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The Vernal Pool
Number of Followers: 0  Open Access journalISSN (Print) 2375-7337 Published by eScholarship  [73 journals]
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- To Taste (3)
PubDate: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Letter from the Editor
Abstract: A word from the Editor, Daniel Rodriguez.
PubDate: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Eye of the Beholder
PubDate: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +000
- To Taste (2)
PubDate: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Abe
PubDate: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Nothing Good Happens After 3 A.M.
PubDate: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +000
- The Logic of the Criminal Scientist
PubDate: Thu, 5 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000
- The Betrayal
PubDate: Thu, 5 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000
- Transitions
PubDate: Thu, 5 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000
- Colossus
Abstract: ColosseumRome, ItalyJuly, 2016
PubDate: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +000
- To Taste (1)
Abstract: To taste the delicacies from around the world. Oh what a dream it may be. A dream from which I have not risen. I pray I never.
PubDate: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Colours
Abstract: Let the light leak in.
PubDate: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Stuck in Time
Abstract: Eternally caught in the beauty of a moment.
PubDate: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +000
- evening unfold
Abstract: The stress is gone. The memories are imminent. Let the evening unfold.
PubDate: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Gathering
Abstract: And as I looked up, Jesus Christ and his twelve Apostles were standing before me.
PubDate: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Tranquility
Abstract: As beauty enters the eyes, anger leaves the mind. Tranquility. Tranquility at last.
PubDate: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +000
- worlds collide
Abstract: Beauty seeping through the cracks as two worlds collide.
PubDate: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +000
- A Day in Fall
Abstract: This photograph features a bird sitting on a tree on the UC Merced campus during the fall 2016 semester.
PubDate: Sun, 20 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Weightless
Abstract: A creative non-fiction piece about mental health, psychiatry, and the habits of highly effective depressed people. TW: Descriptions of Drug Use, abuse, and depressive episodes
PubDate: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Apart at the Seams
Abstract: Personal Narrative
PubDate: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Hidden Love
Abstract: By Randy Posada
PubDate: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +000
- If The Shoe Don't Fit, It Ain't for Wearing
Abstract: A psychoanalysis of a deeply deranged Cinderalla from an alternative universe.
PubDate: Sat, 5 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000
- Michael Elkins and The Great Slumber
Abstract: Explanations for the origins of the universe are not set in stone. The big bang theory remains for the most part a theory that can be debunked at any moment if sufficient evidence is uncovered. Religious explanations for the universe's origins are also highly dependent on a person's faith, which makes their views subjective. However, an objective truth to the universe's origins may have finally been discovered. Our creator, Michael Elkins is in reality a toddler who has dreamt up the world we live in. The myth presented is a memoir snatched from Michael Elkins when he was not looking. While the person who snatched it may have suffered great harm to his being and is most likely to be no longer living, he did manage to get the memoir out to the greater public. It is time this memoir gets published and for all to be informed on how the universe really came to be.
PubDate: Fri, 4 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000
- The Blue Room
Abstract: Backstory: I recently moved into my apartment and my roommate had some family over that day and while they were nice I felt unusual interacting with them. So, I decided to hide out in my room with my girlfriend. My girlfriend had plans so eventually she left, leaving me alone in my room with my roommates dog. I started to feel this great sense of lonliness as the sun started to set turning my room a darkening shade of blue. It was a familiar feeling, the feeling having to be alone in such an unfamiliar place like it was my first year again. I felt the need to submit this because I would often limit myself to only submitting peices that were amazing in a techincal sense. Part of me felt even felt like my art was never good enough to submit. That mindset, though, is very limiting.I hope that more people will be encouraged to show thier artwork even the ones they feel are not as amazing.
PubDate: Fri, 4 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000
- Ghosts
Abstract: Short story about personal experiance within loss and foster care.
PubDate: Thu, 3 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000
- Boxes
Abstract: Loss, life, and contemplation.
PubDate: Thu, 3 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000
- Apple
Abstract: A poem by Andrew Perez
PubDate: Wed, 2 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000
- We Are More Than Who He Took Away
Abstract: All these poems have a hint of longing for an unrequited love, with the exception of the last one. Transitions is about a love blooming from two old but not too close souls. The Difference Between Them is about the switching of the unrequited love and how the two are stuck in the cycle of never wanting one another at the same moment. The Betrayal is about the way a longing can become addictive even when one knows that the person they're longing for is no good for them. Tortured Soul is about finally getting over that person you so desperately wanted. We Are More Than Who He Took Away is a creative poem derived from the poem We Are Seven, by Wordsworth where it is my own families personal experienced on the death of another family member.
PubDate: Wed, 2 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000
- A Culture of Two Worlds
Abstract: A piece about the identity that I, as well as other students from my home, formed being first generation immigrants. Along with this, an analysis into why that may be, and how to combat the feelings of confusion that come with existing between two different cultures.
PubDate: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Maybe'
Abstract: These poems came to me so quick, that I had 48 Post-Its floating around on my desk. I decided to put it on an actual document and rejoice in it's completion and white space.
PubDate: Fri, 20 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +000
- "Where Am I"
Abstract: A lone traveler has only their mother's writings and stories to keep them company.
PubDate: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +000
- A Letter to Myself
Abstract: A fun short letter to myself on my writing capabilities
PubDate: Sun, 15 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Balloon
Abstract: A person realizes the reason to why their relationship failed.
PubDate: Sat, 11 May 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Parched
Abstract: My tongue is dry.
PubDate: Sat, 11 May 2019 00:00:00 +000
- De Mi Mama
Abstract: I come from hard earth and clay walls.I come from early Sunday mornings-the smell of myrrh and frankincense clouding my eyes.I come from the mango trees that did not belong to me,But still scaled up high to escape a life that was not mine.
PubDate: Sat, 11 May 2019 00:00:00 +000
- BPD
Abstract: My therapist tells me to stop thinking in black and white.But I can’t help only seeingright or wrong
PubDate: Sat, 11 May 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Full Throttle
Abstract: Slow down. They tell the clown but he can’t hear you. He’s almost out of gas and he’s already past the point of no return.
PubDate: Sat, 11 May 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Widow
Abstract: And so, she walks like the awakening of light.
PubDate: Sat, 11 May 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Breathing
Abstract: I think I am finally breathing, for many days, the earth was spinning.
PubDate: Sat, 11 May 2019 00:00:00 +000
- The Rose and The Poppy
Abstract: I am not a rose.I am not a ravishing ruby red,or even a semblance of purity white.
PubDate: Sat, 11 May 2019 00:00:00 +000
- No Feelings
Abstract: Feelings can change just how seasons can change.
PubDate: Sat, 11 May 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Cover Art
Abstract: Art by Stephanie Ross.
PubDate: Fri, 10 May 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Letter by The Editor in Chief
Abstract: The Vernal Pool is a literary journal that provides undergraduate students from the University of California, Merced the opportunity to showcase their creativity through the power of literature and art.
PubDate: Wed, 8 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000
- Under the Dim Night Sky
PubDate: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +000
- The Sun (XIX)
Abstract: Block printing on a vintage music sheet. This piece depicts the artist's rendition of the tarot card, "The Sun", in the medium of a block print. This piece emphasizes femininity and self.
PubDate: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Curious Cow
Abstract: A curious cow observed us as we studied the place it calls home. All of its friends ran in fear of the intruders, but this cow wasn’t afraid.
PubDate: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Black Water
Abstract: A story of a dream turned into a nightmare.
PubDate: Fri, 15 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Lonely Bird
Abstract: "Free yet so far away from home"photo taken by Uriel E. Angelino.
PubDate: Fri, 15 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +000
- A Ghost Story
Abstract: This a letter written by the dearly departed letting their other half, and those close to them know they are okay and that they will be passing on.
PubDate: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Our Community Garden
Abstract: We tend our community garden for our seedlings to sprout. Proud, high sunflowers, nurturing fruit trees.
PubDate: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Mentally Ill: Society's Kill
Abstract: “Mental Health needs a great deal of attention.It’s the final taboo and it needs to be faced and dealt with.”-Adam AntPoems of mental health issues with use of imagery and rythm
PubDate: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +000
- La Caperusita Roja
Abstract: A twist on my grandmother's gruesome re-telling of Little Red Riding Hood.
PubDate: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +000
- These Children
Abstract: The audience sits in their seats
PubDate: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Etymologies
Abstract: Why should I bother--the words, lying ona blanket of still snowlike tree branches'
PubDate: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +000
- Where is he now'
Abstract: My poem is about a a coup;e who split. The girl moved on faster than he did. Now he is feeling remorse.
PubDate: Sun, 10 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +000
- BBQ Remains
Abstract: On a sunny Sunday, only one thing can be done and that is a BBQ! A moment shared with the family and without much thought, you bond through careless laughs and good food. After the feast is over, the space filled with sizzles and giggles is now empty noise. But there in a box lies a reminder of that sunny Sunday.
PubDate: Sat, 9 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000
- Henrietta
Abstract: It concerns my relationship to animals and how that has tied into my childhood relationships.
PubDate: Fri, 8 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000
- Scorpion Grasses
Abstract: Blooming like no other,
PubDate: Wed, 6 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000
- Thoughts and Feelings
Abstract: Sometimes...
PubDate: Fri, 1 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000
- Snipped Love
Abstract: A short story about the troubles of finding a soulmate.
PubDate: Fri, 1 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000
- Miles Away
Abstract: The experience of a young child who is about to leave his home found miles away to another country, where the culture and traditions are much different.
PubDate: Tue, 1 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000
- Consequences
Abstract: A short tale of a lover who has learned of self-love through the grief of her broken relationship.
PubDate: Tue, 1 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000
- Single Crystal Diffraction Distraction
Abstract: There is a possibility this illustrates electron diffraction through the (1 1 2) diagonal direction in of the tetragonal crystal structure of Bismoclite. I also think it looks neat.
PubDate: Tue, 1 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000
- A Split Second
Abstract: Is graduation really the beginning' Kelvin discusses his attitude towards the seemingly brief experience that is high school and college commencement.
PubDate: Tue, 1 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000
- Sweet Summer Boy
Abstract: From the moment that Columbus reached the Americas, brown people have been subject to oppression through systematic racism, microagressions and outright hostility. The rich history of the pre-Columbian peoples of this continent was almost completely eradicated by the European invaders. Brown skin came to be synonymous to poverty, filth, and unattractiveness. This is an ode to my people. A reminder that our existence is an act of resilience, that we are beautifully brown, beloved by the Sun.
PubDate: Tue, 1 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000
- Watch it go by
Abstract: Dream
PubDate: Tue, 1 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000
- Define My Eyes
Abstract: A collection of three seperate pieces, led by the creative non-fiction piece "Define My Eyes". The following pieces, "The Difference Between a Bastard and an Orphan" and "Psy-co-existence" are fiction works. The three pieces are their own stories and are not dependent on one another.
PubDate: Tue, 1 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000
