Leslie Leeds Poetry Prize – 2022
The Leslie Leeds Poetry Prize is sponsored by the English Department at CCSU. It was created by former English professorContinue Reading
Category: Literature
Take Exit 22 Onto The Mobius Strip | Henry Jordan-Reilly
There is no difference Between aspiration and impatience, Between a bright and a daunting Future. Months are not months. TheyContinue Reading
Purity | Madison Culpepper
I grab a bottle of soapand a new spongethen lock myselfin the bathroom.I drop to my knees,next to the moldthatContinue Reading
Naked Heads | Samantha Jones
For a towering office building with more than thirty thousand employees, this twenty-square-foot-elevator that can only fit two-thirds of themContinue Reading
Loose Change | Mello Lonergan
“Honey, wake up.” “Mom, what’s wrong?” Sarah sits up in her bed. “There’s a fire, baby, we need to go.Continue Reading
Sunday, December 7th, 1941 | David Kaback
Ekphrastic piece inspired by Advertising Illustration, circa 1906, watercolor on illustration board. Photo Courtesy of the New Britain Museum ofContinue Reading
Letter to a Stranger: To the Man Who Led Me from the Water’s Edge | Jennifer Kelm
Every life is marked by at least one momentous day that defines the course of destiny. For me, a singularContinue Reading
The Void Between | Max Mitzel
The cargo bay hummed with activity; loader-drone motors whirred as mechanical arms moved boxes and crates into tightly packed spaces.Continue Reading
“Grammatically Incorrect” | Blaine Babbidge
I have a mouth that speaks They/Them, but a body that screams She/Her My throat is burned with the ashesContinue Reading
Skeleton Key | Terence McCaffrey
You sit on my sill in the sun and the dusk and the blue afternoon shade like any other key,Continue Reading
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