We’ve fallen a bit behind on posting these, but we’ve had so many submissions to the website from our students that it sometimes becomes hard to pick some lines that we think best reflect the work we’ve been producing together at Shortridge. This time is no different. With all the snow delays and closings, it appears that all of our students are writing on their own time, and writing a lot. And some of our brand-new students this semester are getting in on the action. Enjoy some excerpts from the first couple weeks of the Spring 2014 edition of Exclusive Ink:<\/p>\n
“I Don’t Believe in Death”<\/a> by Daizjha <\/em>“The Family Tree”<\/a> by Kyla <\/em>“I See”<\/a> by Quanzell “Concerto”<\/a> by Paula “<\/a><\/em>A New Word”<\/a> by Zuri and Porche
\nMoney Line:<\/strong>\u00a0Spending time with the ones you love became a task and now you have to ask yourself why you let us bend.<\/p>\n
\nMoney Line:\u00a0<\/strong>Fire in the eyes, and say your goodbyes. The scythe is swinging, you\u2019re in for a reaping. The metal is hot, the warmth is sweet, forgive and forget or die and retreat.<\/p>\n
\nMoney Line:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>I see a half-done hairline \/\u00a0I see a jar full of wine<\/p>\n
\nMoney Line:\u00a0<\/strong>All \/\u00a0caught up in my concerto \/\u00a0sweltering beneath stage lights \/\u00a0you don\u2019t get to cheer at the end \/\u00a0It\u2019s not your show anymore.<\/p>\n
\nMoney Line:\u00a0<\/strong>The \/\u00a0ballistic words sang in \/\u00a0a monotone voice, Neologism \/\u00a0comes into play as we \/\u00a0find a new word for \/\u00a0love.<\/p>\n