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2014 Wire Harp SFCC The Wire Harp Spokane Falls Community College – 2014 – Creative Arts Magazine 30th Anniversary Issue ii Wire Harp 2014 30th Anniversary Issue Thirty years ago, in 1984, “Owner of a Lonely Heart” filled the Starting in the year 1984, then, and each year for the next 30 years American radio airwaves, Ghostbusters played in movie theaters, leading to the anniversary issue you now hold in your hands, and friends and family gathered around TV sets the size of kitchen the Wire Harp moniker has graced the cover. When the Harp ovens to watch Dynasty and Dallas. Tina Turner’s album debuted, it was primarily a literary review. Over the course of What’s Love Got to Do with It? won the Grammy, and William Ken- those early years, other creative programs, such as fine arts, nedy’s novel Ironweed won the Pulitzer. No one downloaded those graphic arts, and photography, were flourishing at SFCC, and so songs, movies, TV shows, and books onto digital devices to enjoy fifteen years into its run, the magazine became a showcase for all of later, nor did friends IM each other or Tweet about these popular our students’ talents. And in that sense, the Wire Harp is one of the cultural icons. finest collaborative efforts we have on our campus. Something else big happened in 1984, at least to the world we Our magazine is a result of the combined work of two student share at Spokane Falls Community College. That was the year the staffs, the literary and the artistic, and of all the students who Wire Harp made its debut. Our school’s creative arts magazine was create art and submit it to the Harp. Every year, we receive many the brainchild of Almut McAuley, SFCC’s much respected and more pieces of art and writing than we can publish, and anybody long-time creative writing instructor. Prior to the Harp, SFCC pub- involved in the process of preparing a creative piece, polishing it, lished other literary magazines with a host of names that changed submitting it, and waiting for the results, is a winner in our eyes. often, including Realms, Nuances, Images, and Campus Carousel. Our staffs greatly enjoy reading and viewing all the work submit- When Almut came on board as the advisor, three decades ago, she ted to us for review as we have so many talented writers and art- wanted a name that would stick, a name that would be worthy of ists in our midst. Sorting through all the submissions also serves as the publication that celebrates the creative talents of our current training ground as we are an instruction-related students, alumni, staff, and faculty. student-funded club. Almut landed on the Wire Harp for a title, a name she found inspir- We hope you’ll enjoy the creative work we’ve selected for this an- ing and worthy for two reasons. One is that a “wire harp” is a niversary edition as much as we do. We’re proud of this issue, all stringed instrument, favored by minstrels for its portability, much the issues that have preceded it, and all the issues still to come. like a book of art is portable. Secondly, when Almut researched the title, she found a collection of ballads with the same name, ~The Wire Harp Staff published in 1965 by the East German writer Wolf Biermann. The phrase “wire harp” appears in Biermann’s poem “Ballad on the Poet Francois Villon” and refers to the barbed wire on the Berlin wall that becomes like a harp when the wind passes through it, making music. The “wire harp” is a celebratory symbol for the creative voice that cannot, and should not, be repressed, no matter the oppressive context that may surround it. 2014 Wire Harp iii iv Wire Harp 2014 2014 Wire Harp Staff Richard Baldasty Awards Literary Editor Bella York Richard Baldasty taught philosophy and history at SFCC from 1984-2007, and during his tenure, he was regularly Designer Mickenzie Burns published in this journal and contributed significantly to the arts on our campus. Upon his retirement, The Wire Graphic Advisor Doug Crabtree Harp honored the spotlight he shone on art by naming our poetry award for him. Each year, The Wire Harp Literary Advisors Laura Read staff selects what we consider the most artistic poem Connie Wasem Scott as the recipient of this award. We also honor a work of prose, a photograph, and a work of fine art. Each of these Social Media Director Mikayla Davis four student artists receives a $100 prize, as a result of a generous gift from Richard. We appreciate Richard for Literary Staff Mikayla Davis supporting students in their creative arts. Sarah Dyer Lauren Gilmore Sharon Goff Hannah Michaelis Jason Oestreicher Jeremia Wilks-McGinnis Special Thanks Richard Baldasty Bonnie Brunt Shelli Cockle Glen Cosby Heather McKenzie Carl Richardson Kim Taylor Becky Turner 2014 Wire Harp v Contents Poetry Fiction The Doe ...........................2 Jazz on a Wednesday ..............65 Ding Dong .........................9 Carol Harrington Andreas Andersson Jocelyn Peguero The Pretty White Dress .............5 What It Was ......................68 C-Section. 17 Marc Harvey Jocelyn Peguero Andreas Andersson Brief Look at a Charity Gala .........6 The Coldest Part of the Kitchen .....72 Trapped In Her Web ...............29 Alec Reynolds Bella York Kristina Carpenter Caramel Apples ...................10 A Soldier’s Lament ................75 The Letter ........................34 Lauren Gilmore Sarah Johnson Kevin Fletcher September ........................14 Sky Man .........................84 The Cube .........................45 Ruth Henrickson Jeremia Wilks-McGinnis Connor Buckingham Run. .20 Wind of Change ...................87 Time Off .........................71 Belen Correa Sharon Ann Goff Alec Reynolds My Father’s Father ................23 Before My Dad Left ................88 Rough Magic .....................78 Rachel Goodner Jason Oestreicher Richard Baldasty Reflections on Watching your Best Friend Along the Ground .................91 The Birds and the Bombs ...........92 Have a Seizure ..................24 Tom Versteeg Alaric Goodman Danielle Estelle Doing Rails .......................98 Clockwork Inside ..................30 Derek Annis NonFiction Alaric Goodman Wake Up .........................58 One Night at the Holiday Inn .......33 Abigail Osborne Scott Brewster It Goes ...........................80 Twelve ...........................41 Robin Golke Lyssa Davis Sometimes When You’re a Kid .......42 Ruth Henrickson Eruption of the Muse ...............46 Mikayla Davis The Unskilled Poems, Number two ..48 Blu Andrews Big Toy ..........................53 Bella York The Past Twelve Minutes ...........54 Lauren Gilmore Quarter Life Crisis. 61 Sarah Dyer All Because of That Woman ........62 Melodie Aff Baldasty Award Winner vi Wire Harp 2014 Contents Photography Studious ..........................1 Scary ............................64 Cassie Grauert Cassie Grauert 4O9A3284 .........................3 Cupcake Cutie ....................66 Lisa Zamora Nicholas Grauert Coke Oven .........................4 Starry Spokane ....................69 Fay Hulihan Mike Busby Unsure ............................7 Untitled ..........................70 Steven Tinnell Jessica Mumm Out There .........................8 Splash ...........................73 Mike Busby Makenna Haeder Grazing Bison ....................12 Dew and Web .....................77 Shaun Schlager Rachel Elmore Untitled ..........................13 Beach ............................82 Fay Hulihan Cassie Grauert Devine Tree. 15 A Splash of Color ..................83 Mike Busby Unknown Tunnel Bridge .....................21 Untitled ..........................89 Nicholas Grauert Patrick Ashcroft Untitled ..........................22 Enchanted. .90 James Cronrath Makenna Haeder Untitled 1 ........................26 Black & White Tree ................95 Clara Wilson James Cronrath Untitled 2 ........................27 Wakena Falls .....................97 Clara Wilson Alicia Dunavan Untitled ..........................37 Alberta Tracks ....................99 Jessica Mumm Fay Hulihan Phone163 .........................38 Shaun Schlager Immersion ........................39 Shaun Schlager Face #2 ...........................47 Kenia Uribe Over Grown ......................56 Makenna Haeder Untitled ..........................57 Jessica Mumm Baldasty Award Winner 2014 Wire Harp vii Contents Fine Art Angelic ...........................16 Power ............................76 Milinda Smith Lavonne West Building Blocks ...................18 Ovum ............................79 Lyle Wright Seng Olsen Lion’s Paw .......................19 Spinning Wheel ...................85 Christina St.Pierre Constance Brockett Murray Animate. .28 Impress Forest & Flowing Flower Pods 86 R Maier Jennifer Hill Worth Every Second ...............31 Broom ...........................96 Travis Floyd Dakota Ross The Sea Watcher ..................32 Laura Novak Lenore ...........................40 Laura Norak Hugs & Kisses ....................43 Emily Flynn Urban Sunset .....................44 Constance Brockett Murray Depths ...........................50 Ashley Peterson Higher Learning ...................51 Travis Knickerbocker Finey Disposition .................52 Emily Flynn Still Searching ....................59 Travis Knickerbocker Yellow Goddess ...................60 Laura Novak Under the Sea. 63 Jennifer Hill Katayotta ........................67 Brandt Wurzer At Ease ..........................74 Ashley Peterson Baldasty Award Winner viii Wire Harp 2014 Studious Cassie Grauert 2014 Wire Harp 1 The Doe Carol Harrington Just yesterday,