Department: Oakwood OAK WOOD English & Graphic Design Students Published by Open PRAIRIE: Open Public Research Access Institutional Repository and Information Exchange, 2003 South Dakota State University 1 Arc.h.1 "e.s. f'S S7/ .S� Oakwood, Vol. 2, Iss. 12 [2003], Art. 1 02 2003 c,( Oakwood 2003 is in memory of Audrae Vissar (1919-2001 ): 1948 Graduate of South Dakota State University, Poet Laureate of South Dakota 197 4-2001. https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/oakwood/vol2/iss12/1 2 Department: Oakwood F·E AT URE S Winter Hoarfrost ............ ..... ............... ......1 Doug Cockrell Old Poet .......................................... .. .2 Doug Cockrell Winter Forecast ....................................... 3 Doug Cockrel I Miles of Night .................................... .... .4 Doug Cockrel I 1215 Floyd Boulevard .................................. 5 David Allan Evans One-Sided Fist Fight on Lower Fourth .....................6 David Allan Evans POETRY Farmhouse ........................................ ...7 Luke Philippi Liebestraum ...... ... .. ...............................9 Todd VanDerWerff The Death of Mickey Mantle .................. ..........1 O Chad Robinson Elegy ..... ... .......................• ...............11 Todd VanDerWerff Visit to my Grandmother .... .... ...... ......... ........12 Michelle Andrews Gifts of the Abstract ...............................14 -15 Heidi Mayer Mysteriosity .. ....... ............. ................... 17 Patrick Grode Sunlight on a Frosted Windowpane ......... .. ...........18 Katie Pavel Psalm 9 .....· .... ...... ............................19 Jamie M. Kueter The Frustrated Poet .................................. .20 Bonnie Phelps Modern-Day Muse ........ ... ... .....................2 2 Erica Rorvik Chivalry is Dead ....... ... .... .. .. .....· ............. .23 Patrick Grode Published by Open PRAIRIE: Open Public Research Access Institutional Repository and Information Exchange, 2003 3 Oakwood, Vol. 2, Iss. 12 [2003], Art. 1 Full Circle ...... .. ..... .-............ ................. 24 . The Weekend ..................... ...... .........68 -71 Joseph L. Pikul, Jr. Katie Pavel Kitchen Bitchin' ........... ........... ............ .. ... 26 A Country Beyond the Stars . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 73 -8 3 Rebecca Opstedahl . Todd VanDerWerff Bedtime ............. ...............................28 One Thousand Years ............... ... .......... ..85 -86 Chad Robinson Karen Boeg ler Always ....... .... ....... .... .. ............ .......... 29 War and the Art of Turf Maintenance ....... ...........87 -9 0 Heidi Mayer Patrick Grode I Heard That Bud Died Today ... ........................30 Matt Stassel WITHERINGTON Dad's Shoes .................. ........... : .......... 32 Chad Robinson Will the Man Live ........ .... .. ............. ......... .91 Colored ............................................ · 34 Kiel Mutschelknaus Andy Moore Shiver ... .... ................. ..... ................. 92 Dandelions ..... ................................ .. ... 35 Margaret Siorek Heather Murphey Poem in Lakota ....................... .... ...........93 Remembering '6 5 ....... .. ... ..... ................ ..... 37 Alana Black Bird Joseph L.Pikul, Jr. Golden Giggles ............... ... ... .. ............95- 96 One Still Night ... .. ..... ........ ............. .........38 Andrea Buchanan Katie Pavel On the Threshold of Forever ... .. ... ..... ............97 -9 9 As We Study Perfection ........ .. ... ...... ............4 1 Joseph Green Megan Koch The Game ........................... .. ........10 0-107 Marie Frost ........... .. .............................42 Melissa Fleming Chad Robinson Taking a Child to Her First Ball Game ................... .4 5 ART Ricky Ganci The Wall ................................... .. .. .....46 Untitled ......... ..... .................. ... .......... .8 Chad Robinson Turner No Man's Land ......... .......... ......... ......... .49 Untitled .............................................13 Louis Whitehead Author Unknown Found Guiltyby Professorial Jury ...... ................ .. 50 Serenity ... ................ ......_ ...................16 Patrick Grode Joel Keickhefer Getcha ....... ............ .... ......................21 PROSE Lisa Bender Untitled .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .25 Cigar Smoke .... .. ............................... 51 -56 Woitte· Katie Pavel Utility Room ........ .................................27 Optical Thermodynamics ............. .............. 57-6 1 Adam Bertrand Patrick Grode Untitled .............................................31 Silently Studied .. ....... ............ ..............66 -67 Joel Keickhefer Karen Boegler https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/oakwood/vol2/iss12/1 4 Department: Oakwood Untitled ... .. ... ... ... .· ........ ...... ..... ... .. .. ... 33 Fidel Matos Lisa Bender Jesy Nielsen Untitled . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 36 Anna Olson Jessica Ziegler Kristi Parks McCrory .... .... ...... ............. .......... .. ... .. 39 Krista Salley Melissa Christensen Kevin Sosa City .... .... ... ............. ..... ... ................40 Jennifer Sprenkle Melissa Christensen Leah Thoreson Boy ................................................43 Jessica Ziegler Artist Unknown Graphic Design Advisors ... ........... ... .. ..... 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Lisa Bender English Club Adam Bertrand Asteria Bulatao William Cavill Melissa Christensen Casey Gregerson Virginia Helder Student Association Charlie Hyde ©2003, South Dakota State University Reproduction without permission is strictly prohibited Melanie Johnson Oakwood is a South Dakota State University production of creative arts and literature Nathaniel Lindgren Funded by the SDSU Student Association Senate and printed by the SOSU Print Lab Published by Open PRAIRIE: Open Public Research Access Institutional Repository and Information Exchange, 2003 5 I I Oakwood, Vol. 2, Iss. 12 [2003], Art. 1 .impressed by the fact that SDSU had a student-run publication A History of Oakwood that allowed the students freedom to express and share their Originally titled Calliope, the first issue of South Dakota State creative talents with other students and the SDSU faculty.When University's literary and arts publication appeared in the Fall of he arrived at SDS U, Oakwood was no longer in print. But with 1967, edited by James Murray. Much like the Oakwood of the encouragement of a close friend-who later died tragically today, the original publication included poetry, prose, and before the 1992edition ran-Brian Winkel raised Oakwood from artwork created mainly by SDSU students and faculty,· but it the dead by obtaining funds from the Students Association was also open to the Brookings community. Calliope's mission Senate and by serving as coeditor. Oakwood has been printed statement was to publish twice a year, in the Fall and in the very year since its revival in 1992. Spring, funding and materials permitting. Although 1968 was In 1993, Oakwood began to sponsor the Paul Witherington the only year two issues appeared, it still had enough funding High School Writers Contest, a contest open to all high school to see print once a year, usually arriving in the Spring. Under students across South Dakota.Oakwood is proud to sponsor the original title, Callioperan for eight years and cost 48 this contest as it serves to encourage the use of imagination in .cents a copy. the state's youth through the art of words in poetry and story­ The final issue of Calliope was published in 197 4. One of telling. Desiree Wheaton, among others, has ottered her time its staff members was Doug Cockrell, an SDS U student, who every year to help Oakwood editors review the submissions would, within the next year, collaborate with English Professor and choose the contest winners. The 2003edition is proud to David Allan Evans (the current Poet Laureate of South Dakota publish the winners of the Tenth Anniversaryof the Paul and SDS U's Writer in Residence) to introduce to ·sDS U the first Witherington High School Writers Contest. edition of Oakwood. Serving as editors, Evans and Cockrell In more recent years, Oakwood has been the result of the intended for Oakwood to be a local publication for SDS U combined efforts of the English Department, the Art and Graphic Design Departments, the SDSU Print Lab, and the �tude�ts. They also wanted to make it a regional