Dear readers, This issue of the Creations Journal comes to you as a beacon in a trying time. We may be stuck inside, but our words shimmy out of the closed doors and sneak through shut windows because they are all that can. It is important for creators to come together, now more than ever.Continue reading “Editorial 2020”
Author Archives: Dawson College Creations Journal
Patient
By Eleni Andonatos Schellenburg Hand over your Medicare Card. Announce your appointment time and who you are going to meet. You don’t know their name? You are here for a pre-scheduled appointment with the emergency doctor. Are you new here? Speak louder so that you can be heard through the glass. Please register your addressContinue reading “Patient”
Another Test
By Eleni Andonatos Schellenburg I was staring at the screen; my phone just kept ringing. On the third call, I picked up. She was sniffling and hyperventilating, Her broken breath wheezing in the mic. The next test was tomorrow, and she felt Pressure in her chest. I put her on speakerphone And muted myself.Continue reading “Another Test”
To My Darling, My Love, My Human
By Eleni Andonatos Schellenburg I smell something nice; I smell something great: It’s the trash from the snacks and the food on my plate! Forgive me, please feed me, I won’t wait forever. On the desk, on a chest, I’ll eat it wherever. Once I hunger no longer, I’ll jump on mother’sContinue reading “To My Darling, My Love, My Human”
Dancing Lovers
By Melyna Gilbert It started in a small room with plaques describing Van Gogh’s life. It was bland, empty, and held no emotional connection to him. It was almost like they didn’t want you to feel his pain. But once you stepped through the doorway, it was like coming into a completely different life. ColorsContinue reading “Dancing Lovers”
“A Word We Use to Plug Holes With”: The Concept of Love in Poetry
By Julia Bifulco The topic of love is ever-present in art, and despite how often we see it, we are always eager to revisit it. Throughout the centuries, however, the word ‘love’ has been used less and less sparingly. Instead of reserving it for the utmost special and overwhelming emotions, it is thrown at anyContinue reading ““A Word We Use to Plug Holes With”: The Concept of Love in Poetry”
Finding Absurdity to Cope with Literary Tragedies: An Analysis of Kafka’s Metamorphosis, Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbervilles and Brontë’s Wuthering Heights
By Talia Kliot After two years in English literature at Dawson, I have noticed that the works we study tend to be analyzed from a melancholic angle. Examples of such works include Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles (1891), a heartbreaking story of a fallen woman, and Brontë’s Wuthering Heights (1847), an unfortunate tale of twoContinue reading “Finding Absurdity to Cope with Literary Tragedies: An Analysis of Kafka’s Metamorphosis, Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbervilles and Brontë’s Wuthering Heights”
“Perpetual Female Entrapment:” An Analysis of Identity in Mrs. Dalloway and The Bell Jar
By Anastasia Kolokatsis The Modernist movement is renowned as being a period of tension and change. This atmosphere is translated into the literary works of the time, in which authors reflected on the disillusionment brought on by the events of World War 1. They wrote openly about their collective anxiety and helplessness concerning these topicsContinue reading ““Perpetual Female Entrapment:” An Analysis of Identity in Mrs. Dalloway and The Bell Jar”
Dawson Library Daydream
By Talia Kliot Even the plates have character in the country. I imagine that someone meticulously painted on the blue and yellow flowers, each petal a careful stroke. The pancakes are piled up and steam seeps out of their fluffy pores, the smell of browned edges wafting through the fresh, country air. If I makeContinue reading “Dawson Library Daydream”
Speak to Me in Clichés
By Talia Kliot Tell me you’re a kid in a candy store When you gaze deep into my soft brown eyes. Remind me to always think hard before My sharp tongue lashes out to criticize. Tell me that you’re falling head over heels. We’ll run away; no time like the present. Yes, IContinue reading “Speak to Me in Clichés”
