The Junction at Brooklyn College

Happy Holidays from all of us at the Junction Journal! We hope you have a restful break and we will be back next semester!!

Check out our intern Brenna’s piece, “Pomegranate” on the blog. It’s a poem separated into three parts, describing moving on from something that no longer serves you, working on self love, and finding the place where you fit in. Click the link in our bio!

Check out the piece “come one, come all” by our intern Michele! It’s an incredibly interesting poem about survival in difficult circumstances - you won’t want to miss it! Found through the link in our bio.

Check out our intern Damien’s piece “required reading for listless voters”. It’s a heartbreaking prose piece about the reality of the world right now, with powerful thread of hope throughout. Link in bio

Check out our intern Kai’s piece named “how to love a dead man”. It’s a beautiful poem on grief and learning and growing through it. Raw and touching, this piece will stay with you long after the last word fades away. Link in bio.

Meet our intern, Amelia!

Amelia (she/her), like many writers, struggles with summing her life up in a blurb. She spends her days in the same more-or-less pious position of speculating about what might eventually fall out of her brain, and occasionally writing some lines down. That is to say, she is a Creative Writing major. Amelia loves to teach, and be taught, and is excited about interning for both reasons. She loves to cook, dance, flirt, and sit under trees, listening to people’s conversations in the park. When she writes, it is about change, especially through love, or grief, which is simply love changing.

The Open Mic is TOMORROW!! Follow the QR code or click the link in our bio to sign up! Any original song, poem, or prose is welcome. It’ll be taking place in the Woody Tanger Auditorium in the Brooklyn College Library from 12:30pm to 2:15pm. It’ll be a great time!

There will be no Writer’s Circle today! But make sure to come on Thursday, we’ll be back up and running!

Sign up to share your poem, story, or original song! The Open Mic will take place on October 22nd, from 12:30 to 2:15 pm. All are welcome! You can scan the QR code to go straight to the form, or find the link in our bio. We can’t wait to see you there!

Sabrina (she/her) is an English and Creative Writing major. She’s almost always in the middle of reading at least three books and writing at least two. She can be found on campus (or really anywhere) listening to Disney, Broadway, or Ben Platt (but let’s be real, that’s also basically Broadway). She loves historical fiction and stories that center on platonic relationships.

Check out our intern Zoe’s post “love letter to yeshua” on our blog! It’s a beautiful piece about growing through pain, finding peace in her faith, and believing in something more than what is right in front of us. The journey it takes you on is powerful and authentic, truly something to behold. Link in bio.

Check out our intern Damien’s piece “you’re only young once (hallelujah)” on our blog! She illustrates a beautiful poem about being young, getting older, and how love evolves as we heal. According to his note at the beginning of the poem, it is also a love letter to “The Sunset Tree” by The Mountain Goats. Link in bio.