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3/30/18 1:37 Pm Tidal Echoes 2018 Item Type Book Authors Rumfelt, Elizabeth; Busby, India; Wall, Emily; Lamb, Jonas; Elliot, William; Trafton, Math; Martin, Mary Catherine; Young, Karragh; Kane, Jeremy; Zacher, Liz; Bannerman, Amy Publisher University of Alaska Southeast Download date 04/10/2021 07:13:10 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/11122/12005 tidal echoes cover 2018 layout.indd 1 3/30/18 1:37 PM Tidal Echoes literary and arts journal Featuring the work of students, faculty, and staff of the University of Alaska Southeast and members of the community. Published by the University of Alaska Southeast (c) 2018 All rights reserved. Editor and Production: Elizabeth Rumfelt, UAS Student, Juneau Assistant Editor: India Busby, UAS Student, Juneau Faculty Advisor: Emily Wall, Juneau Intern: Hannah Near, UAS Student, Juneau Staff: Amy Bannerman, UAS Administrative Assistant, Juneau Cover and Book Design: Alison Krein, Juneau Cover Image: Christofer Taylor, Juneau Editorial Board: Elizabeth Rumfelt, UAS Student, Juneau India Busby, UAS Student, Juneau Emily Wall, UAS Faculty, Juneau Jonas Lamb, UAS Faculty, Juneau Will Elliot, UAS Faculty, Juneau Math Trafton, UAS Faculty, Sitka Mary Catherine Martin, UAS Faculty, Juneau Karragh Young, Juneau Jeremy Kane, UAS Faculty, Juneau Liz Zacher, UAS Faculty, Sitka Amy Bannerman, UAS Staff, Juneau Remembering Nora Marks Dauenhauer (1927-2017) Wealth for all Tlingit women who slice fish for the smokehouse Slime squishing through gold and silver bracelets: women slicing salmon. —Nora Marks Dauenhauer We dedicate the 2018 edition of Tidal Echoes to Nora Marks Dauenhauer. We thank her for her inspiration to all who met her and read her work, and for the incredible impression she has left on writers and artists of Southeast Alaska. Photograph by Sam Beebe. Contents 1 I Want to Say Yes Kersten Christianson, Sitka Mandy Ramsey, Poppies and Lupin Reach for the Light 2 Eight Years Old Aurelia Kessler, UAS Student, Juneau Chloe Miller, The Alaskan Dragon 4 Permission Aurelia Kessler, UAS Student, Juneau Audrey Schick, By the Creek 6 The Sky Turns Aurelia Kessler, UAS Student, Juneau Holly Fisher, Morning Mists Cara Murray, Hand Strings, Heart Strings 9 What is Depression? Averi Cokeley, UAS Student, Juneau 10 Portent Sarah Isto, Juneau Elizabeth Tallmadge, Cranes 11 North by Way of Dust and Grit Cara Murray, Sitka 12 Have you ever been in a bush plane in Alaska Debi Knight Kennedy, Haines Electra Gardinier, Flying in the Bush and Ice Fishing 14 Elegy for Two Dads and a Mom Debi Knight Kennedy, Haines 16 Spirits Milagro Darby, UAS Student, Juneau Alison Marks, Orbit Mary Henrikson, Forever Stamp II 20 Wind and Water Margo Waring, Juneau McKenna Kincaid, Untitled 21 Candlelit Fires 2009 Lin Davis, UAS Student, Juneau Wayne Fanning, Go On vi UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST 22 Pantoum for Pulse Orlando Lin Davis, UAS Student, Juneau Connor Johnson, We Are 24 For Emmy, A Year Later Nina Chordas, UAS Faculty, Juneau Jordan Kendall, Sitka Bridge 25 Living Beautifully Helen Decker, Wrangell 26 In Tijuana Rosalinda Ainza, UAS Student, Juneau 27 At the Backdoor of Salvation Rosalinda Ainza, UAS Student, Juneau Rosalinda Ainza, Kikito 29 The Things We Carry Rosalinda Ainza, UAS Student, Juneau 30 Pochos Rosalinda Ainza, UAS Student, Juneau Freya McCaie, The Courage 32 The Day the Ice Castle Burned Madison York, UAS Student, Juneau Jennifer Ward, Once Upon a Time 34 Stolen Dungies Cathryn Coats, UAS Student, Ketchikan 35 Thank You Notes I Should Have Written Diane DeSloover, UAS Student, Juneau Crystal Cudworth, Doghouse 36 On the Eve of My Sixty-Fifth Birthday Diane DeSloover, UAS Student, Juneau 37 Monogamy Three-some Maureen Longworth, UAS Student, Juneau Jordan Kendall, Skagway Classic on Broadway 38 Virgin Queer’s Bishop Alemany High School Reunion Maureen Longworth, UAS Student, Juneau Sheila Dyer, Value 40 Lately, Walking the Dog Mistee St. Clair, Juneau 41 Notes to My Husband, the Sailor Mistee St. Clair, Juneau 43 Bees and Things Madeline Taught Me Kaitelyn McDonald, UAS Student, Juneau Marian Kowalske, Hidden Pain Elise Tomlinson, Promise of Spring TIDAL ECHOES 2018 vii 47 Bouquet Mandy Ramsey, Haines Kathleen McCrossin, Elevation 49 Haiku Mandy Ramsey, Haines 49 Masseuse as a Ship Mandy Ramsey, Haines 50 Figurative Motion Interview with Featured Artist Cristofer Taylor Hannah Near, UAS Student, Juneau Delay, Veronique in Time, Juliet, Sayulita, Hemlock Street, 10 a.m. Fiction, Decadent Portrait, Jaymie 60 The Curious Visitor Greg Capito, Juneau Rosalinda Ainza, French Quarter, NOLA 64 Unmitigated Fear Jack Campbell, Excursion Inlet 65 Homage Abigail Calkin, Gustavus 66 What I Read Before I Could JoAnn Cunningham, Haines Cara Murray, Jumping the Net 67 Barn Swallows Bonnie Demerjian, Wrangell Gordon Harrison, Hawk Owl 68 A Brother for a Knife Maranda Clark, UAS Student, Juneau Sandy Lackore, Untitled 70 7.24.2017 Alayna Duncan, Juneau Rustin Gooden, Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve on Fire 71 Caught in Winter Kent Fielding, Haines Rustin Gooden, Untitled 73 White Trash Kent Fielding, Haines 75 Want Beatrice Franklin, UAS Staff, Juneau 77 Intertwining Language with Nature Interview with Featured Writer Vivian Faith Prescott Hannah Near, UAS Student, Juneau 82 How to say IT Vivian Faith Prescott, Featured Writer Crystal Worl, The Seaweed, the Herring, and the Seal Alyssa Fischer, Icicles viii UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST 85 Top Ten Signs of Climate Change Vivian Faith Prescott 86 Spildi—Very Thin Layer of Ice on Water or Milk Vivian Faith Prescott 87 Doali—Road or track covered by snow, but still distinguishable Vivian Faith Prescott 88 Ceremony After the Wrangell Fire Vivian Faith Prescott 89 Before the World of Men and Boys, There Was the Land of Girls Vivian Faith Prescott 90 The Minister’s Wife Vivian Faith Prescott Jimmy Poplawski, Work 3 Wayne Fanning, Portal 93 Tales in Fairyland Vivian Faith Prescott 94 Opening Doors Beatrice Franklin, UAS Staff, Juneau 95 Flourished Too Soon Mareike Renken, UAS Exchange Student Elise Tomlinson, Douglas Island Tulips 96 Withered Leaves Mareike Renken, UAS Exchange Student Diana Rossmiller, Signs of Spring 97 Welcome to the Bush Dan Branch, UAS Student, Juneau Ellen Frankenstein, Allen Ellen Frankenstein, IDK 104 The Misfit Brooke Elgie, Tenakee Rosalinda Ainza, Dead End in West Texas Elise Tomlinson, Rob Roys' Artist Studio Sink 108 Dear Sister, Brent Sanders, Juneau Haley Brentano Shervey, Juneau 2098 111 Morning Mindy Blackman, UAS Student, Juneau 113 Author and Artist Biographies Mandy Ramsey, Salmon Heads Madison McCormack, The Black Wall Kathleen McCrossin, Trickster Emma Luck, Tension TIDAL ECHOES 2018 ix Editor’s Note Dear Reader, Ever since I can remember, reading has been a big part of my life. By picking up this literary and arts journal, you have shown that you enjoy reading as well. Or perhaps you picked up this journal in hopes of gaining influence for your own writing, to learn more about the talents of Southeast Alaskans, or simply to pass the time with a quiet activity. Any reason you picked up this journal is a wonderful reason. Thank you for supporting Tidal Echoes. Being an editor has been a goal of mine throughout my undergrad years, and I can’t express the amount of gratitude I have for being given the opportunity to be a junior and then senior editor for this journal. Reading submissions and compil- ing them into the journal you now hold in your hands has been one of the greatest hands-on, educational experiences I have had, and I hope you enjoy reading this journal as much as I do. Sincerely, Elizabeth Rumfelt, Senior Editor x UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST Acknowledgements Creating such a wonderful journal requires having motivated and talented in- dividuals come and show us their work. It never fails to amaze me just how skilled Southeast Alaskans are when it comes to writing, photography, painting, weaving, and carving. We would like to give our first huge thanks to our dedicated editorial board. Amy Bannerman, Will Elliott, Jonas Lamb, Mary Catherine Martin, Math Trafton, Emily Wall, and Karragh Young; thank you for your time and effort to this jour- nal. I want to give a special thank you to Emily Wall for putting up with me being somewhat disorganized, causing her mini heart attacks by forgetting I’m going to be in charge of the journal next year, and for laughing at my awful jokes during the editing process. She has been a great support system and guide for both me and Elizabeth, even when we would forget about the small things that ended up actu- ally being huge things. To our fantastic art editors, Jeremy Kane and Liz Zacher, thank you for continu- ing your commitment to Tidal Echoes! This journal could not have been a success without the support and encourage- ment of Chancellor Richard Caulfield, Provost Karen Carey, and Arts and Sciences Dean Paula Martin. Thank you to Alison Krein, our graphic designer, who contributed her time and skills by making sure the cover and other parts of the journal were up to her stan- dards, which Elizabeth and I have been impressed by and happy with. To Christofer Taylor, our featured artist, and Vivian Faith Prescott, our featured writer: thank you both for sharing your talent with us! Your work in our pages makes this journal more beautiful than it ever could have been. Finally, this acknowledgements page would not be complete without a huge thank you to all of the talented Southeast Alaskans who submitted their work to Tidal Echoes. Thank you for allowing us to view what came out of your creative headspace. All the best, India Busby, Junior Editor Elizabeth Rumfelt, Senior Editor TIDAL ECHOES 2018 xi Mandy Ramsey, Poppies and Lupin Reach for the Light xii UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST I Want to Say Yes Kersten Christianson, Sitka To pumpkin pie for breakfast drowning in whipped cream with a side of early morning bitter, of hand-warming coffee in a mug like a sauna.
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