August 10th, 2025
Sara Valentiuk
Brightening
Joy, confidence, hope–
you’re sad they didn’t all
come flooding back.
Give it time–
the dimming of your soul
didn’t happen overnight.
Sara Valentiuk is a nontraditional undergraduate student at UW-Superior pursuing her passions for writing and English. She spent most of her childhood with her nose in a book or putting pencil to page. Her work, both fiction and poetry, often explores the topics of motherhood, transformation, and healing after hardship. Sara’s poetry has previously appeared in The Nemadji Review, and she aspires to publish a poetry chapbook in the near future.
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