The B.EAST! A Magazine of Intellect and Imagination Winter Issue | Page 52

Braedon Kwiecien

grew up in Durham,

Oregon and attended

Tualatin High School.

He is double majoring

in Journalism and

Spanish. He enjoys

hiking, camping,

running, philosophy,

writing, and jazz. He

aspires to do great

things! In his room,

he has chalkboard

that reads: “I want

to change the world.”

He writes as an

amateur poet on subjects pertaining to how

individuals identify love, how they come to know

god in any manner, and the relationship between the author and the reader. He also writes short fiction

but aspires to write about global issues as a

journalist. His poem “Moroccan Moon” was written

in the Spring of 2015.