Submitted by Salome Grasland 1. Sometimes you'll stick out worse than a townie at a wall. Embrace it. 2. Integration does not equal blending in. Sometimes you'll wish your accent wouldn't give you away. And that the clothes you carried didn't always out you as foreign. But integration into…
By Brad Baker The starry night sky, flat-chested image of a universe, yawns above us, the naked body of Nut, but a single beauty, body in the heavens; those heavens no more harp-filled than a lying grand piano, and no more the house of god…
Spenserian Sonnet #3 by Fusha Del Mar The Serenity AA Prayer echoes in my dreams Folded chairs, Coffee Cake, Big Book, & Diet Cokes Find out whose sober chips are the most supreme I call shenanigans on this here__hoax__ …
-------- Dear black man, I know you are a child Of flowers. You don't deny your gentle nature, But they deny it for you. I don't know your origin, But you are and are not from here. It's not a question of strange nor queer.…
Poems by Fusha Del Mar Spenserian Sonnet #1 Give me the roll of fusha duct tape, right here, son. I’ll wrap you up there, in a dentist chair. I’d spare the gun, ‘cause I’d rather choke your air. They say (I’m)…
Submitted by the Office of Financial Aid If you are graduating in May, you likely have a lot on your mind right now. But if you have student loans, take the time to make just a few more important decisions over the next couple…
Poem by Jasmine Respess The Ballad of a Watergoddess My father the Moonchild, Makes the the tide rebel. But can also quell, The dark part of me, When he whispers to the sea. -------- Aphrodite was a geophiliac, Yet a hydrophyte from…
In honor of National Poetry Month, the Catalyst will publish poetry submissions by students. Send your submissions to ncfcatalyst@gmail.com by 12:00 p.m. each Friday in April to be published in the following week's issue, and on our website. Thanks!
Guest Contribution by Blake Davidson After recent construction, the bayfront is now the outlet for Manatee county’s sewage systems. Included in the recent 2013 construction on the New College bayfront was a complex system to relocate excess human waste out of Manatee county and into the…
Guest Contribution by Jeremy Weir Alderson Creator of the Homelessness Marathon The Homelessness Marathon was a 14-hour live broadcast aired at WSLR 96.5FM on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2014. It aimed to bring the voices of Sarasota's homeless to the forefront of the discussion on homelessness. Starting on…
