spring 2026 works

M-Alain Bertoni

M.F.A Candidate in Creative Producing

Jahleel Johnson

Class of 2027 in Drama

Rachel Owens

Class of 2026 in Film

Lily Afghani

Class of 2026 in Drama

Jonah Williams

Class of 2025 in Film

“Dear Kudzu Student Magazine,

Last night I heard a rumbling in the distance, and I wasn’t sure what it was.”

About Last Night

Howard Affandi

Class of 2026 in Film

“A few nights ago, I saw the moon from my apartment window.”

Me and you inside the moon

Mary Brigham

Class of 2026 in Drama

“You hide from your secrets like a rodent from the storm,

Burrowing deep into your gold-plated tunnels.”

To the Child in the White House

Ethan Horlings

Class of 2026 in Film

“He had been sick for weeks, coughing black and red, a truly gnarly sight, hands all stained and withered, something yellow and green on his shirt collar.”

All of Us Sick

Felipe Paraguassu

Class of 2026 in Film

“I do think you’re sorry now.

I remember my mother said on your deathbed you apologized to her.

I assume it started then.”

Do you become softer in death_

Lydia Pope

Class of 2026 in Film

“I press my hands together

to feel another hand against my hand,

The warmth of skin on skin

The chills chanted by the wind

Pervading all my senses

There are, of course, times when the wind gives you blessings

Light, soft, like wings of a butterfly.”

LOVE AND LOSS

and

LANGUAGE INTERROGATION

Sam Wade

Class of 2026 in Drama

“Dinosaurs seeking the comet,

born under a dying sun.”

SEEK THE COMET

Wyatt White

Class of 2026 in Film

“Digital Mountain

Rats dot your hearth

Thirty year thick paint

Ringed like old oak”

Digital Mountain

Advice

Shrimpin’

Nostalgia

Jonah Williams

Class of 2025 in Film

kudzu magazine

it grows.

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