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Edited by David Martin Volume 24 : Issue 1 SPRING 2015 Edited by David Martin Volume 24 Issue 1 Spring 2015 1 Copyright © 2015, Fine Lines, Inc PO Box 241713 Omaha, NE 68124 www.finelines.org All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from Fine Lines, Inc. Cover Photo Credits Front Cover: Hazy, Omaha Lights © Tim Wright Back Cover: Chihuly Museum, Seattle © Cindy Goeller Times 10 pt. is used throughout this publication. First Edition 2 David Martin Senior Editors: Managing Editor Stu Burns Omaha, NE Board of Directors Marcia Forecki Council Bluffs, IA Steve Gehring Chairman of the Board Attorney Special Editors: Omaha, NE Lee Bachand Omaha, NE David Martin Kris Bamesberger Omaha, NE President Carolyn Bergeron Omaha, NE English Teacher Janet Bonet Omaha, NE Omaha, NE Kayla Engelhaupt Omaha, NE Marcia Forecki Council Bluffs, IA David Mainelli Musician/Businessman Rose Gleisberg Bellevue, NE Omaha, NE Kathie Haskins Omaha, NE Kaitlyn Hayes Omaha, NE Dorothy Miller Abigail Hills Omaha, NE English Teacher, retired Jim Holthus Omaha, NE Kearney, NE David Hufford Omaha, NE Anne James Bellevue, NE Tom Pappas Harrison Johnson Omaha, NE English Teacher, retired Tim Kaldahl Omaha, NE Lincoln, NE Ashley Kresl Omaha, NE Anne Lloyd Omaha, NE Advisers Margie Lukas Omaha, NE Wendy Lundeen Omaha, NE Dr. Stan Maliszewski Yolie Martin Omaha, NE Educational Psychology Professor James Salhany Omaha, NE University of Arizona Jayne Schlosser Omaha, NE Kristen Steele Glenwood, IA Yolanda Martin Emma Vinchur Lincoln, NE Counselor, Andersen Middle School David Waller Omaha, NE Millard, NE Ann Woolard Omaha, NE Mardra Sikora Business Manager Omaha, NE On-Line Special Editors: Sheila Boerner North Platte, NE Webmaster Kristi Fitzgerald Hamilton, MT Nancy Genevieve Perkins Reading, MA Mike McCombs Yachun (Kate) Ku Avon Lake, IL Omaha, NE Loren Logsdon Eureka, IL Layout & Design Dorothy Miller Geneva, NE John Robison Corvalis, MT Kristy Stark Knapp Ashley Roskilly Columbus, OH Owner, Knapp Studios Neil Simmers British Columbia, CA Madison, NE Carla White Ellis North Kingston, RI 3 About Fine Lines Fines Lines is published by Fine Lines, Inc., a 501(c) 3 non-profit corporation. David Martin is the managing editor. In this quarterly publication, we share poetry and prose by writers of all ages in an attempt to add clarity and passion to our lives. Support is provided through donations, all of which are tax deductible. Join us in creating the lives we desire through the written word. Composition is hard work. We celebrate its rewards in each issue. Share this publication with others who love creativity. We encourage authors and artists of all ages. Our national mailing list reaches every state. Increased literacy and effective, creative communication is critical for all. Fines Lines editors believe writing of life’s experiences brings order to chaos, beauty to existence, and celebration to the mysterious. We encourage readers to respond to the ideas expressed by our authors. Letters to the editor may be printed in future issues after editing for length and clarity. Reader feedback is important to us. We support writers and artists with hope and direction. 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Submissions • We accept submissions via email, file attachments, CDs formatted in MS Word for PCs, and laser-printed hard copies. 4 • Editors reply when writing is accepted for publication, and if a stamped, self-addressed envelope or email address is provided. • Submissions must not include overt abuse, sexuality, profanity, drugs, alcohol, or violence. • Do not send “class projects.” Teachers may copy Fines Lines issues for their classes and submit student work for publication when they act as members and sponsors. • Address changes and correspondence should be sent to the Fines Lines email address. 5 CONTENTS Essays and Artwork My Passion to Learn Rana Alkufi 15 Self Shawnelle Alley 17 Haikus about Him Courtney Andreessen 18 Do You Know This? 19 Einstein Jenn Docktor 20 To Err Is Human, to Forgive, Canine Angelic Armendariz 21 BMI Anyone? Lee Bachand 23 A Chalk Unicorn Kristen Martin 24 The Waterfall Kris Bamesberger 25 Midnight Sky Malia Battafarano 26 Verne Holoubek’s Road Less Traveled: How Harley Davidson, Printed T-Shirts, and the Counter-Culture Movement Helped This Former Nebraska Farm Boy Make Pop Culture History Leo Adam Biga 27 Brooke in the Garden Julian Adair 34 6 A Seabee, Far from Home Michelle Blodgett 35 Grammy Rice Sheila Boerner 42 The Drum Maeve Botos 43 Best Friend Larissa Boyd 44 Heidelberg David Catalan 45 At Work Tudor Seulean 46 stubble and tears Neil Chaparro 47 Fly Soup and Roach Sandwiches: Experiencing Entomophagy Joshua Chito 49 Puppy and Cake Kim Justus 52 Overcoming My Addiction Jessica Cunningham 53 Expectations Megan Doehner 56 The Sky Sophia Drickey 57 Opening Up a Book Can Be Hard Work David Martin 58 7 Fallen Angel Teagan Duncan-Pope 58 Lessons Learned the Hard Way Trinity Eden 59 Large Crane Tanja Crawford 64 Dad Mary Filkins 65 Dalia Does Her Best Marcia Calhoun Forecki 66 Glorious Possibilities Abigail Freer 72 Butterfly Kristy Stark Knapp 73 My Crazy Cop Life Tony Garrett 74 As I Kissed Her Nancy Genevieve 76 Time Zach Gilbert 77 A Teenager Living in Korea Melissa Gill 78 At Prayer Near Vigil Light Rose Gleisberg 82 Reflections Barb Greer 83 8 Final Tribute Greg Gruber 84 Perceptions Larry Harris 85 Spring Daffodils Cindy Goeller 86 Grocery Nina Harris 87 Iowa Sky Kathie Haskins 88 My Sunshine Kaitlyn Hayes 89 Make Them Good Ones Uri Herszbaum-Harding 92 Further In David Waller 95 Sitting D.A. Hickman 96 Connected Aquinnah Hill 97 Nor Height, Nor Depth Jim Holthus 98 Daydreaming Takes Its Toll Cecilia Huber 99 Loose Tendrils Tammy Hudson 100 9 Sand and Death David Hufford 101 Suffocating Anxiety Anne James 103 E.R.B. Margaret Joba-Woodruff 104 Angels and Miracles Norma Knapp and Kristy Stark Knapp 105 Miracle Kristy Stark Knapp 109 The Woods Jack Kohl 110 How Are You? Do You Really Want to Know? Anne Lloyd 111 The Mystery of Bubby Love Loren Logsdon 113 Blood of the White Bear: A Review Margaret Lukas 115 The Yellow Bird Margaret Lukas 116 Revise Wendy Lundeen 121 The First Step of Wisdom David Martin 122 The Chalk Crew Kristen Martin 127 10 Washington Mountain Top Bradley Martin 128 The Snow Kaia Martin 128 The Beauty I Live For Michelle Masur 129 Through the Eyes of Lost Faith Tyler Matthews 131 Here for Us Vince McAndrew 133 The Stars Madi Meyer 134 Follow Your Path Ashley Roskilly 136 (Acrostic) Poem Khoa Nguyen 137 The Dancers Gina Nield 138 I Am Megan Nosbisch 139 The Spirit Deigns Lisa O’Neal 140 Look at the World Ashley Roskilly 141 Learning a New Language David Ortiz 142 11 Emotions Kristy Stark Knapp 143 Taiko Drumming Satori Pettit 144 Languages Cathy Porter 145 Truths Charlotte Potter 146 We Escape after Midnight Ambun Pratami 147 Einstein Sucked at Math: English Teachers Suck at Teaching D.L. Rubens 148 Mr. Fabulous David Martin 150 10 Reasons Writers Should Learn Good Grammar Ben Russel 151 I Am Matthew Salfity 155 A Sideways Rain Jimmy Salhany 156 Sister Cathy Samuelson 159 The Draft 1968 Robert Schenck 161 LB Woods Library Raleigh Wilkerson 163 12 Give All Fritz Scholder 164 Michel de Montaigne The Founding Father Stuart Sedlak 165 He Dances Anyway Mardra Sikora 166 The Creative Process of Writing D. N. Simmers 168 100 Things to Do Yutika Singh 170 Gridmap Kristy Stark Knapp 171 Mountains Carly Sinn 172 The Pursuit of Happiness Kristen Steele 173 Disappear Brita M. Thielen 175 The Way Out David Waller 178 A Death in the Library David Waller 179 Self-Portrait Tudor Seulean 189 I Want It Carolyn Weisbecker 190 13 Dream Rachel Woods 193 Wisdom Learned the Hard Way Leslie Worden 195 Time’s Respect Donald Wright 197 Technology Susan Zingler 198 Bios of Artists, Authors, and Poets 199 14 Fine Lines :: Spring 2015 My Passion to Learn Rana Alkufi I grew up in a household that respected the importance of education and valued the difference it can make in people’s lives. My father was an English teacher, and my mother taught Arabic. My parents taught me that a good education can help one to be successful in life, gain respect, and make a good living; that worked really well for both of them. They have been able to support our family, and they taught me that education is vital for success by the way they lived their lives. When I was growing up in Iraq, women were expected to marry early and stay at home. A woman might study up until the time of her marriage, sometimes, as young as age 15, but not usually after that. When I was eight or nine, I realized that my goals were not the same as most other girls, and I did not want to stop learning. Besides being driven by my parents to get a good education and eventually a degree, I was driven by curiosity to find out how things in life work and why our life is the way it is.