S4:E2 - Tragic Beauty in Change

J.T. Ballard, Cooper Brumfield, Carter Hillman, and Quentin McClinton share poems on the difficult—but often transformative—nature of change. They reflect on how transitions shape us as humans and offer each other feedback on their work. Change can be terrifying, exciting, or both, and this episode explores that duality through their poetry.

 

Listener Writing Prompt: Write a piece that finds beauty in the pain of change.

 

About Season 4: In this season of the Human Connections podcast, literary juniors and seniors discuss the themes of love, change, dreams, nightmares, and otherness. Each episode features students sharing their original work, offering one another feedback and thoughtful questions, and inviting listeners to reflect and write through creative prompts. Please check the show notes for each episode’s writing prompt.

 

This is a podcast series curated by the Literary Arts Department at Mississippi School of the Arts. Visit the department’s web site for more information about our program – https://msabrookhaven.org/programs/literary.