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Williams, Matthew

Forces 
Volume 2024 Article 9 
4-15-2024 
America's Way 
Matthew Williams 
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Williams, Matthew (2024) "America's Way," Forces: Vol. 2024, Article 9. 
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America’s Way
Matthew Williams 
This is our structure.
Built to the eyes of man.
The patriarchs’ lifeline ruptures.
Shameful bubbles are creating this juncture.
Dreams fade into hateful spans.
This is our structure.
Manifestos apparatus blocking culture.
Incorrigible disarray of governing bans.
The patriarchs’ lifeline ruptures.
Justices’ exasperated hearts punctured.
Freedoms grasped by geriatric plans.
This is our structure.
Big Brother’s vision shattered infrastructure.
Compromises of growth are lost firsthand.
The patriarchs’ lifeline ruptures. 
By dividing groups to extinction;
By providing a genocidal depletion;
This is our structure.
The patriarchs’ lifeline needs a restructure.
After Hours
Michele Cruz


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America\u27s Way

Sims, Mikaela T.

Forces 
Volume 2024 Article 16 
4-15-2024 
Cloud 
Mikaela T. Sims 
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Sims, Mikaela T. (2024) "Cloud," Forces: Vol. 2024, Article 16. 
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Mikaela T. Sims
I have always been here
Itinerant by nature
They say let us go wherever the wind takes us,
Though that is my law
My consciousness disappears
A cool rush I open my eyes
Feeling different yet the same
Parts of me float until they grow too heavy
As I hear the voice of my carrier
My kin flock together or go our separate ways
We look soft but when cramped our law is pernicious 
To look below is to see the shadow of my beauty 
To look above is to greet our visiting gods
The stars, moon and sun as they bless us with our color and emotion
I cannot leave this container
But maybe
Someday, I will leave to become more than earth’s nebula
For now, I shall let you bask I my glory as I paint the sky.
Golden Hour
D. J. Hurley


Cloud

Raboy, Rachelle

Forces 
Volume 2024 Article 49 
4-15-2024 
Mysterious Lady 
Rachelle Raboy 
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Raboy, Rachelle (2024) "Mysterious Lady," Forces: Vol. 2024, Article 49. 
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Modern Siren Song
Ty L. Sherard
The Call.
It beckons you.
A powerful lure, heard by all.
Just in your pocket.
Few Resist.
Now it’s got you.
A sound, feeling, or flash.
And you’re hooked.
A simple gaze turns to an addiction.
Turning anything of interest against you.
It may not hold for long.
But there is always another.
“One more” is all it takes.
Now you’re caught.
Locked in.
Mysterious Lady
Rachelle Raboy


Mysterious Lady

Eagles, Emory

Forces 
Volume 2024 Article 53 
4-15-2024 
On the Front Line 
Emory Eagles 
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Eagles, Emory (2024) "On the Front Line," Forces: Vol. 2024, Article 53. 
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On the Front Line

Donlad-Whitney, Cathy, Dr.

Forces 
Volume 2024 Article 59 
4-15-2024 
Perceptions, Reality, Illusions, the Optics 
Cathy Donlad-Whitney Dr. 
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Donlad-Whitney, Cathy Dr. (2024) "Perceptions, Reality, Illusions, the Optics," Forces: Vol. 2024, Article 59. 
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Jinx Fatasma Azul
Kaylee Chavers
Perceptions, Reality,
Illusions, the Optics
Dr. Cathy Donald-Whitney
I recognize and see what I see.
I know what I know. A large contingency
demands that I become acquiescent
and denounce the reality of my everyday
existence. The optics are not
good. Is it the lighting? How is it
that what is so blatantly visible
is somehow invisible? It must be
“the optics.” How else can we
justify the hypocrisy and condone
the injustices? I want to believe.
I want to understand. I want to
see what I cannot see. Can someone
at least admit the optics are not
good? We must enhance the lighting
and try to understand how we
arrived at this obscure,
foggy place we call reality.


Perceptions, Reality, Illusions, the Optics

Witt, Alexander

Forces 
Volume 2024 Article 66 
4-15-2024 
Raindrop 
Alexander Witt 
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Witt, Alexander (2024) "Raindrop," Forces: Vol. 2024, Article 66. 
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hear the crunch of leaves falling and the 
chorus of nightingales from the outside. 
Due to its simplicity, the classroom lacked 
essential equipment such as air conditioning 
or any technological devices. However, 
we, the students, were never hindered by 
unwavering determination and striving for 
our dreams. Unlike the United States and 
other countries, my hometown’s educational 
system is designed in a unique way where 
we share the same classmates in all the 
same subjects. In addition, each class 
usually consists of about 40 students, and 
we stay in the same classroom until we go 
to high school. Remaining in the same class 
gave us the opportunity to face challenges 
together and understand each other more. 
A really special thing is that in Vietnamese, 
we never have a concept called “classmate” 
because all class members became close 
friends since the first time we met. To 
me, those experiences are truly special; it 
transformed my classroom into more than 
just a place of learning. It became my second 
home! Time has flown by rapidly; it has 
now been four years since I left my town, 
the school days that filled me with joy and 
sorrow partly vanishing with time. Still, the 
school remains there, silent and solitary, 
always staying with me along the way.
Raindrop
Alexander Witt
Chipping Away
A.J. Sanchez
To me, those experiences are truly special; 
it transformed my classroom into more than just a place of learning. 
 It became my second home! 


Raindrop

McKnight, Chris

Forces 
Volume 2024 Article 73 
4-15-2024 
Sober Nights 
Chris McKnight 
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McKnight, Chris (2024) "Sober Nights," Forces: Vol. 2024, Article 73. 
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Sober Nights
Chris McKnight
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Lucas Hampton
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Sober Nights

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