Orpheus - Volume XXXVIII - 2021
CONTRIBUTORS
POETRY
Jennifer Patino
Positive Pandemic Outcome
Joy Gamble
Mother Dearest, A Wall: Part II
*Part I of Mother Dearest, A Wall was published in Orpheus XXXVII
Marissa Patton
A Dog’s Delight
Lavender’s Blue
Percy Ednalino
I Feel God in This Chili’s Tonight
Of Care Packages and COVID-19
Raindrops on Roses
Magdalena Pantaleon
Chicanx Studies
Bitter Lullaby
Blake McKee
A Sinner’s Creed
What a Mess
Don’t Fret Child
With a Knife Against My Neck
Melinda Quach
I Love You
An Ode to Sugar
Elida Stewart
Quien Soy?
Yasmin Marcelo
Monochrome
Heartstrings (Pablo Picasso -The Old Guitarist)
Hues
Chloe Lozano
The Stranger
This Moment
Azam Abbasi
The Secret of the Smile!
Jessie Mondragon
Things to do Before You Die
Still Not Unbroken
I’ll Start Tomorrow
Morgan Mullens
Persephone
Vanessa K. Barron
An Educator
Destinee Sims
The Art of Making Candy
Knowing Yourself
Smokey Room
Internal Battles
Riley Purvis
Bed Wars
Darius G. Riggins
I Suffer in Silence
When God Made You
Matthew Lavelle
Hearts Branch
Wisteria
Eternal Venom
Can you tell me more about myself?
Why am I waiting for your return?
Tori A. Hernandez
Hello Old Friend
The Only Thing She Loved
Alyssa Morataya
Blooming
El Rio
Tianna Belcher
Love
Nirvana
An Un-read text on a late night
Exodus
A.C. Rigby
The Pomeranian
Justin Zuniga
The Bed
Esmeralda Sanchez
Slippery Snakes
Mikayla Hollon
Rooted
Spice
Victoria Cipres
Shampoo Aisle
Moirai
Anhedonia
The Thrill
For Those We Have Lost
SHORT STORIES
Kaleigh Day
Blue Bonnets Aren’t Even Blue
Jazmin Gutierrez
Please Read Before Approaching
Iuxeayor
The Tomb of Tesselex
Nicholas Romasanta
Life Lessons
Melinda Quach
I’ll Relive the Tragedy, So That I Can Relive the Happiness As Well
Destinee Sims
The Kind Man
Monica Williams
Mustangs, Mask-ulinity, and Cages
Justin Zuniga
The Bedroom in the Mind
Bat-Ami Gordin
How to Use a Telepath to Write Your English Composition
Elizabeth Gossett
I Am Smaug (So Misunderstood)
CREATIVE NONFICTION
Gina Garza
Media History Interview: A Chicano’s Cruise Down Memory Lane
Dana Lynch
Born to Cry
DRAMA & FILM
John L. Hunter
Our State of the Union
The Daze Have Come
Bat-Ami Gordin
Puscula
ART
Elizabeth A. Nevarez
YOUTH
Elida Stewart
I am Woman
Kei Deragon
Self-Surrender
High Priestess
Briana G. Hendrix
Medusa
Bat-Ami Gordin
Nesting Dove
Heron Reflecting in the Water
Grace VanKirk
Study of Edward Steichen’s Self-Portrait with Brush and Palette
Jedi James
A Light From the Shadows Shall Spring
Dana Lynch
St. Ava Ming De Cerro Gordo
Facebook Dating
Ming
Jennifer Patino
Positive Pandemic Outcome
Joy Gamble
Mother Dearest, A Wall: Part II
*Part I of Mother Dearest, A Wall was published in Orpheus XXXVII
Marissa Patton
A Dog’s Delight
Lavender’s Blue
Percy Ednalino
I Feel God in This Chili’s Tonight
Of Care Packages and COVID-19
Raindrops on Roses
Magdalena Pantaleon
Chicanx Studies
Bitter Lullaby
Blake McKee
A Sinner’s Creed
What a Mess
Don’t Fret Child
With a Knife Against My Neck
Melinda Quach
I Love You
An Ode to Sugar
Elida Stewart
Quien Soy?
Yasmin Marcelo
Monochrome
Heartstrings (Pablo Picasso -The Old Guitarist)
Hues
Chloe Lozano
The Stranger
This Moment
Azam Abbasi
The Secret of the Smile!
Jessie Mondragon
Things to do Before You Die
Still Not Unbroken
I’ll Start Tomorrow
Morgan Mullens
Persephone
Vanessa K. Barron
An Educator
Destinee Sims
The Art of Making Candy
Knowing Yourself
Smokey Room
Internal Battles
Riley Purvis
Bed Wars
Darius G. Riggins
I Suffer in Silence
When God Made You
Matthew Lavelle
Hearts Branch
Wisteria
Eternal Venom
Can you tell me more about myself?
Why am I waiting for your return?
Tori A. Hernandez
Hello Old Friend
The Only Thing She Loved
Alyssa Morataya
Blooming
El Rio
Tianna Belcher
Love
Nirvana
An Un-read text on a late night
Exodus
A.C. Rigby
The Pomeranian
Justin Zuniga
The Bed
Esmeralda Sanchez
Slippery Snakes
Mikayla Hollon
Rooted
Spice
Victoria Cipres
Shampoo Aisle
Moirai
Anhedonia
The Thrill
For Those We Have Lost
SHORT STORIES
Kaleigh Day
Blue Bonnets Aren’t Even Blue
Jazmin Gutierrez
Please Read Before Approaching
Iuxeayor
The Tomb of Tesselex
Nicholas Romasanta
Life Lessons
Melinda Quach
I’ll Relive the Tragedy, So That I Can Relive the Happiness As Well
Destinee Sims
The Kind Man
Monica Williams
Mustangs, Mask-ulinity, and Cages
Justin Zuniga
The Bedroom in the Mind
Bat-Ami Gordin
How to Use a Telepath to Write Your English Composition
Elizabeth Gossett
I Am Smaug (So Misunderstood)
CREATIVE NONFICTION
Gina Garza
Media History Interview: A Chicano’s Cruise Down Memory Lane
Dana Lynch
Born to Cry
DRAMA & FILM
John L. Hunter
Our State of the Union
The Daze Have Come
Bat-Ami Gordin
Puscula
ART
Elizabeth A. Nevarez
YOUTH
Elida Stewart
I am Woman
Kei Deragon
Self-Surrender
High Priestess
Briana G. Hendrix
Medusa
Bat-Ami Gordin
Nesting Dove
Heron Reflecting in the Water
Grace VanKirk
Study of Edward Steichen’s Self-Portrait with Brush and Palette
Jedi James
A Light From the Shadows Shall Spring
Dana Lynch
St. Ava Ming De Cerro Gordo
Facebook Dating
Ming