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The Echo

Volume 2025

Dear Reader, I am incredibly honored to bring you the 2025 edition of The Echo. Following the tremendous accomplishment of last year’s magazine, we began our submission period during the fall semester in order to prepare for the sheer volume of submissions we anticipated. Our team worked tirelessly to curate each piece, and the edition in your hands showcases a mere fraction of the hundreds of submissions we received. Each page in this book features the exceptional creativity, artistry, and vulnerability of Furman’s student body. This edition would not exist without the talent and passions of the poets, painters, photographers, novelists, embroiderers, and all creatives who submitted to our magazine. I’d like to thank Dr. Laura Morris and Dr. Joni Tevis for their endless support, advice, and trust in me to continue the success of our literary and visual arts magazine; Editorial Board members Pauline Bailey, Mason Blount, Savannah Jones, Clara Long, Caroline Prewitt, and Dimitriana Tsiali for their enthusiasm, wisdom, and deliberate decisiveness; and my Assistant Editor, Alice Tyszka, for her constant encouragement and optimism. From submitting a poem during my first year to serving as the Editor-in-Chief for my last, The Echo has remained a core staple of my Furman experience. Every year, I am struck by the vast range of images, themes, forms, shapes, moods, colors, and subjects to which students are drawn. As you leaf through this issue of hazy experimental nonfiction essays, reflective star-shaped poems, and even painted Ukrainian eggs, I hope you find what resonates with you. Please enjoy the 2025 edition of The Echo. Create fearlessly. Alissa Xiao Class of 2025 Editor-in-Chief of The Echo

Complete Volume

Cover

Front Matter

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Preface & Table of Contents
Furman University

Poetry

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Dandelion
Kayla Burrell

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The Bee
Kayla Bu

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Lungs
Emily Clancey

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The Bell
Kayla Burrell

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Resentment and Hubris
Kathryn Wilson

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Fleeting Memories
Alyson Cramer

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What the Sky Gave Us
Nick Lombardo

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Riptide Chorus
Stephen McLean

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Intrusive
Emily Clancey

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Zoo Animal
Kristen Gainey

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As Above, So Below
Stephen McLean

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backyard wood
Olivia Bishop

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Don't
Carter Ozburn

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Transition One
Tate Denham

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Quiet
Philip Temple

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A Dream
Kathryn Wilson

Photography

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Beach Days
Noel Duclos

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American West
Opal Weber

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Bee & Nectar
Noel Duclos

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In The Rafters
Thomas Demetre

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Eye of the Horse
Noel Duclos

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Hawk Landing
Noel Duclos

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3:06
Ava Shutze

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I Want Pizza
Andrew Chinn

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Love
William Nix

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Lake
William Nix

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Where Are We Going
William Nix

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Lion's Den
Melina George

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Young Fisherman
Opal Weber

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Fall Leaves
Noel Duclos

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Biker in Indre By
Anna Timbes

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penelope
Nabila Wilson

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Alyssa P.
Jacob Robertson

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MELINA III
Anna Timbes

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Hello California
Andrew Chinn

Studio Art

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The Pigeonhole Ratio
Jacob Robertson

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Reminiscence
Natalie Davis

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sent away
Reagan Kennedy

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normalcy
Reagan Kennedy

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Boa on Jungle Branch
Sophie Crook-Delgado

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Kukur Tihar - Golden Love
Sophie Crook-Delgado

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scared
Reagan Kennedy

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Toxic Recipe
Natalie Davis

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Visions of a Bluebird
Jacob Robertson

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Lit Candle
Isabelle Seward

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Ferry at Dusk
Natalie Davis

Prose

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Home
Ainsley Buss

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Shape of Absence
Gracie Moore

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An Eyeful of Stars
Ainsley Buss

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Memories of My Father
Sarah Albouchi

Editor-in-Chief

Alissa Xiao

Assistant Editor

Alice Tyszka

Editorial Board

Pauline Bailey
Mason Blount
Savannah Jones
Clara Long
Caroline Prewitt
Dimitriana Tsiali