Eastern Illinois University The Keep The Vehicle Student Theses & Publications Fall 2004 The Vehicle, Fall 2004 Ryan Maney Megan Rankin Anthony Travis Shoot Clementine Jonathan M. Cook See next page for additional authors Follow this and additional works at: https://thekeep.eiu.edu/vehicle Recommended Citation Maney, Ryan; Rankin, Megan; Shoot, Anthony Travis; Clementine; Cook, Jonathan M.; Dwiggins, Katy; Johnson, Sarah; Apodaca, Kitty; Carlin, Annette; Lyons, Greg; Habel, Alisa; Doughty, C. Alan; and Anderson, Joshua D., "The Vehicle, Fall 2004" (2004). The Vehicle. 81. https://thekeep.eiu.edu/vehicle/81 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Theses & Publications at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Vehicle by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Authors Ryan Maney, Megan Rankin, Anthony Travis Shoot, Clementine, Jonathan M. Cook, Katy Dwiggins, Sarah Johnson, Kitty Apodaca, Annette Carlin, Greg Lyons, Alisa Habel, C. Alan Doughty, and Joshua D. Anderson This book is available at The Keep: https://thekeep.eiu.edu/vehicle/81 Archives LH 1 .V4x 2004 Fall Fall20 + ... The poet's voice need not merel~ be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to help him endure and prevail. The _young man or woman writing toda_y has forgotten the problems ot the human heart in conRict with itself which alone can make good writing because onl_y that Is worth writing about, worth the agon_y and the sweat. He must learn them again. He must teach himself that the basest ot all things is to be atraid: and, teaching himself that, target It forever, leaving no room In his workshop tor an_ythlng but the old verities and truths ot the heart, the universal truths lacking which an_y stor_y Is ephemeral and doomed - love and honor and plt_y and pride and compassion and sacrltlce.