The Norfolk Review

Literature is one of the best ways in communication. A lot of people find it easier to express feelings, complicated situations, and etc through writing. The best thing about communicating through literature is that it isn’t limited. A person can write poems, essays, short stories, long novels, letters, and etc all through literature.
The Norfolk Review is a literature annual event held in Norfolk, Virginia at Norfolk State University in late March or sometimes early April. It first started in 2002 with very known and popular professor Dr. Rosenman, where he decided it would be a great idea to publish an official journal from the ideas of the students and give Norfolk State University a better reputation and a positive view.
The first published journal was in March of 2002, back then the journal went by another name, “The Norfolk Pub” and it held that title until 2009. Last year another well known professor by the name of Daniel Pearlman took over the journal and with help from NSU creative writing club, they officially changed the name to “The Norfolk Review” because they felt the other name was not up to date. Though Dr. Rosenman is no longer in charge of the journal nor the event, he still receives proper credit every time the journal is published and gets an invite every year the event is held.
Since the change in management of the Norfolk Review, the event has gone broader as far as communications and getting there event out. There is now a website giving details about both event and journal. There are poems on this website that were read in the previous event, including the poem of the month. The website can be found at http://sola.nsu.edu/enfl/126%5Czymictemp/index.html.

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Loved her with all his hate......Hit her with every passion of cruelty......Beautified her body with bruises.......Broken but determined as if she was whole.......When her heart ran out...... she loved with her soul....HURT, but couldn't leave him if she tried......BUT, he still didn't get it. .......Never would........As he poked her body with pieces of wood.......Cursed her into hurtful positions.......And weakened her already broken heart.........Her stillness made him wish,Wish that she could transfer from his wife to a picture........But he failed to realize.......No matter how much you edit a picture,It will never come to life..........And as his solitary tears cry out of his personal cell.........SHE now hangs on his wall

This poem is very important dealing with The Norfolk Review because it was the winner out of all the poems that was entered into the published journal of The Norfolk Review and it was read at the event.