Illuminations, Volume 7, Spring 2025

Authors

Visio Roughton, ed., University of Maine at Farmington
Abbie Bitomske, University of Maine at Farmington
Jude Ehmka, University of Maine at Farmington
Austen Follansbee, University of Maine at Farmington
Sam Hammer, University of Maine at Farmington
Soren Hatfield, University of Maine at Farmington
Jacob Piechowski, University of Maine at Farmington
Sonny Shouse, University of Maine at Farmington
Annabelle Taff, University of Maine at Farmington
Catherine White, University of Maine at Farmington

Document Type

Zine

Publication Date

Spring 2025

Abstract

On the Spring 2025 Issue

In this edition of Illuminations, students were asked to submit work that they associated with the feeling of nostalgia. This is an emotion that manifests in different ways for every person, and the submissions showcased in this year’s issue reflect that.

This year, the submission guidelines were relaxed and opened to allow students a chance to submit any kind of work they are proud of, beyond the realm of nostalgia.

Through prose, poetry and art, this year’s contributors have done an amazing job at representing the passion, dedication and wide range of skill that the honors students at UMF exemplify.

Thank you to everyone who submitted for consideration in the Spring 2025 edition of Illuminations.

Comments

Contents:

Poetry:

Sonny Shouse

Somewhere, There is a Sweetness 1

Artist Statement 1

Soren Hatfield

Snake Children 3

Artist Statement 3

Jude Ehmka

strangers on 5 / that’s the funny thing about memory 4

Artist Statement 5

Jacob Piechowski

A Fox Lullaby 6

Artist Statement 7

Sam Hammer

The Place I called Home for a Week in 8th Grade 8

Artist Statement 10

Visual Art: 11

Anabelle Taff

Nostalgia on Sertraline 12

Artist Statement 13

Visio Roughton

On the Coast 14

Artist Statement 15

Fiction: 16

Austen Follansbee

The Park 17

Artist Statement 20

Non-Fiction: 21

Catherine White

On Springsteen and Saxophones 22

Artist Statement 23

Abbie Bitomske

The Ants 24

Artist Statement 28

Contributors 29

Recommended Citation

Roughton, ed., Visio; Bitomske, Abbie; Ehmka, Jude; Follansbee, Austen; Hammer, Sam; Hatfield, Soren; Piechowski, Jacob; Shouse, Sonny; Taff, Annabelle; and White, Catherine, "Illuminations, Volume 7, Spring 2025" (2025). Honors Journal. 7.
https://scholarworks.umf.maine.edu/honors_journal/7