Elaine Schroeder Elaine Schroeder is majoring in English at McNeese State University. She plans on getting an MFA and hopes to one day become a published author. She likes writing about the paranormal and fantastical. She also enjoys doing colorguard for The Pride of McNeese and plays flute on occasion.
Read MoreTa’Mya Davis Ta’Mya Davis is a senior at McNeese State University, set to graduate this semester. Passionate about missions, she has served in Mexico, Honduras, and Costa Rica where she got to share the gospel of Jesus Christ. Currently, Ta’Mya is the Student Ministry Assistant at Trinity Baptist Church and…
Read MoreA Fenian Girl Mary Ann McGuigan __________ It sounds like she’s reciting the rosary, her way to get through this. It’s dark outside, way past our bedtime, and Mama is repeating names and dates once told to her, conjuring faces long gone. “We lived on MacDougal Street in the Village.…
Read MoreLeah Joseph Leah Joseph is an MFA/MA poetry candidate at McNeese State University and is an assistant editor for Boudin. She grew up in Ohio and earned her BA in Creative Writing from the University of Cincinnati. Her work has been featured in What You Need to Know About Me, an…
Read MoreRobbie Hess Robbie Hess is a southern poet from Birmingham, AL. He is pursuing his MA and MFA at McNeese State University. His poetry has appeared in The Bluebird Word and The New Croton Review. He is currently serving as the assistant poetry editor for the McNeese Review.
Read Moreyour blink-blink-blink Lindsey Warren __________ __________ Lindsey Warren is a Delaware native. She received her MFA from Cornell University, and her three collections (Unfinished Child, Archangel & the Overlooked, and Sentence, Forest) were published by Spuyten Duyvil. She has had several poem collages published in various journals, including Fugue, Miracle…
Read MoreWritten Down Sam Rasnake __________ “My happiness is a documented fact in themind of God.”– Jericho Brown Everything slips fromme as though I were infreefall – I’m reaching upbut there’s nothing there to hold – and then I thinkmaybe I’m being held andit’s the world that’s fallingaway from me –…
Read MoreLetter from the Editor Vallie Lynn Watson __________ January, 2025, has been historic down here on the bayou. Not only does it mark Boudin’s one-year anniversary of becoming a monthly, we also had our first blizzard warning, ever! This elusive southern snow provided the perfect setting to compile Boudin’s Winter Extravaganza.…
Read MoreBut I am Just a Poet Rebecca Dietrich __________ If I were an artist,I’d capture you in a regal pose,adorned in Tyrian purple,edged in gold.A crown of rubies upon your brow,to echo the shade of my lips,when they leave their mark upon your skin.Or perhaps,like a reincarnate of Picasso,your testicles…
Read MoreDismissed Bart Edelman __________ You say you’re sorry;It won’t happen again.Attempt a feeble apology,Showing a bit of remorse.Yet I’m not asking for anything,Foolishly deceiving me again.That ticket’s been punchedFar too many timesTo think admission is possible.No, what I have in mindDoesn’t really concern you.Rest assured, you’re dismissed.Expelled from a schoolI…
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