Fresh Ink 2020

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Naugatuck Valley Community College

LOVE IS.... Lynette Melendez Love is an act of surrender Towards another person Where madness lies Beneath this selfless action Love is prideful Having possession over a person Where the years are more important than a relation Pleased by the validation of others Love is a prison Being stuck behind the bars of lust Sentenced to life without parole But what attracts is not seen by the naked eye Love is mysterious Told false testimonies Comforted by a monster in disguise Honesty is defined by sequential lies Love is dangerous A drug that becomes an addiction Knowing that it’s fatal to health Somehow it creeps back into a systematic process that no longer operates

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Sydney at Asbury in Acrylic by ShawnaLee W. Kwashnak

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pages 126-128

“You Are Superman” by Danielle Minicucci

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“Hummingbird” by Danielle Minicucci

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page 122

“Haibun for Tom Young” by Roberta Whitman Hoff

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page 124

“I Do Not Want to Stem the Rose” by Carlamary Santiago

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by Roberta Whitman Hoff

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page 121

“Crystal Clear Glass” by Mary Tetreault

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page 117

“Cremation River 1-5” by Kenneth DiMaggio

2min
pages 110-114

“A Prayer in Pain” by Shyanne Caporuscio

1min
page 109

“Little Paper Hearts” by Joseph R. Adomavicia

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The Heroes by Joe A. Sainz

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pages 105-107

“Love Is....” by Lynette Melendez

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“Strength” by Yelizaveta Tolstokoraya

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page 103

“A Heart in a Glass House” by Nathan Fitzgerald

1min
page 101

“Mr. Crow” by Mary Tetreault

1min
page 96

“Distance” by Jason Hesse

1min
pages 99-100

“Changes” by Jennifer Jones

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page 98

The Blue Over Acacias by Adele Annesi

6min
pages 93-95

“Gulley” by J. Greg Harding

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page 92

Still Life in Wind by Julian Hogan

2min
page 90

“Goodbye” - 3rd Place - Jennifer Jones

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pages 88-89

“The Last Slave Ship” by Joe A. Sainz

1min
pages 86-87

“Chocolate Time” by J. Greg Harding

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page 84

Block - 2nd Place - by Emily Smith

4min
pages 82-83

“Who Own Whom?” by Nick Cardinal

1min
pages 80-81

“Grass” by Mary C Verdosci

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“Seeds of Faith” by Elizabeth Schneider

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page 67

Look At Me by Jalon Copeland

3min
pages 68-70

“Undress Me Slowly” by Yelizaveta Tolstokoraya

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page 66

Pretty Little Flower by Erica Sturges

3min
pages 63-64

“Banged Up Knees” by Heather Ruszkowski

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page 62

“To Climb a Purple Mountain” by Gary Rushworth

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page 58

“If I Ever Have a Daughter” by Yelizaveta Tolstokoraya

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page 57

“My Sweet Boy” - 3rd Place - by Jenny Butterworth

2min
pages 59-60

Melinda by Joe A. Sainz

6min
pages 51-54

“Search Light” by Olivia Danielson

1min
page 55

“Crossed Fingers” by Gary Rushworth

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“One Man, One Child” by Sandra Eddy

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“Vesillia (Ukrainian Wedding)” by Sevastian Volkov

1min
pages 45-46

The Legend of the Math Bomber by Anthony C. Brown

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pages 40-42

“Uncertain Darkness” by Gary Rushworth

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page 39

“There Lives a Nightingale” by Sevastian Volkov

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page 44

“The Monsters with the Headlights” by Joe A. Sainz

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pages 36-37

“Predatory Property” - 2nd Place - by Mitchell Maknis

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page 30

“Our Battlefield” by Dylawnie Woods

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page 38

I Told You I Could Do It by Jeannie Evans-Boniecki

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pages 32-34

“Never Mind” by Kristen Marcano

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page 29

“Spirit” by Susan Bush

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Exact Change by Kerry Heverling

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pages 18-20

“A Single Tear” by Roberta Whitman Hoff

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pages 24-25

“ALS - A Life Sentence” by Jayanne Sindt

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“When He Thinks of You” by Mary Tetreault

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“Bag Lady” - 3rd Place - by Jennifer Jones

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page 21

“To the Pizza Girl” by Natalie Schriefer

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“The Real Heroes” - 1st Place - by Autumn Dempsey

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Aurora - 1st Place by Jason Hesse

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pages 12-14
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