October Chill

 By Dr. Allen Culpepper, Associate Professor of English

October now: the weather holds clear as in
summer, though skies burn a drier blue
that deepens with the evening nip to thrill,
as autumnal sorrow’s bright, cold blade
enters clean, but when withdrawn tears flesh
of memory from its secret buried vault
and leaves it strewn across the backyard path,
where frost will make it glisten just at dawn;
the morning’s first chill breezes stir the branches
of the last remaining tree, an elm,
and it drops its final golden leaf.

Seeking

By Lynda Platone, Executive Assistant 

Seeking and searching in the pre-dawn;
Mists swirling silent across dew kissed lawn.
Wraithlike and pale in the soft, glowing light
She prays for the end of the long dark night.
An outstretched hand in desperate plea.
Cries for sweet comfort, tears falling gently.
How has she come to be so alone;
Why does she not have one to call her own?
Seeking and searching in the pre-dawn;
Mists swirling silent across dew kissed lawn.
She falls to the earth, her soul wrenched apart;
Will love once again find its way to her heart?

Bumps in the Road

By Sarah Ward, Elektraphrog Editor

Essence of hope in my soul
Rubs off on your weary eyes;
Lies that you listen to
Taunt and breed rich jealousy
Open the shackles restraining my truth:
I long for your heartbeat on my pillow.
Breathe silence into my ears.
Curse hindrances and the beast of salacity.
Demolish the end.
Forgive.
Grasp tightly
And we can travel together.

The Great Depression

By Maxime Poitevien, Elektraphrog Publicist

When did it become hard to get a job with a master’s degree?
Well-educated individuals at home with no job, but Bush still refuses to see
America’s in debt, yet its money from our pockets they take
We’re running out of gas because our president fails to communicate
Or shall I say can’t communicate the appropriate way
Then gets rejected.  Now our soldiers get sent out to steal land and give their life away
Jobs cutting down on employees, mothers whom have no husband to provide
Gets relieved from work being left with no decision but to cry
The ones who need are the individuals praying every night on their knees
While the ones who have, are being self-centered and watching them internally bleed
The crime rates are increasing because to some it’s the only way to eat
When there’s no source of income, how else would one stand on their feet?
Many are being strong but it’s becoming hard to hold on
Will Obama win because 4 more years of suffrage is too long
The presidential race is coming up, shall we be cheated from our votes again?
Shall democrats take over or will republicans cheat the machines once more to win
We were once told to “Lift every voice and sing”
So let us be the melody to the ears of the republicans voting
As I write many individuals are experiencing a stage of recession
But if we don’t vote this year soon we’ll be in “The Great Depression”

Thread

By Glenn Banish, Elektraphrog Assistant Managerial Editor 

As my head unravels
These thoughts they turn to thread
These threads they hold my eyes wide open
I’d kill to fall asleep
To finally be at peace
For no one is lonely in a dream
My burdens
They feel like feathers
Compared to what you weigh on my mind
Until this day
I still don’t know why
I miss the way you used to talk me to sleep at night
I know that I’m the only one there is to blame
But you are what is keeping me
Keeping me awake