THE HURON RIVER REVIEW Issue 17 | 2018 The award-winning journal of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, photography and art by the students, faculty, and staff of Washtenaw Community College, EDITOR Tom Zimmerman EDITORIAL BOARD Zach Baker Alex Kochan Meera Martin Tyler Wettig BOOK DESIGN Rich Rezler Copyright © 2018 Washtenaw Community College and the individual authors and artists. Republication rights to the works herein are reverted to the creators of those works. The works herein are chosen for their literary and artistic merit and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Washtenaw Community College, its Board of Trustees, its administrators, or its faculty, staff, or students. MISSION STATEMENT The Huron River Review is a forum and a showcase for the vibrant literary and arts community made possible by the students, faculty, and staff at Washtenaw Community College. FROM THE EDITOR This seventeenth issue of The Huron River Review is packed with excellent poetry, prose, and images—as well as a few extras: • Works from WCC students who submitted ceramic art to the 2018 Liberal Arts Network for Development (L.A.N.D.) Conference. Photographs of this artwork were taken by WCC ceramics instructor I B Remsen. • Works reprinted from The Journey, a chapbook anthology of poetry, prose, and visual art co-produced by the WCC Poetry Club and the Bailey Library in April 2018. • Works created by Sunday Brock, Faye Forester, Jason Gold, Sally Silvennoinen, and KD Williams, who were participants in “Who Am I?: An Identity and Writing Workshop,” presented by Writing Center tutor Zach Baker and me as part of WCC’s Free College Day, April 7. My thanks to Kris Good, Dean of Arts & Sciences; Kimberly Hurns, Vice President for Instruction; Rose Bellanca, President; and the WCC Board of Trustees. Finally, my thanks to the following fine people and departments: the Bailey Library, Zach Baker, Zach Braun, Amy Higgins, Karen Karatzas, Alex Kochan, Angela Law- Hill, Molly Ledermann, Meera Martin, Jas Obrecht, I B Remsen, Rich Rezler, Aimee Smith, Sue Smith, the WCC Bookstore, WCC Public Relations and Marketing, WCC Student Development and Activities, the WCC English Department, the WCC Writing Center, the WCC Copy Center, Tyler Wettig, Jessica Winn, and Ann Zimmerman. — TZ Ann Arbor SUBMISSIONS The Huron River Review is an annual publication of Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, Michigan. From September through January, it is open to submissions of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, artwork, and photography by WCC students, faculty, and staff. The editor and student editorial board select pieces for publication based on their aesthetic merit. We’re fond of work that is beautiful and/or strange, but we’ll look at anything. If you’re not sure, send it; we’re friendly. We prefer electronic submissions. E-mail to [email protected]. Snail-mail to Tom Zimmerman, LA 355, Washtenaw Community College, 4800 E. Huron River Dr., Ann Arbor, MI 48105. Phone: 734-973-3552. Website: thehuronriverreview.wordpress.com. TABLE OF CONTENTS Kayla Winter Leaping . Cover POETRY (images in italics) Nate Laurant Untitled . .5 Tyler Wettig Tundra Spiritual . .6 The Adult Table . .7 Sarah Levin Will God Stir . .8 Tilling . .10 Zach Baker In Between . .11 Haunting the Mississippi . .12 Gabe Martinez Universal Vanity . .13 Bukowski as a Young ‘Un . .14 Nate Laurent Untitled . .15 Zach Baker Licked by America . .16 Waiting for the Train . .17 Lilly Kujawski Vices . 18. On Love . 20 KD Williams Borderline . 21. Cassie Calcaterra Death’s Appearance . 22 Kayla Winter Passing Time . 23 Michael Zaccagni The Nightsounds . .24 Cassie Calcaterra Comfort of Silence . 26 Jayleen Rossi Midnight . 26 Joseph Koch Silence . 27 My Burning Strife . 28 Tyler Wettig God and Food . 28 Julius Theophilus II The cliché prose about love as guided by aspects of in environment . 29 The sport: . 30 Miranda McCarthy Is there any harm? . .31 Daniel Raubolt Fire . 32 Tyler Wettig Westward . 36 Alex Tyson My Mother Is a Candle . 37. Shaina Larmee Slow Lover . 38 Natalie Jarvie Heart . 39 Jayleen Rossi Wetland Flower . 39 Dominique Bonner Closer 2 Me . 40 1 Le Chant Du Cygne The Sword . .41 Warren Leidlein What Am I? . 42 Zach Baker Chicago Still Life . 42 Amanda Thompson Two Poems . 43 Sunday Brock I Am . 44 Tim Drouhard The Road Home . 44 Faye Forester Who Am I? . 45 Jason Gold Who Am I? I Am . 46 Sally Silvennoinen Wo Am I? . 48 Brenda Allen Millett The Caged Fox . 49 Jayleen Rossi Jaybird . 50 Diane M . Laboda Triptych . .51 Amy Higgins Chimére de Confort . 52 Maryam Barrie At Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve . 53 Edith Morris Croake Bird Woman . 54 Kayla Winter Haiku Gallery . 56 Daniel Raubolt Haiku Gallery . 56 Pamela D . Agnew-Ray Haiku Gallery . 56 GALLERY Kayla Winter Leaping . 57 Cantering . 58 Sight . 58 Embrace . 59. In Flight . 59. Andrei Pop Fiber 48 . 60 Fiber 66 . .61 Trees . 62 Fiber 40 . 63 Jayleen Rossi Yellow Attention . 63 Cattail Fluff . 64 Cattail Bridge . 65 Windswept . 65 Isolation . 66 Droplets . 66 Dusk Wings . 67. Big Girl Boots . .67 Terri Adams Tensions Released . 68 John McLean Aqua Vitae . 69. Mia Prochaski Growth and Understanding . 70. 2 Mike Tuccini Across the Waves . 71. Dorothy Mitchell Bamboo Bridge . .71 Molly Keenan Spiral Edy . 72 Kelly Gampel WCC World . 73 Daniel Raubolt Arlington Memorial Bridge Eagle 2 . .74 Pauline the Bald Eagle . .74 Ralph Kennedy Untitled . 75. Untitled . 75. Justin Kissel Islamorada, FL . .76 Chickens Roaming Key West, FL . 76. Nate Luarant Untitled . 77 Untitled . 78. Untitled . 79 Untitled . 79 Untitled . 80 Untitled . 80 Sarah McDonald The Demon’s Closeup . 81. Nikki Sixx and His Flamethrowing Bass Guitar . 81. Wheels Up Fury . 82 The Rocket Is On Its Way . 82 Meera Martin La Tour Eiffel, Paris . 83 View of Paris from La Tour Eiffel, Paris . 84 Le Comptuir D’Italie et Le Café Van Gogh, Arles . 85 Arènas de Nîmes . 86 View of La Loire . 86 Cathèdral Notre Dame de Strasbourg . 87. Safety First, France . 88 FICTION (images in italics) Nate Lauran Untitled . 89 Benjamin J . Wielechowski Prince Aragorn . 90 Zach Baker Reflections of Emptiness . 96. Jessica Kreutzer Out of Place . 97 Shaina Larmee Bruised . 101 Zach Baker Blues City . 102 Jennifer Wiland Anonymity . 103 Teagan Parkinson Midnight Cherry . 105 Nate Laurant Untitled . 106 Alex Tyson The Silence of Dishes . 107 3 Tyler Wettig Fenced In . 108 Sotiri Adamopoulos Split . 109 Zach Baker Where Does This Sidewalk End? . .113 Kayla Winter Curtains . .114 Tom Zimmerman Weathered Decorations . .115 Derek Fleszar Ol’ Billy . 11. 6 Philip Gibson The Mark of the Enemy . 11. 7 Tom Zimmerman Old Lion . 11. 8 Erin McCaffery Mother Spruce . .119 Tom Zimmerman Evergreen Heart . 120 Erin McCaffery Pan’s Awakening . 121 Susanna Zoumbaris Day of the Walking Sticks . 124. Steve Novak Two Scenes from “I Never Knew My Dad Killed Someone” . 125 Tom Zimmerman French Market . 127 Nate Laurant Untitled . 128 NONFICTION (images in italics) Nate Laurant Untitled . 129 Adella Blain Amparo . 130 Brenda Allen Millett Lookout . 133 Tom Zimmerman Lookout . 134 Alexander Clark Tomorrow Is Not a Promise . 135 Duaa Caldwell The Path to Soaring . 137. Kayla Winter Spotlight . .141 Fade to Black . 141. Brothers . 142 E .L . Meszaros The “Universal” in Arts and Science . 143 ETC. Index Authors and Artists . 149 Andrei Pop Fiber 48 . Back Cover 4 POETRY Untitled NATE LAURANT 5 TYLER WETTIG Tundra Spiritual I lug this manuscript like da Vinci did the Mona Lisa, or Christ the Cross. It’s.