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Futile

Futile

Angela Richart, Assistant Editor-in-Chief March 11, 2014

I'm wishing right now I wasn't alone I'd do anything to make you come home But when there's nothing left to do That's when I want to be with you But something stops...

Voices out of Nowhere is Calling for You

“Voices out of Nowhere” is Calling for You

Karly Liska, author March 6, 2014

Attention all Northeast students! Submissions wanted! Northeast Community College has been publishing students’ stories and art for over 40 years.  “Voices out of Nowhere” is a compilation...

Moody Nebraska Weather

Moody Nebraska Weather

Angela Richart, Assistant Editor-in-Chief March 6, 2014

No meteorologist can predict its mood Sunshine and smiles one day And the cold shoulder rain showers the next Nebraska weather is a bipolar person Bouncing from mood to mood, hot to cold Sometimes...

Cannot Be Boxed

Cannot Be Boxed

Angela Richart, Assistant Editor-in-Chief March 4, 2014

I can paint you an abstract picture Full of life and color With shapes and designs That will blow your mind But when it comes to drawing something real That I cannot do. I can write you a free-verse...

Please Dont Cry

Please Don’t Cry

Angela RIchart, Assistant Editor-in-Chief March 1, 2014

Whatever you do, girl, please don't cry You can make it through People have your back They believe in you You know that's a fact Just keep your head held high Whatever you do, girl, please...

The Birdbath

The Birdbath

Angela Richart, Assistant Editor-in-Chief February 25, 2014

I am flat, cold and unmoving Moved only by glistening raindrops Plopping down from the sky Like salty tears from an eyelash Shimmering as it hurries down your cheek Weakly landing on the...

Nothing Will Stop Me

Nothing Will Stop Me

Angela Richart, Assistant Editor-in-Chief February 21, 2014

I want to play in a band with a crazy name We'll rock the show and go down with fame I want to play second basemen for the Braves Just think of all the outs and catches and saves I want to...

Hawks Landing Audience Applaud Visiting Writers

Visiting Writers Series: Slipping in a Little Knowledge

February 19, 2014

College students often dream of being a famous writer, but sitting in class reading the words of deceased authors doesn’t help completely with the practical aspects of being an author in this digital...

The Haze

The Haze

Angela RIchart, Assistant Editor-in-Chief February 19, 2014

  As I looked out across the haze Dust particles lingering in shades of grey My eyes adjust to the piercing light I see a movement just beyond my vision From the corner of my eye, a...

Casey at the Bat

Casey at the Bat

Karly Liska, author January 28, 2014

By Ernest Lawrence Thayer The outlook wasn't brilliant for the Mudville nine that day: The score stood four to two, with but one inning more to play, And then when Cooney died at first, and Barrows...

Poet laureate: ‘The pen … an instrument of discovery’

November 26, 2013

By Connie Ogle The Miami Herald (MCT) You may think writing poetry is all about gazing at the stars in the sky and the bluebells in the fields, then being struck by divine inspiration. But if...

Poets read their work in Hawks Landing, tonight, 7PM

Poets read their work in Hawks Landing, tonight, 7PM

November 14, 2013

Two Nebraska writers will speak as part of the Visiting Writers Series at Northeast Community College in Norfolk. Karen Wingett and Barbara Schmitz will read their works on Thursday, November 14, at 7...

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