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universal feeling  maybe i am like the universe,  my darkness never ending.  stardust was sprinkled in attempt to brighten my soul,  but i think my body was not meant to shine.  yes at times,  i have beautiful constellations,  supernovas flashing across my palate,  galaxies of twilight dusted throughout,  but in the end  my dark nothingness is much brighter  than the things trying to shine through.  the many moons in my darkness,  are weighed down with grief,  the stars burn with such passion,  yet they’re simply balls of gas waiting to die  and feel relief.  i am a desolate setting,  where my strengths are irrelevant  and  my weaknesses glaringly evident.  the bright lights seem to fade everyday,  comets crash into my starlit hope,  happiness seems light years away.  but perhaps i am simply enamored with my darkness.  unwilling to let my bright parts shine, ...

Our Mission

The English department, along with the students in Professor Hodges's creative writing class, decided to update the student body with a new Rockhurst Reader. This website, "The Talon" includes poems, fiction, art, and more curated from the students on campus with all their own work! We hope you find pieces that you enjoy and happy reading. Our mission is to culminate a variety of voices to open up the floor for creative expression at Rockhurst University. In The Talon anyone and everyone with a story to tell is welcome, whether it’s poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, or visual art, we want to give students a place to take the risk and publish their work. -From the Creative Writing class of 2024