Founded in the fall of 1991, Laurel Moon is Brandeis' oldest, national literary publication. Each issue we publish features original work from undergraduate students.
salve-ation
he cracked the sky in two
“one piece for me
one piece for you,”
we ate it sliced and melted
like butter on toast
“all of us each,
a god”
said Jesus and the Jews
mouths cerulean blue
and Heaven is my man
in his throat hear humming bees:
every promise of the Promised Land
(a promise is a thing
that hasn’t happened yet,
Eva Hartigan graduated with a double B.A. in Politics and Philosophy from Brandeis University in May, 2023. She grew up in Illinois with her mother and brother, spending summers with her grandma in western MA. In addition to written poetry, Hartigan co-captained the slam-poetry team in high school.