Windward Review Vol. 20 (2022): Beginnings and Endings
"Beginnings and Endings" (2022) challenged South Texas writers and beyond to narrate structures of beginnings and ends. What results is a collection of poetry, prose, hybrid writing, and photography that haunts, embraces, and consoles all the same. Similar to past WR volumes, this collection defies easy elaboration - it contains diverse tones, languages, colors, and creative spaces. Creative pieces within the text builds upon others, allowing polyvocal narratives to interlock and defy the logic of 'beginning-middle-end'. By the end of this collection, you will neither sense nor crave the finality that a typical text brings. Instead, you will be inspired to learn and create beyond a narrative linear structure. Your reading and support is sincerely appreciated.
"Beginnings and Endings" (2022) challenged South Texas writers and beyond to narrate structures of beginnings and ends. What results is a collection of poetry, prose, hybrid writing, and photography that haunts, embraces, and consoles all the same. Similar to past WR volumes, this collection defies easy elaboration - it contains diverse tones, languages, colors, and creative spaces. Creative pieces within the text builds upon others, allowing polyvocal narratives to interlock and defy the logic of 'beginning-middle-end'. By the end of this collection, you will neither sense nor crave the finality that a typical text brings. Instead, you will be inspired to learn and create beyond a narrative linear structure. Your reading and support is sincerely appreciated.
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Sophia Chapa<br />
Sophia Chapa has been creative since the day that they can<br />
remember. They have a passion for writing poetry, which they didn’t<br />
learn about until <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong>.<br />
Only Human<br />
Crying <strong>and</strong> having so much pain, but smile.<br />
Angry because they want me to be something I’m not, but smile.<br />
Anxious <strong>and</strong> worried that it won’t work out, but smile.<br />
Exhausted, but smile.<br />
Smile, they say.<br />
Smile, don’t show your sadness.<br />
Smile, even when you’re angry.<br />
Smile, <strong>and</strong> you won’t be anxious.<br />
Faking it, but smiling.<br />
Don’t Grow up too Fast<br />
Don’t grow up too fast, but get a job.<br />
Don’t grow up too fast, but pay for your own things.<br />
Don’t grow up too fast, because you need to live your life.<br />
Don’t grow up too fast, but I can’t buy the things you need.<br />
Don’t grow up too fast, because you should enjoy your youth.<br />
Don’t grow up too fast, because adulting sucks.<br />
Don’t grow up too fast, but you’re so mature for your age.<br />
Don’t grow up too fast, they say,<br />
but I don’t know what being a child is so,<br />
Don’t grow up too fast, but I should have my life together.<br />
91 <strong>Windward</strong> <strong>Review</strong> <strong>Vol</strong>ume <strong>20</strong>
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