by Monim Wains Welcome to Oxford, the best university in the world! (For three years running, don’t you know, no one in the UK has ever done that before!) And welcome to Oriel, the hands-down, no questions asked, best college in Oxford. That’s quite an introduction to live up to, but the number of times […]
Read moreAn Old Dawn
by Chris Hill We tend to respect things that have endured for a long time. We respect our professors Because we know that years of hard study have given them knowledge. That time has taught them more than books could. We respect antiques As relics of an era before our own. As […]
Read moreIssue #34 – Dawn
A PDF of the print version of Issue #34 – Dawn – can be downloaded here.
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by Gustas Mockus
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by Rhiannon Savage
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by Colleen Cumbers Euphoria A struggle, a fight After an interminable darkness The first rays pierce through Penetrating the body, the heart, the soul The body The thrill pulsing through the veins The gush of intoxication Splendour Beauty The fervency of the mortal The golden tinge to the world around you Everything, all that ever […]
Read more無限 wú xìan – Boundless
by Yi Yun Soo 這無邊無際的大海 Zhèwúbīan wújìde dàhǎi 是思鄉情懷 Shìsīxīang qíng huái 亦是龐大的夢想 Yì shìpáng dàde mèng xǐang 更是為未來擁抱的希望。 Gèng shìwèi wèi lái yōng bào de xīwàng 有了希望 才有力量 Yǒu le xīwàng cái yǒu lìliàng 活出一個無悔的人生。 Huóchūyí gèwúhuǐ de rén shēng This vast, boundless sea Could be our longing for home [And also] our […]
Read moreDawn Photograph 1
by Gustas Mockus
Read moreBeware the Dawn Shark
by Joe Gardiner
Read moreThe Night is Darkest Just Before the Dawn
by Martin Yip The night is darkest just before the dawn. That was a quotation that Edward Leung purportedly took from a Batman film, as shown in the documentary Lost in the Fumes. Leung was a student from the University of Hong Kong who majored in philosophy. More importantly, he was and remains a figurehead […]
Read moreArpeggi for the New Year
by Tom Saer Forgetting this is what my time together knows, considering [I hit the bottom and] the way that darkness has been put to use since goodness knows BC. But now the bonfire substitute illuminates the shame with preset ambiguity: Are there any ways to warn my friends About the Fallout […]
Read moreIdyll
by Lauren Hill; original composition for piano, flute, clarinet, violin and cello. Performed by players from the CHROMA ensemble. Score to be found here.
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