Photo Courtesy / Pexels Sam Wellick Guest Poet These live long moments are often short-lived Devoid of certain truths, Running through back alleys and dissolving into city streets Sky surrounds us whole when emotion refuses to grow Selling ourselves for moments of sincerity Money can’t fill the gaps in our personalities, Resent, loneliness is always… Continue reading Cold Colors
Photo courtesy / Pexels Tori Lemon Lantern Staff You and the ocean are one in the same. The way your kiss lingers like the salt from the waves on my lips. The way your fingers dance across my skin like the grains of sand on the beach. Leaving traces of you with me wherever I… Continue reading When you think of home, do you think of “who” or “where”?
Photo Courtesy / Phil Michaels Tesla Bethel Lantern Staff By the time we reached the settlement, night was upon us. The howls and screeching echoed behind us only to be drowned out by the bustling noise of the settlement. Even though it was late, there was still much to get done. A fence of wooden… Continue reading Desolation’s Greed (Continued)
Matt Cooper Lantern Staff Nebulae bloom and stars arise. Helium flashes. The sun dies. Eyes pointed up, I saw dawdling Glints of resurrected fire. Leftovers of giants burning at 10,000 degrees Kelvin flickered In the black November sky, Proving I might still be alive. I was twenty, feeling fifty. My black lab cried for her… Continue reading For the dogs
Matthew Jackson Guest Columnist Hello. I know we have met before. But I don’t recognize you. What happen to that smile you always had? The kid who would always make everyone happy? Now you just have tears in your eyes. You isolate yourself as if you know you’ve changed. As if you’re ashamed of what… Continue reading Unknown
Kaitlin Parks Lantern Staff Everything is changing. My life is rearranging. And I don’t know what to do, so I look to you. When I open my eyes, I see you for what you are. Then I realize, that we’re moving fast and far. Everything is changing, my life is rearranging. And I don’t know… Continue reading Everything is changing
Tesla Bethel Lantern Staff I don’t understand why I never saw it before. The destructive tolls we as people have on one another. We feed, and take until there is nothing left but the silhouette of what we once were. We can all put the blame on each other. “Well you should have done more,”… Continue reading Desolation’s Greed
Kaitlin Parks Lantern Staff The Butler Theater Department is at it again and this time they are crossing barriers – gender barriers. This year’s musical is “Where’s Charley?” selected and directed by Bob Peterson. This is Peterson’s thirty fifth year working at Butler, and he is more than ready for “Where’s Charley?” to finally hit… Continue reading Theatre department asks “Where’s Charley?”
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