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(Archive October 2018) Clubs & Campus: Creative Writing Club

By editorialteam on March 28, 2025

By Sophia Schlegelmilch | Observer Contributor

Photo by Cassie Roy

The Creative Writing Club offers students the opportunity to connect with other writers and to have their work published and is welcoming all new members.

Michele Walsky, a Professional Writing major, is the president of the club. She joined the club last fall, after taking a creative writing course with Professor Michelle Valois. Walsky says the class inspired her because it focused on “the love of words, not so much the organization. It was about breaking the rules, and it was very freeing.” Walsky has since completed and published a novel. read more

(Archive September 2018) Pantoum

By editorialteam on March 25, 2025

By Maurisa Weld

Peace is disturbed, it approaches.
“knock, knock”
Anxiety.
It takes over.

“knock, knock
”who is it?”
“anxiety.”
“no ones home”

Who is it?
The being who controls your thoughts.
No one’s home,
yet I feel something watching.

The being who controls your thoughts
makes your heart pound and hands sweat.

(Archive September 2018) Villanelle: Dumb Duo

By editorialteam on March 25, 2025

By Maurisa Weld

Devastated, the dinosaur drunkenly stumbled
into a half-dreaming parakeet flying lazy low.
Downward ascending deep to the dark floor went the dumb duo.

“DANGIT!” the dino yelled.
“Do you watch where you dawdle?” the bird chirped.
Devastated, the dinosaur drunkenly stumbled.

Parakeet darted to the canopy.
He perched on a twig too weak to hold him. SNAP.
Downward ascending deep to the dark floor went the dumb duo.

(Archive September 2018) Sonnet: Behind a Locked Door

By editorialteam on March 25, 2025

By Maurisa Weld

Everyone has an identity
that goes beyond first names.
Though no one wants to unlock their destiny,
for they are too busy kicking around, playing life’s games.

Fate is behind a locked door.
We wait in hopes to find a key on the ground.
Not changing who we are, making the same mistakes as before
we wait for the door to open when we could easily knock it down.

Pick up the pieces, life is a puzzle.
At first attempt you may not feel like a victor
but with perseverance you will defeat the struggle
and see you have made a beautiful picture. read more

Mother

By editorialteam on February 14, 2025

A poem by Sophie Harrold

quietly,
with no one noticing,
She moves the branches aside.

humbly,
when no one else can see,
She cares for everyone.

sweetly,
while everyone else is having fun,
She stays behind.

in Her life,
people hear Her without listening,
they see Her without looking,
but She continues to move the branches aside.

without Her,
they would falter,
with Her,
they will thrive.

but one question remains,
for Her,
who will move the branches aside?

(Archive April 2018) Old School

By editorialteam on February 5, 2025

By Michael R. Young

An old house decomposes to my left. On my right, a Victorian schoolhouse stands in proud obsolescence, its arched stone doorway ascended to by grand stone steps. The silent ghosts of bygone children clamber upward toward silent school bells, scowling hall monitors and musty rooms. Blackboard erasures have left their chalky marks, pounded on stoic brick walls. The halcyon days of the three “R’s” and recess have given way to short term memory loss. But I still remember Dotty Evan’s blonde braids, blue tipped, as she sat at the desk in front of me. Her hair just barely reached the inkwell in my graffiti-carved, flip-top, oaken writing desktop. read more

(Archive April 2018) Tattoo Haiku

By editorialteam on February 5, 2025

By Brian Dickens

Go get a tattoo,

bold print across your forehead,

reading, “bless this mess.”

(Archive April 2018) The Art of War

By editorialteam on February 5, 2025

By James Pelletier

War is born on the diagonal
no space for symmetry

no place for proportion

nor stillness of balance.

The clatter of jagged edged

compositions

juxtaposed contrasts

and oppositions:

these are the strokes

that make their mark

on prints of black and white

and colors on canvases

that march their way

into the collections of History.

(Archive May 2017) Review of the Spring 2017 Literary Magazine, “A Certain Slant”

By editorialteam on January 8, 2025

By Deidra Brown | Observer Contributor

The cover to the 2017 edition of *A Certain Slant*.
Photo by Tom Hill Jr.

A Certain Slant, spring 2017 edition, is a literary magazine that features original poetry, prose, and artwork of many MWCC students. During the process of creating each yearly edition, any student is welcome to submit their work to Michelle Valois, the faculty advisor.

The artwork featured on the front and back covers, created by Kyle Johnson, is what caught my attention immediately. The vibrant colors and unique design were captivating. Upon receiving the magazine, I quickly brushed my hand across the front of the magazine due to the three-dimensional illusion created by the cover art. read more

(Archive May 2017) Remembering Edward Stevens

By editorialteam on January 8, 2025

By William A. Lefrancois | Observer Contributor

For fifty-one years, Ed Stevens was steadfast to the Mount;
For over half a century, true wisdom graced his classes.
At Haley none remained longer, too many years to count;
You could always rely on Ed, he thrived in helping the masses.

Ed began teaching when the Mount was young, a fledgling college;
The community needed educators and Ed Stevens answered its call.
Physics, Engineering, Math; to these Ed showed the light of knowledge.
His torched burned bright for generations; he was a man who stood tall. read more

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