Taurus Canis 2016
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Edition Brighton High’s Taurus Canis Literary Magazine 2016 Edition Brighton High School 7878 Brighton Road Brighton, MI 48116 Editor-in-Chief Rachel Matuszewski Associate Editors Megan Gackler Rebecca Gackler Katharine Gardella Mikayla Maciak Sarah Shafi Advisor Todd Day Special thanks to our patrons and those that have helped make our magazine a reality. Our Brighton High School PTO and Mr. Robert Gardella Also, special thanks to Mr. Sean Carney and the Brighton High Graphics Department. Dear Reader, Welcome to Brighton High’s 2016 Taurus Canis Literary Arts Magazine, our fifth edition. This year we held a contest, challenging students and staff to make what’s old, new again. Through this reconstruction, students sought inspiration in famous art pieces or published literature and brought them to life through words of their own. Everyday, we are constantly seeking new improvements in ourselves - preparing, designing and reconstructing ourselves again and again. This year, Brighton’s students submitted their best work about many indirect reconstructions. Through prose, poetry, and art, they conveyed deep emotions of triumph and loss through personal experiences and fictional characters. The emotion and truth of their words and art send us back to the drawing board to rethink our own makeup. Thank you to all who submitted. Your bravery to be published has made this magazine possible. Thank you to the associate editors and advisor whose boundless dedication reconstructed this magazine to perfection. Without further ado, please read, reflect, and never stop reconstructing. Editor-in-Chief Rachel Matuszewski Taurus Canis: (noun) [tawr-uhs key-nis] 1. Latin for “bulldog”, one of an English breed of medium-sized, short-haired, muscular dogs. 2. A compilation of creative works representing Brighton High School students of all grade levels and faculty. Table of Contents I Want to Write By: Emily Mathis and Not What it Seems By: Jacqueline Kochan........................................... Pg. 3 That Walk in November By: Mathew Meredith and Bright Fall Leaf By: Abbey Rae Langell.............................. Pg. 4 Hidden Beauty By: Lindsay Hoyle and Spirit of Music By: Gabrielle Singher......................................................Pg. 5 Constant Cycle By: Leo Lopez and Life’s Cycle By: McKenna Baumker...............................................................Pg. 6 Depression By: Kayla Walczak.................................................................................................................................Pg. 7 Echoes of War By: Timothy J. Young and Poetry By: Ryann Ciminelli..................................................................Pg. 8 Reflections By: Tessa Klueger and Maddy By: Marisa Cruz....................................................................................Pg. 9 Brown Eyes By: Jaclynn Burr and Panda By: Chris Deedler.................................................................................Pg. 10 Chess By: Maddy Sanger and My Light in the Dark By: Matthew Whalen..........................................................Pg. 11 Lost Boy By: Jordin Kelley and Prince By: Maddy Sanger.....................................................................................Pg. 12 Blue Skies By: Sofi Byrum and Sleeping Bear Dunes By: Andrew Miller.............................................................Pg. 13 I See Red and Remember By Hayley Yarbrough and The Red River By: Jillian Mohr.........................................Pg. 14 Decisions By: Grace Bautch and Joy and Sorrow By: Kathryn Haggerty..............................................................Pg. 15 Our Necklace By: Rachel Matuszewski..................................................................................................................Pg. 16 Carpe Diem, See the World By: Jacob Milliron....................................................................................................Pg. 17 Gray By: Johnny Tinti, Social Media By: Koryn Wilenius....................................................................................Pg. 18 Calculus By: Macey Fetzer, Surrealism By: Lindsey Whiteside.............................................................................Pg. 18 Butterfly By: Maddy Sanger and In Your Eyes By: Katharine Gardella................................................................Pg. 19 When I Feel That Chill By: Austin Kern and God’s Eyes By: Jordyn Goldberg..................................................Pg. 20 The Influence By: Ryan Becall and Dance to Inspire By: Emily Garvin..............................................................Pg. 21 A Night Alone By: Lexie Leatherman...................................................................................................................Pg. 22 Sea of Time By: Madaleine Parshall......................................................................................................................Pg. 23 The Tailor of Time By: Todd Day and The Persistence of Memory By: Salvador Dali........................................Pg. 24 The Darkest Knight By: Daniel Keiffer and Hope of Us By: Zachary Kingery.....................................................Pg. 25 Salem By: Sierra Copenhaver................................................................................................................................Pg. 26 Big City, Small World By: Jacob Pacek..................................................................................................................Pg. 27 Summer Snow By: Madison Princinsky and Yellow Flower in First Snow By: Abbey Rae Langell.....................Pg. 28 Perspective By: Abbey Rae Langell and Twisting By: Ryan Zultowski..................................................................Pg. 29 A Dance With Death By: Jenna Dalton................................................................................................................Pg. 30 Bones By: Claire Dobra..........................................................................................................................................Pg. 31 Wish By: Sarah Shafi and Vacation Days By: Mikayla Maciak.............................................................................Pg. 32 Morning Sunshine By: Katharine Gardella and Seasons By: Kaylynn Tocco.......................................................Pg. 33 Bowl By: Alyssa Posthuma and The Meal By: Julianna Shatrau...........................................................................Pg. 34 When You See Them You’ll Know By: Sydney Mirabitur and Rainbow By: Megan Gackler..............................Pg. 35 Echo and Narcissus By: Emiley Hepfner...............................................................................................................Pg. 36 Oblivion By: Sarah Cassidy and A Rose By: Porter Groce...................................................................................Pg. 37 Front Cover Design By: Tatum Moleski Back Cover Design By: Bailey Linderman Bulldog Underlay: Maddy Sanger I Want to Write Emily Mathis I want to write. I want to write about people and places and pretty things. I want to write about the things that make people happy, the things that make people sad; I want to write about everything. I want to write a novel, a story; I want to write. I want to write about my family, my friends. About people I’ve just met, and about people I may never meet. I want to write. I want to write about the little things, the big things, the in-between things. About the sky and the stars and the sun and the moon. About the grass and the dirt and the flowers and the footprints people leave in the sand. I want to write about the trees that are in the space between. I want to write about everything Everything. I want to write. Not What It Seems Jacqueline Kochan The realest things in life aren’t observed; Religion, Race, Gender. When will we all agree Never. Nothing ever works. Laws, petitions, Amendments. Places you go. Thing you do. Burying the truth. It hurts. Start solidating. Racist, Abuse, Neglection. When will we all agree. We are living in lies. Hold our hands, rip down the walls with your knowledge. It is no longer there. 3 That Walk in November Mathew Meredith This could be the last walk for the last time… No need for talk. A bitter sweet lime. The wind whispers that soon you’ll leave. The tree snickers, no need to grieve. Morning dew turns to morning frost, still the memories are never lost. It’s finally setting. I’m never forgetting. Try not to get sentimental, burning trees to clear the mental. Trudging through nostalgia, feeling so temperamental. So I guess this is the end, I bid thee farewell my friend. I’ll always remember that walk in November. “Bright Fall Leaf”, Photo, Abby Rae Langell 4 The Hidden Beauty Lindsay Hoyle Poetry is a little girl walking for the first time. Years pass by as her innocence is shattered, realizing the world is only perfect through young eyes. As she sits in her room, she waits for the pain to turn into beauty. The words hit the page with a crash as the adrenaline rushes through her veins. Turning everything she sees into a piece of art. Looking around, waiting, screaming to be heard, to be seen. Waiting for someone to catch her before she falls. Scars on her heart and eyes full of hurt can only be heard late at night, when she cannot sleep. Another day ends as the words fade into the night sky, waiting to become a gleaming light. A light of true poetry. “Spirit of Music”, Pottery, Gabrielle Singher 5 Constant Cycle Leo Lopez