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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Janet Doe<br />
Janet Doe, an upcoming 9th grader, enjoys the abstract <strong>and</strong> creative light<br />
of writing. She also enjoys scribbling <strong>and</strong> doodling diverse characters<br />
from your average teenager to an alien from a distant planet. Doe aspires<br />
to be a planetary researcher in the near future.<br />
Ignorance’s thievery<br />
In the dark of the night, illuminated by only a lit, full moon<br />
A sly figure slips from roof to roof stealing <strong>and</strong> robbing from us all<br />
The children <strong>and</strong> descendants of culture rich nomads, <strong>and</strong> travelers, <strong>and</strong><br />
immigrants, <strong>and</strong> foreigners all left in the dark<br />
No trace or sound of a fire lit by a torch that’s been carefully passed down<br />
Its name unknown but its affects worldwide to each <strong>and</strong> every house<br />
Burning the ends of hereditary ropes once woven oh so tight<br />
Ripping the once firmest of roots all in the dead of the night<br />
You’ve all said listen well, but listen you have not<br />
You’ve let go of an anchor holding the word family’s parts<br />
You’ve lost it all to this slippery, conniving snake<br />
Cunningly taking your family’s heart up, up <strong>and</strong> away<br />
Your identity, your color, your communication is gone<br />
Due to simple negligence, ignorance, ignoring among<br />
Your dances, left by the fire, your legends, left untold<br />
You’ve watched it take it from you all, it grasps a firm hold<br />
So get up, ask. Mom, Dad, who are we, what are we, <strong>and</strong> why<br />
For no longer let this creature’s gluttonous greed thrive<br />
No longer will this slippery snake, influenced by suppressors’ power,<br />
Cunning, conniving, covetous thief’s expert thievery linger<br />
You are who your family is, <strong>and</strong> your family is who you are<br />
Learn your identity to be it, don’t lose it in the dark<br />
95 <strong>Windward</strong> <strong>Review</strong> <strong>Vol</strong>ume <strong>20</strong>
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