The Eckleburg Project

Texas A&M's Official Literary Journal

The Eckleburg Project is the official undergraduate literary journal of Texas A&M University. We are an undergraduate organization featuring student poetry, prose, and art. Now with thirteen issues under our belt, we started with the idea that art should be free and easily accessible to the community.

Our staff is composed of undergraduate students and editors who select pieces to be published semesterly under a process of blind review. For information on how to join, go to our apply page. For information on how to submit, go to our submissions page. For general inquiries, or just to say hello, contact our organizational email at theeckleburgproject@gmail.com.

As always, we thank you for your support as we continue to foster art here at Texas A&M.

Afterloss by Sabra Jones

April 17, 2020  /  The Eckleburg Project

Let me mourn in peace, oh world,

Hold back your calamities

And the fall of mankind.

Keep close the end of days

And hidden, the great heavens.

Close the gates to my small home

Allow no gale, terror, or ghost to pass

Make the sun stand still

And the clouds hold in place.

Oh world,

Give me space.

To rebuild, first I must ache--

To grieve that which none should lose

And none can replace.

To reckon this new emptiness

And grow used to this bleak hell.

And what do I miss to such a degree?

Why, myself.


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categories / Poetry
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