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Connections Literary Magazine is a regional literary journal published by the College of Southern Maryland that features poems, short stories, and black and white photography.

Below you will find a sample reading from Connections magazine.


 

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Cobb Island, Maryland: A Photographic Narrative
by Paul Toscano

Fading Youth

My warm washcloth hanging,
ready to cleanse my frowning face.
It removes my make-up,
cleansing completely without a trace.

Fine frown lines around my mouth,
my life has picked up the pace.
I remember yesterday’s youth,
but it has escaped me as if we were in a race.

I am not in the dawn of life nor the evening.
I am in a dead end place.
Where acceptance and agony wrestle this evening,
these thoughts I must readily replace.

Accepting my age is of the essence.
Let the light beam into my bathroom space,
and I will acknowledge and accept my age
I will prevail as a person who I will embrace.

by Christina Tyner




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