Afghanistan was a place that Seth Smith would later try to forget. It wasn’t the heat that bothered him the most – despite the lame jokes that civilians liked to make when they learned he’d been deployed. The worst part was the sand. It got in his ears, in his food, in his gear. Read More…
Hungry Love by Barbara Gurgel
Like the ffft of an arrow shot Secondary to its sharp bite but Startling and filled with life Filling me with life Filling the world’s doughy center Sort of like Boston creme Like truffle oil on pasta Making every other taste Fade momentarily away Drawing all focus Even when regarded immaterial Read More…
Handmade Yarn Art by Jubetsy Rivera
Photography by Leah Freeman
Breakthrough In Motion Nubble Light Photography Behind the Scenes
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – Final Deadline April 1, 2024
Calling all creative writers, poets, photographers, and artists! Temper, UMass Dartmouth’s literary magazine, is still accepting submissions! Interested in getting published? Here are our categories and guidelines. Categories: Short Stories, Poetry, Creative Non-fiction, Artwork, Photographs, Plays. Guidelines: 5000-word limit to current UMass Dartmouth students, 1000-word limit for UMass Dartmouth alumni. We are able to accept Read More…
The House Dracula Built- by Gregorie Marshall
The most responsible task of an artist is to remember the journey from boy to man, then to express that journey lyrically or poetically, with a pen or with a brush, and then display it for the world’s partakers to find shelter and peace within it. Such a task calls for the trust of memory. Read More…
Pain or Shame You Decide- by Gregorie Marshall
Is it Pain Or is it Shame When a human Heart Loses Space To call on Grace To show Empathy For another Heart Journeys are Unknown On the moments of the Days To rather be Silent Callous words Can only be a Path When comes the day Grace finds its Place To be given in Read More…
Forever Marilyn: The Real Meaning of the Walking Dead- by Gregorie Marshall
Marilyn Monroe has been my favorite icon for all of my life. Until her death in 1962, Marilyn was known as the “blonde bombshell” and became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s and an emblem of the era’s sexual revolution. (Wikipedia 2023). A present-day online encyclopedia’s explanation is Read More…
Is it good enough? Would it be perfect?: Thirteen Rules of Writing- by Amanda Beres
Whenever I think of writing, I think of teenagers or middle schoolers. Perhaps this is because that is around the time I fell in love with writing. Perhaps it’s because most protagonists I’ve seen in books are teenagers. I was ten years old, in fifth grade, and writing poems in my notebook where notes should Read More…
This Is About Me, Not You- by Kamryn Kobel
Whenever I try to write about myself, it always ends up being about you. But this has to be about me. I have to make this about me. Me. Me, me, mine, like a mantra. Like a vow. I have to remember this, because if I don’t, I’ll start writing about you instead. I’m always Read More…