Vanessa Cole’s poem “Lepidoptera” was inspired by the Artic Wooly Bear Moth, which lives on the edge of possibility. These moths spend approximately seven years of their lives frozen in the Northern Artic climates before they gather enough resources to transform into a fully-grown adult. “Lepidoptera” celebrates the similar transformation of a woman who gains independence in her own life through her choices and experiences. Vanessa penned this poem as a personal contribution to honor the many strong women she has encountered in her life, either in person or by influence. The poem is her first published work in any medium.
Caeley Rose Drouillard is a science major at GTCC who plans on transferring to NCSU in Fall 2018. She is science minded but enjoys poetry as an emotional release. Poetry is made of syllables, rhymes, and numbers, but without meaning, they are just words. Caeley Rose hopes to bring meaning to her thoughts, rather than just equations.
Maligno has been a writer since 2012. He has a desire to explore the unknowns of darkness, death, and depression.
Joel Rieves was born and raised in the North Carolina Piedmont, acquiring quite a few interesting traits, including an excellent (if somewhat dark and snarky) sense of humor, a healthy disrespect for authority and the inability to know when to shut up. Retiring after 22 years as a firefighter, he realized his debt profile wasn’t diverse enough and resumed his education at GTCC with the intention of transferring to UNC Greensboro for an English degree, all in the hope of pursuing his lifelong dream to become a writer.
Kat Schroemer has not been an author for very long, but has gotten a couple of submissions into the Review. The long term goal is to be an editor or work for a publishing company, but would like baking to be involved somehow. Kat will be working after graduation next fall, and wants to go back to college afterward.
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