The Lightkeeper reflects our desire to illuminate and inspire the unseen talent Northern Michigan University students have to showcase. We the editors share a passion for well-written, distinctive work. Work like a beam of light in the darkness at sea: vivid, luminous, striking, and –ultimately – enlightening.
Writer's Impulse

Writer’s Impulse

By Amber Fullmer I have heard many reasons cited in favor of the promotion of writing. Anaïs Nin claimed that she wrote in order to live life twice; Emily Dickinson called writing an escape for those with emotion and personality from themselves; William Wordsworth wrote that words were the breathings of...
Summer Editorials

Summer Editorials

This summer, The Lightkeeper is introducing weekly editorials for your perusal. We will continue publishing outside work when NMU’s fall semester resumes. For those attending orientation this summer, be sure to stop by our table for candy and information about our journal. We wish everyone an enchanted summer.
The Lightkeeper Anthology Print Edition For Sale

The Lightkeeper Anthology Print Edition For Sale

  Our Anthology is now for sale. Brighten your day with the first volume of The Lightkeeper. Go here to purchase it for $12!
Sunset by Charles Keely

Sunset by Charles Keely

by Charles Keely
Ship Harbor by Charles Keely

Ship Harbor by Charles Keely

by Charles Keely
Bird's Nest by Charles Keely

Bird’s Nest by Charles Keely

by Charles Keely
Leaves and Light by Cora Thiele

Leaves and Light by Cora Thiele

by Cora Thiele
Gypsy by Caeleigh Girard

Gypsy by Caeleigh Girard

by Caeleigh Girard
Truth for Trent

Truth for Trent

by Lindsey Nemeth

“Where the hell is she?”
It’s 7:20 a.m., June 5th, 2009. It’s the morning of graduation rehearsal. Two other girls from Student Council and I are running around like mad, trying to sort and put Hershey kisses...

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Writer's Impulse

Writer’s Impulse

By Amber Fullmer I have heard many reasons cited in favor of the promotion of writing. Anaïs Nin claimed that she wrote in order to live life twice; Emily Dickinson called writing an escape for those with emotion and personality from themselves; William Wordsworth wrote that words were the breathings of a writer’s heart.
Summer Editorials

Summer Editorials

This summer, The Lightkeeper is introducing weekly editorials for your perusal. We will continue publishing outside work when NMU’s fall semester resumes. For those attending orientation this summer, be sure to stop by our table for candy and information about our journal. We wish everyone an enchanted summer.
The Lightkeeper Anthology Print Edition For Sale

The Lightkeeper Anthology Print Edition For Sale

  Our Anthology is now for sale. Brighten your day with the first volume of The Lightkeeper. Go here to purchase it for $12!
Sunset by Charles Keely

Sunset by Charles Keely

by Charles Keely
Ship Harbor by Charles Keely

Ship Harbor by Charles Keely

by Charles Keely
Bird's Nest by Charles Keely

Bird’s Nest by Charles Keely

by Charles Keely
Leaves and Light by Cora Thiele

Leaves and Light by Cora Thiele

by Cora Thiele
Gypsy by Caeleigh Girard

Gypsy by Caeleigh Girard

by Caeleigh Girard
Truth for Trent

Truth for Trent

by Lindsey Nemeth

“Where the hell is she?”
It’s 7:20 a.m., June 5th, 2009. It’s the morning of graduation rehearsal. Two other girls from Student Council and I are running around like mad, trying to sort and put Hershey kisses with notes from friends on...

Restless

Restless

By Brittany Bretall
Always in evening the air is sweet with sugar crystals
illuminating our luck with washed out rays of sun
like lemonade that’s already warm in the glass...
Again

Again

by Brittany Bretall
Where is the dying sun?
She takes peace in early slumber
and night overtakes
the day.
Not Just a Memory

Not Just a Memory

by Brittany Bretall
I am told that time will erase you
every thought, every moment,
but the days pass and I am left
with you and my aloneness.