Family Art
By Matthew Howen The family art is a mysterious one but it is by far the most common. What has anyone to do with art? Everything. From our birth we […]
Category Archives: Arts & Culture
Breakfast with Beau: Fried Egg I’m In Love
By Beau Stumberg Portland has many unique eateries and restaurants. From Ethiopian to Japanese and beyond, there seems to be no end to the variety of food that our city […]
A Time to Embrace pt. 3
Parts 1 and 2 of Laura’s story can be found in the February and March editions of Muse By Laura Griffith Rock harmonies and cigarette smoke floated out the open […]
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Poetry by Tyler Griffin Black Man Black Man What you gonna do When the white man jump and crawl after you? Black Man Black Man What you gonna do When […]
A Time to Embrace Pt. 2
Fiction by Laura Griffith [To read pt. 1 of Laura's story, see the February Edition of Muse) A crisp, white sign baked in the Tennessee sun. Classic black lettering read […]
Midas
Poetry by Shaun Stevenson The moon crawls higher scraping stars and space – a dull yellow glow lighting under its cold rays a garden smothered in vines and thorns and […]
Explicit Beauty
Poetry By Nick Fine A woman has a beauty that can awe and inspire, but she is not art, nor paint, nor canvas, nor object to desire, But man, with […]
I am Beginning to See…
A vignette by Matthew Howen I am beginning to see points of light in the evening. Imagine that a point of light can be represented by one inhumanly long string, […]
Breakfast with Beau: Pine State Biscuits
By Beau Stumberg In my previous reviews (and in the true nature of any Portlander) I have avoided many well-known breakfast joints in town for the purpose of attempting to […]
The Portland Wall
By Charlie Piehler I am in love with art. I love viewing art, and I especially love viewing the artwork of my friends.The Portland Wall actually began in Seattle three […]
2013 New Year’s Resolution
Poetry by Anne Partridge Another year over, another 365 days done At midnight this morning a New Year was rung A moment spent in reflection and all the year had […]
A Complex Notion
Poetry by Tyler M. Griffin A complex notion will I give to a heart too big for his big Rib cage For a smile; A laugh That tears the diaphragm […]
Sweet, Sweet Love
Poetry by Tammy Brown Lord, you make me feel like I’m light as a feather, but strong like a warrior. You fill my heart with your unconditional love. My life […]
Breakfast with Beau: The Country Cat
As the official breakfaster writer/hunter for Multnomah University’s Muse Student publication, I have to formally recant a statement I made in my previous breakfast review. Although 82nd may seem like […]
A Chance Encounter with Frank Peretti
Over last mid-semester break I visited my father in North Carolina. Going to and from North Carolina I changed planes six times and spent over 18 hours in planes and […]
NOVEMBER FICTION CHALLENGE
(In the challenge, each short story had to be under 500 words, told from a first-person perspective–who wasn’t human, had to end with a sort of vehicle, and include the […]
Breakfast with Beau: The Bakery Bar
Living on 82nd and Glisan means that you are going to have to travel to enjoy a good meal (unless you know of the few hidden dinner restaurants). In terms […]
Cross roads
R C R O S S A D S Standing at a crossroads which way to choose The question bears asking Is it betting to gain […]
Breakfast with Beau: City State Diner
When someone says the word diner, many people may think of bad coffee and greasy food; a place where old men get together in the morning to sip coffee and […]
Your Broken Heart by Janelle Gregory
I am the wife who walked away, I am the son who refused to stay, I am a wandering soul I was blind before I could see, I am the […]
