Here's a sneak peek at some of the poetry and prose you can look forward to reading when Unique is published at the end of the year.

Gargoyle staff member Maddy Hamlin talks with Shara Esbenshade about her poem -- its significance and why she felt moved to write it.

Sometimes what you study leads you to express yourself in unexpected ways. Listen to Shara Esbenshade read the poem she wrote after learning about the conditions of Haitian migrant workers in the Dominican Republic's sugar cane fields.

Among the students traveling to the Dominican Republic this summer will be junior Shara Esbenshade. Read the poem she wrote about the workers who harvest that country's sugar cane crop.

Students of poetry recognize the sestina as one of the more challenging forms of verse: six six-line stanzas and a tercet, with the end words of the first stanza repeated in various combinations in the other stanzas and tercet. Shara Esbenshade rises to the challenge and offers her own version of this venerable form.

By Annie Liang & Michelle Gao Class of 2007 &...

By Annie Liang & Michelle Gao Class of 2007 &...

Don't forget to visit our creative writing section. Better yet, send us your own contributions. Here's the latest, from sophomore Anna Cangellaris.

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