Mars Ramsey, “Connection,” Assemblage Sculpture, Spring 2026
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Jessica Swarner
The b o y
was knees knocking on
the subway, stepping
on his heels, skin that
feels like my skin feels like
b o y skin feels like
brushing past a sleeve
The girl was
cold metal
ice water
funny bone
reflex
alcohol in
a papercut
A loud gun shot
to the boy oy oy
The girl was new
and the b o y was gone
Mars Ramsey has always found a need to create something to express the emotions too big for words. Going through many different outlets, he eventually landed on screenwriting and animation as his medium. Now studying at ASU after finishing his Associate’s at Phoenix College, Mars looks forward to finishing production on his first short series.
You can follow his journey @mars_ramsey on Instagram to learn more about his animated projects.
Jessica Swarner is the newsletter editor at The Copper Courier. She graduated from ASU and took two semesters of Spanish at Phoenix College. She runs monthly poetry open mics at Meraki Kava Bar and Turquoise Wine Bar in Phoenix. Her micro poetry collection “Garfield, Sunday, 8 p.m.” will be published by rinky dink press this year, and her poems have appeared in several local journals. She’s on Instagram at @jess__writes.
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