Content warning: Blood, implications of self-harm. shards of glass sparkle like twinkling stars as they ricochet off your body. they embed in your flesh and…
Posts published in “Byline: ALICE BURKE”
cry
By ALICE BURKE on October 2022
three twenty-eight am.when the world is silent and emptyin the space between the crickets and the thrushes i cry. four seventeen am. when tears become…
Left Behind
By ALICE BURKE on October 2022
This time, when you leave, you don’t hug me. Instead, youmutter a simple “Bye, Alice” and start walking away. Iwatch your back as you leave,…
The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards: #Scammys?
By ALICE BURKE on May 2021
The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards was held in Los Angeles on March 14, 2021. Although this award ceremony has been important to the music industry…
Water at Night
By ALICE BURKE on May 2021
Starlight reflected on the dark lake’s still surface water calm, waiting I fear to look in the lake― Will my own image stare back?
Happy Story Contest: Springtime Dog Walk
By ALICE BURKE on May 2021
The tall food-giver with two legs and head-fur the color of the sun is speaking. Her words escape from her mouth in an unintelligible rush,…
Managing Stress During the Pandemic: A Conversation with Dr. Haltom, PhD, CEDS
By ALICE BURKE on March 2021
This March marks one year since COVID-19 invaded our lives in Ithaca and changed all we were accustomed to; the pandemic has impacted everything from…
Reading Recommendations in Celebration of World Book Day!
By ALICE BURKE on March 2021
For those of you who love to read, March 5 is World Book Day! Hopefully we can all spend some time indulging in our favorite…
c r u m b l i n g
By ALICE BURKE on March 2021
i feel like i’m a spring wound too tight i’m always sprinting but never move so close to just falling to pieces
March 2021 Limerick Contest
By ALEX JORDAN, ALICE BURKE, ANYA KRAMER, CAITLIN STRONG, LELIA SHAFFER, LOUISA MILLER-OUT on March 2021
Winner: Turnips By LELIA SHAFFER There was an old woman who noted That the turnips upon which she doted Gave her stomach a grudge And…
February 2021 Haiku Contest
By ALICE BURKE, ANNA COHEN on February 2021
Winner: 1/6/21 By ALICE BURKE They attack Congress Raise the Confederate flag Our country bleeding ______________________________ A Breath of Fresh Air By ANNA COHEN A…
Pass It Along Column
By ALICE BURKE, TANIA HAO on December 2020
There was once a man named Harold Norman. Despite his wealth and lifetime supply of expired pickles, Harold was unhappy. He was finally free, and…
December 2020 Haiku Contest
By ALICE BURKE, ANNA FULBRIGHT, CARLA MARTINEZ, EMMA POLLOCK, FIONA KENNEDY, JACKSON YAGGIE, JAMES ROBERTSON, LEANN ZHU on December 2020
Winner: Haiku By ALICE BURKE Like raindrops on glass, My thoughts are tiny and slow, Too small to think straight. ______________________________ Haiku By ANNA…
Cornell’s Reopening Warrants Praise, Not Criticism
By ALICE BURKE on October 2020
In the past month, there has been a loud chorus of criticism and skepticism over Cornell’s reopening. Although the university has put in place a…