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r i v e r r u nThe Student Literary and Arts JournalVolume 482020—2021University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Dear Reader,We had a discussion at the beginning of the yearabout whether or not the theme should be“pandemic.” There were a lot of people for and a lotof people against. Some people felt the pandemic wasnot the only important event that happened in thelast year, and others believed it to be a subject too sensitive to focuson. Eventually, we scratched the idea, but there was this nagging feelingin everyone that kept pulling us back. So, we introduce to you animage of hope and rebirth. Focusing on where we can go from here isthe direction we wanted to look and we at riverrun empathize thatthis last year has been a challenging one. What we realized is that wefelt obligated to acknowledge the last year. It deserves to be acknowledgedand should not be ignored.Through the year we learned to be sympathetic, to not jump toconclusions, and to support one another in our struggles. We learnedhow to treat one another and how not to and that the world as weknow it can change in an instant if we do not take care of it. Some ofus learned to bake bread. Some learned to paint. Some learned to balanceworking from home while also being a teacher to their children.Some of us learned humility and a love for the slow pace that thelockdowns brought. For the first time in a long time, you could wakeup when you wanted, make a cup of coffee, sit looking out the window,and just observe. The world got quiet, whisper quiet, and at thesame time the world got louder than it had been in decades. We madeit, not without our fair share of scrapes, bruises, frustrations, andanxieties, but the most defined character is built through adversity.There is still a lot of work to be done. Let this be the year that we allrise from the ashes.So, where do we go from here? After all the good, bad, and ugly,what else is there to do? We are of thehumble opinion that one must create, but thatis probably because we are a literary journal.But frankly speaking, why not? So, we urgeyou to create; write about your experiences;draw and paint how you see the world, andthen (insert self-promotion here) send it tous. Let us share and celebrate with you thewonderful student minds of UCCS and themarvelous things they created along the way.We wish you and your loved ones the best.Enjoy.~ riverrun editorial team 2021i
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Page 7 and 8: Letter from Editor-in-ChiefAs menti
Page 10 and 11: Fiction“Life is too short to read
Page 12 and 13: The PenRyan CasementDecker sat acro
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Pandemic VampireEvan WedsworthThe m
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“I can pay, but all of it will co
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Nonfiction“History, Stephen said,
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The AspenLuci SchwarzMy mother alwa
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The Little Things You NoticeTatiann
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pants though, I’m sorry. They cut
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The lights were dim, and the bar wa
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instruction period during which we
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the night I took a leap of faith an
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whisper unconditional “I love you
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Poetry“I am tomorrow, or some fut
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My Brazen BullJarod SharkeyParadise
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Evelyn’s MonologueJarod Sharkey
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BrokenBrianna LedesmaEverything hap
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Jupiter et SemeleCamille LiptakCome
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Two Lane RoadJarod SharkeyPine need
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From my knees I riseTo look him in
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But Then You DidBrianna Ledesma“I
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Fall Farther From the TreeRyan Case
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Little Bits of MeJarod SharkeyFlesh
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The Bull and the FishJulia Elbertyo
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This query is baseless.The foundati
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With compassion.With text.Our knowl
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The Birth of Feminine DesireAbigail
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Visual Art"To discover the mode of
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OkayBec HurleyDigital Comic101
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LackingSydney MartinezDigital Photo
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Eye of the BeholderKaylan HardinAcr
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Hearts of the FallenJoshua WilsonDi
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WisdomKevin LesniewskiDigital Photo
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OceanscapeCayley HeinoldCut Paper p
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