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About
As the leading creative writing journal for UC Merced undergraduate students, The Vernal Pool provides an edited expressive space for the student body to publish original work and an open, accessible venue for audiences to read, appreciate, celebrate and respond. Current issues can now be found at: https://thevernalpool.ucmerced.edu.
Volume 4, Issue 2, 2018
The Vernal Pool
Cover Caption:Jesus Daniel Ochoa Solis, "Art" 至福
The Vernal Pool is an undergraduate literary journal showcasing the work of UC Merced students.
Articles
Letter By The Editor In Chief
Introduction to The Vernal Pool
Enabled Love
Creative Nonfiction
Screens
Poetry
Roses
Poetry
Exhaustion, Broken Relationships, and Deterioration: The Workaholic
Creative Nonfiction
Polished
Poetry
Will Let You Go
Poetry
Body Count: Bluebird
Poetry
Body Count: Honeybee
Poetry
Body Count: Red Apple
Poetry
A Morning Like Midnight
Poetry
Addendum
Poetry
Limitless Giants
Creative Nonfiction
Train Ride
Poetry
Puppets and Strings
Poetry
Zaavan
Fiction
Happiness
Poetry
Abandoned at Home
Fiction
Appeal to the Heavens
Poetry
Recollecting Thoughts
Poetry
His Last Lament
Fiction
The Things She Carries
Poetry
Black
Poetry
Everything is What You Make Of It
Creative Nonfiction
Thailand
Poetry
Dog Begone
Poetry
Asi Es y Asi Sera
Creative Nonfiction
Biographies
Biographies for The Vernal Pool