The literary magazine of Hagerstown Community College
Hey there, everyone. Spring has yet to come (in the northern hemisphere at least,) but winter’s breadth has done little to stop the slew of exciting ideas pouring from our elated hearts. Because the Hedge
Hey, everyone! The wait is over, the Fall 2018 edition of the Hedge Apple is officially available on Amazon! It’s been an awesome semester, and we are excited to share this amazing collection of work
She is given a task that morning, one that is not grand or unique. She has carried it out a hundred times before, but today her thoughts get muddled and bleak. Some days it seems
from Dr. Zhivago, or the 40’s film noir epic. It means victorious, like laurel wreaths. An overcomer. Epic. I could have been Holly or Angela or Christina because I was born on Christmas Day.
Searching for Him Via Facebook I Discover His Family Portrait By Laura Sweeney
Personal Identity, Poetry
I was teaching but I went to the movie Mamma Mia, ten times, just to get him off my mind. My mind was on the porch where he said, you will be back you
I have been her kind. – Anne Sexton Who doesn’t trade her scholarship for cucumber facials, herbal essences, or swap recipes and gossip. Whose wrist doesn’t drip with bling and grandmother’s wedding
At 13, I learned that quitting is a solo act, but success is a team effort. In 1988 I entered high school an obese, unpopular, D student. I wasn’t interested in high school for the
How could it have been worse? Not only the three-hour drive, mostly into the setting sun, and their wooden conversation, mostly about nothing, but in the last half mile of forest, just before they
“I’m not too sure about this,” Suzanne said. She stood just inside the threshold of the front door, shifting her weight from one foot to the other and glancing around like she was expecting something
There’s an old song about Billy Bagbones. I bet most of you know it, but it’s only a little bit of the story. I’ve got cousins way out in the country whose people were neighbors
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