Whoa. Did you see that tumbleweed go by?
Yeah, this “blog,” isn’t much of a blog right now. A real fixer-upper, I’d say. To remedy that, we at Spectrum came up with an idea. Each week, we’re going to post works created where the magic happens–during Spectrum meetings.
Every Monday night, Spectrum meets, and along with celebrating how awesome we all are, we write. Or draw. Or some combination of the two.
This week’s prompt (selected by your favorite e-board members) was:
Who’s coming around the corner?
What is their secret?
What are they carrying?
Our members got to work. Here’s what they discovered:
– Anonymous
Co-op is coming—it’s right around the corner. With it, it’s carrying adulthood, the power to shove weaker words from a resume, and the opportunity to play “I have my life together” dress-up in a pencil skirt. It’s secret? It’s absolutely, completely, smiling-through-your-teeth-til-your-face-hurts terrifying. Get your leather portfolios ready; they make the strongest shields.
– Holly Van Hare
Lament of the Newly Published Author
She’s there. I can feel it
Sense her,
Faint smell of spearmint gum
And Dove shampoo
And coffee underneath
The gum.
Or maybe him,
Crinkling a plastic water
Bottle and
Striding in
Grey sneakers toward
The revolving door,
Clutching the
Book under one
Arm,
The book with
My name on the cover.
The corner
Approaches
My heart is
Thundering
And it drowns out
My steps on the
Concrete
Underneath me.
I turn
A deserted street.
I keep walking
Toward the next corner and
The next.
– Ivy Pepin
— Elke