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Editor: Julie Fulbright Front cover photography by: Julie Fulbright The cover photo is of the trail between William Wordsworth’s two homes in Grasmere, England. Graphic Design and Production: Tony Bartolo and Brenda Ellis Printer: Caldwell Dockins, Cleveland, Tenn. Copyright: 2004 Cleveland State Community College All Rights Reserved Cleveland State Community College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Ga. 30033-4097, telephone number (404) 679-4501. Cleveland State Community College is an Affirmative Action/ Equal Employment Opportunity (AA/EEO) institution committed to the education of a non-racially identifiable staff and student body. 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CSCC HS-04S171-4/12/04 Table of Contents Harry Dean–The Writer ................................................................................5 Clark Rose–Annessa’s Dad ...........................................................................6 Krista Rison–This Is My Prayer ....................................................................8 Julie Fulbright–Grasmere .............................................................................9 Memory Lane ....................................................................10 Crystal’Ann Stanich–A Job Well Done ....................................................... 11 The Last Semester .....................................................12 Tracey Thompson–Seasons ..........................................................................13 A Man ...........................................................................14 You................................................................................15 This Little Girl ..............................................................16 Valorie Ray–The Road to Nowhere .............................................................17 Anonymous–Smalls......................................................................................18 Anonymous–Why .........................................................................................19 Anonymous–untitled poem ..........................................................................20 Kierren Lovick–The Projects .......................................................................21 Megan Standifer–Hope ................................................................................22 Brandy Parrish–Dear Soldiers ....................................................................24 Motherhood ......................................................................25 Labor of Love ...................................................................26 Something New ................................................................27 Jennisy Harmon–Simple Words ..................................................................28 Melanie Fulbright–Ash Wednesday ............................................................29 Leah Petry–Oda ...........................................................................................31 The Lecture...............................................................................34 The Semester ............................................................................35 The Inmate ................................................................................36 Janice Noles–untitled poem ........................................................................37 Tiffany Bullington–When You Are Near ......................................................38 Roshonda Westfield–The Definition of True Brown Sugar .........................39 He Is ...........................................................................40 Shaunta Hendking–This Honda Civic .........................................................41 Cassie Ahwazi–Change ...............................................................................42 Lauralyn Franklin–Gracefully Growing Old ..............................................43 James Reed–Hugs ........................................................................................44 Connie Quinn–The Wilderness Christmas ..................................................45 Of Possums and Pumpkin Wine ..........................................48 Brandon Grant–A Man Who Can Do It All ................................................52 A poem by Seeker–Full Circle .....................................................................54 Jean McCants Crockett–The Drama Queen and the Orator ........................55 James Lawson–Blue Sky .............................................................................56 Coming Home ....................................................................57 Human/Nature ....................................................................60 Southern Stories True and Tall ...........................................61 Kayla Partain–Night’s Huntress: A Little Riddle .......................................62 Jada Dachelle Davis–Beneath the Moon ....................................................63 Meant to Be ..............................................................64 Nothing to Fear.........................................................65 So Far Away .............................................................66 They Are Mine..........................................................67 Frontage Road 6 Amanda Swafford–Best Friends ..................................................................68 Foreign Land .................................................................69 The Patient .....................................................................71 Becoming Mrs. Hardy ...................................................73 Through the Darkness ...................................................78 Jennifer Gregory–Western Union................................................................79 Momma Can’t Answer the Phone ..................................80 The Precipice ..................................................................82 Brittany Hobbs–The Toothless Toad ...........................................................83 Parking Lot Madness .........................................................84 Tamara Kharabora–Dreams of Reality .......................................................85 A Pleasant Goodbye ...................................................89 Jacque Goins–Co-Pay .................................................................................90 White Easter Sunday: 1961 .................................................92 Alpha to Omega ...................................................................93 Lord, Teach Us How to Pray ...............................................94 Never Changed the Sky (911) .............................................95 Jonathan Garrett–Ode 1 ..............................................................................96 Cayci Goins–untitled poem .........................................................................97 Chrissy Hughes–They Will Catch Me .........................................................99 untitled poem ..................................................................100 Just Going to Drink a Little ............................................101 James McGrath–Doin’ Laundry ................................................................103 Joshua Akins–Drunken ..............................................................................104 Monica Crox–9-11 .....................................................................................105 untitled poem ......................................................................106 A Nurse ...............................................................................107 Peter Swift–The Spring..............................................................................108 The Shadow ............................................................................109 Gene Henley–The Player ........................................................................... 110 Megan Oliver–Escape ............................................................................... 112 Laura Beth Burrell–untitled poem ............................................................ 113 Marshall Toney–The Story of Lust ............................................................ 114 Tonya Caldwell–Nature ............................................................................. 115 On a Cold Rainy Day ..................................................... 116 The Berlin Wall ............................................................ `117 What Is ........................................................................... 118 A Moment in Time.......................................................... 119 Julie Nelson–The Man in the Moon ..........................................................120 PHOTOGRAPHS SUBMITTED BY: Tonya Caldwell, Tyler Neff, Tangie Swanson, Christy Rogers, Janet Davis, Tabitha