The Torch: Poetry - Taken

Jan. 28 Transition to Virtual Operations, Campus Closed

Bowie State University will be transitioning to virtual operations for all classes and office operations on Wednesday, January 28, 2026. The campus will be closed to all non-essential personnel, and all campus activities are canceled. All buildings except residence halls will be closed. Essential personnel should report on time. This is due to the extended time required to clear the extensive snow and ice accumulation on campus. University crews are making every effort to resume campus operations, as a safe return to in-person learning and work remains our top priority. Only essential personnel and residential students are permitted access to the campus on Jan. 28. For more information, please visit BowieState.edu/weather.

Taken

By Paige Hoskins

If it gives us a new perspective
If it presents us what our true world looks like
If it feeds us knowledge
If it allows us our imagination

It’s taken.

Greater thoughts on paper,
covered in firm color, stripped away
letter by letter from our hands.
It never enables us learning emotion

It restricts us to new possibilities.

The ban on our knowledge leaves us malnourished.
Hungry for fulfilling power, given by this knowledge.
Repossession of what serves us in passionate ways
must take force.

The shelter has to be taken off of us, and soaring must take place.

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