Silver Linings

Something Within

spinning

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supernova

The Epitaph of Stolen Words

The Nightmare's Lullaby

The Society of Lost Fathers

To Be

Young Black Bunny

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