By Jessilyn Rich Silence hung in the eaves of the village like burnt out Christmas lights in July. Mundane tasks kept anxious hands busy, as the morning wore on. No one complained […]
Secret Keeper of the Sea Pt. 4
The Cruel Sister Pt. 2
I am Not a Number
by Claire Christensen Attention Poets and Poetically Inclined Individuals! “I am Not a Number” is a budding collection of poetry surrounding the topics of sexual and domestic abuse. The collection still needs […]
My Life
by James Little When we are young, we just can’t wait to start school won’t that be great To become a preteen, then it arrives, and we feel so alive Then we […]
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by Magella Cantara (Content warning: this may be upsetting for readers who have experienced sexual assault.) His eyes are black And starved Hands pinning me On a soft hotel pillow Where he […]
Bring Back the Poets!
by Celina Simmons Poetry has a way of bringing people together, despite whatever differences appear on the surface. Poetry digs deeper than that. It’s when the pen and your hand start to […]
Jessica U. Meir – First woman from Maine to see space
By Arden Leigh This past September, NASA astronaut Jessica Ulrika Meir was launched on a six-month mission aboard the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. She will be the […]
The SMCC Beacon 