The Spotlight

"The Spotlight is where we preserve our past, celebrate our present, and encourage our future contributors."

-CSUDH English Graduate Association

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pull the plug

By Mason Martin | the feedback loop – audio the hair of a leg – animal two transient, fragile vessels full of untouchable worlds, pulses...

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Yerba Mate

By Florencia Bravo | Mama hollows out the grapefruit and the mist of citrus makes me smile; The scent is strong like summer heat, and I...

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Ken Malloy Harbor Park

By Chris Piago | As a 15-year-old girl I sat and watched the ducks, birds, people minding their own business while my brother who worked...

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Wine

By Belen Mercado | For me, poetry is not only words that you write in order to pass time. Poetry is the color of the soul and the beauty...

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Chemical Burns

By Brenda Sanchez-Barrera | Chemical Burns was written in a state of grief and anger. It explores the depths at which heartbreak can...

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To Whomever

By Ashley Smith | I wrote this poem way before Covid reached the monstrosity that it has become. It was something that could have been...

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It's Just a Prolonged Sleep

By Willie Robert Heredia | Willie Robert Heredia is a CSUDH alumnus. He is a dog person who, by chance, happens to live with two cats....

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Thrive in the World

By Maria De La Torre | My most favorite leisure activity is writing poems. One of my most special poems is "Thrive in the World." It's...