HeartLines

A Sacred Heart University Student-Run Literary Magazine

Tag: Broderick Prendergast

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    “Echo of Nostalgia”- Kelly Parker

    I hear the echo of her soft, high-pitched voice as if she’s right around the corner. I picture her peace sign shirt, neon leggings, and hair bow. I turn to look, but there’s no one there; all I can hear is her voice.  I’m a little girl again, giggling playing telephone in my matching pajama…

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    “We Miss You” – Liliana Sosnowski

    I miss you. I miss the long walks, and the head pats you gave me when you got home from work. I miss our games of catch, and the sleight of hand you performed at dinner. Your remnant fries, my five-star meal. I didn’t know where you went at first. My days began being filled…

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    “Tang of Silence, Almost and Never” – Miriam Da Ponte 

    We sat on the second step at the foot   of her door, our feet on the street, our knees  held to our chest with our left arm, hand-rolled   cigarettes in our right, and lifting our chins to the sky,   releasing smoke between cold words, she spoke: I wish I’d always known,  before my last and…

  • “Tang of Silence, Almost and Never” – Miriam Da Ponte 

    “Tang of Silence, Almost and Never” – Miriam Da Ponte  We sat on the second step at the foot   of her door, our feet on the street, our knees  held to our chest with our left arm, hand-rolled   cigarettes in our right, and lifting our chins to the sky,   releasing smoke between cold words, she…

  • “Blue” – David Robillard

    I always used to love the color blue. It was the color of so many things, from the sea to the sky. I loved all shades of blue. Royal blue, deep and vibrant. The color of the ribbon I won in my first writing competition. I had entered only because my friends wouldn’t stop urging…

  • “The Making of a Moment” – Thomas Lombardi

    How does a moment make a moment? How does it make us freeze? How can it slow time until it stops entirely letting us think every- thing over without a single thought? We aren’t meant to be any- where else, and we don’t want to be. We sit. Alone but not lonely, comforted but not…

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    “I miss…” – Jenna Siuta

    “The Kiss” by Alyssa Esty

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    “The Soliloquy of the Sea & The Reflection of the Robin” – Broderick Prendergast & Jakub Zujewski

    A frigid summer night. Crash! Crash! Crash! No response. Slapped, smacked, chopped, hooked, toyed with all day. Things to be said but nobody to talk to. The seeming inability to empathize creates a wall. Retreating back, but belting forth for an ear. CRASH! Crash! crash! The sound pains one, yet pleasures another. Subject to self…

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    “Dirty Dishes” – Mary Margaret Nugent

    If I was an object I’d be a spoon You can fill me up with your words and all of your proof  Proof that you love me But please Don’t lift me too high Because I might spill over the edge If you hold me up Too close to the light On my way to…

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    “Running Water” – Mary Margaret Nugent 

    Running water  Running away  Helpful daughter  Help her stay  Stay still Stay quiet Be here But be silent Count the numbers up each day  Count the tears on her face  Move out Move away Already gone You thought I’d stay?  Running water  Running daughter  Helpful daughter Helpful her Help her stay Help, still Stay still…

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