The trillium we discovered growing alongside the path…

“What we found was students wanted to write, and write about relationships, introspective reflections, and a heightened sense of loneliness magnified by the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a collection we are proud to deliver to the Ramapo community, and we are grateful to have put this together at a time when literature and art are most needed.” – Natalie Tsur, Trillium staff 2022 

Read more thoughts from the editors here.

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Table of Contents

Poetry

Calico – by Colin Corde

Get Out – by Ally Higgins

Mental Note – by Kendra Banach

Roadkill – by Tori D’Amico

female robbery – by Ro Cavallaro 

The Caretaker – by Colin Corde 

For Sale – by Emily Melvin 

Lucidity – by Colin Corde 

Whisper – by Jonathan O’Such

Margaret Atwood, please don’t make me kill the voyeur – by Tori D’Amico

What I Saw Last Year – by Jonathan O’Such

for me? – by Genesis Siviero

Second love – by Tori D’Amico

falling down – by Ally Higgins

In Rome – by Casmira Calascibetta

Kids’ Table – by James LaForge

The Game of Life – by Giana Sparacia

as a girl – by Genesis Siverio

a question – by Genesis Siverio

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Prose

Good to Go – by Benjamin Hopper 

Red Dodge – by Professor Heather De Bel, reprinted from Trillium 2015-16

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Visual art

Senior art highlight on Veronika Miller – by Khalisah Hameed

Bulletproof Ambition: Jerry Gant – Kresge and Pascal Galleries exhibit – photographs by Kevin Backman

Click on images below to view the visual art featured in this issue!

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Editorial features

Swimming in Emotion: Interview with Heather De Bel – by Keely Lombardi

Sunflowers – artwork by Keely Lombardi, inspired by a poem by Professor James Hoch

In memoriam, Denis Murphy – by Professor Ed Shannon

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Established in 1971, Trillium has been Ramapo College’s literary and art magazine for the majority of the past 45 years. Staffed by students, Trillium features the poetry, prose, and visual art of the Ramapo College community. The magazine is published every spring and is available across campus, free of charge.

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