MEADOW the 2011 TRUCKEE MEADOWS COMMUNITY COLLEGE Reno, Nevada The Meadow is the annual literary arts journal published ev- Editor-in-Chief ery spring by Truckee Meadows Community College in Reno, Lindsay Wilson Nevada. Students interested in the literary arts, graphic design, and creative writing are encouraged to participate on Poetry Editors the Editorial Board. Visit www.tmcc.edu/meadow for infor- Erika Bein mation and submission guidelines. Look for notices around Joe Hunt campus, in The Echo student newspaper, or contact the Editor-in-Chief at [email protected] or through the English Fiction Editor department at (775) 673-7092. Mark Maynard See our website (listed above) for information on our annual Non-Fiction Editor Cover Design and Literary and Art Contests. Only TMCC Rob Lively students are eligible for prizes. Editorial Board At this time, The Meadow is not interested in acquiring rights David Anderson to contributors’ works. All rights revert to the author or art- Melissa Cosgrove ist upon publication, and we expect The Meadow to be ac- knowledged as original publisher in any future chapbooks or Andrew Crimmins books. John Dodge JoAnn Hoskins The Meadow is indexed in The International Directory of Little Theodore Hunt Magazines and Small Presses. Janice Huntoon Our address is Editor-in-Chief, The Meadow, Truckee Mead- Arian Katsimbras ows Community College, English Department, Vista B300, Rachel Meyer 7000 Dandini Blvd., Reno, Nevada 89512. Peter Nygard The views expressed in The Meadow are solely reflective of Tony Olsen the authors’ perspectives. TMCC takes no responsibility for Drew Pearson the creative expression contained herein. Chris Scally Siouxsan Schleuning Meadow Fiction Award: Tim Dickerson, 1st place. Danielle Schuster Meadow Non-Fiction Award: Angelo Perez, 1st place. Hank Sosnowski Allyson Stronach Meadow Poetry Award: Jake A Martinez, 1st place; Kay Doss, Katrina Walters 2nd place; and Meghan Bucknell, 3rd place. Neil Whitehurst www.tmcc.edu/meadow Rachelanne Williams Anne Witzleben ISSN: 1947-7473 Cover Photo Harry Wilson The Meadow is the annual literary arts journal published ev- Editor-in-Chief ery spring by Truckee Meadows Community College in Reno, Lindsay Wilson Nevada. Students interested in the literary arts, graphic design, and creative writing are encouraged to participate on Poetry Editors the Editorial Board. Visit www.tmcc.edu/meadow for infor- Erika Bein mation and submission guidelines. Look for notices around Joe Hunt campus, in The Echo student newspaper, or contact the Editor-in-Chief at [email protected] or through the English Fiction Editor department at (775) 673-7092. Mark Maynard See our website (listed above) for information on our annual Non-Fiction Editor Cover Design and Literary and Art Contests. Only TMCC Rob Lively students are eligible for prizes. Editorial Board At this time, The Meadow is not interested in acquiring rights David Anderson to contributors’ works. All rights revert to the author or art- Melissa Cosgrove ist upon publication, and we expect The Meadow to be ac- knowledged as original publisher in any future chapbooks or Andrew Crimmins books. John Dodge JoAnn Hoskins The Meadow is indexed in The International Directory of Little Theodore Hunt Magazines and Small Presses. Janice Huntoon Our address is Editor-in-Chief, The Meadow, Truckee Mead- Arian Katsimbras ows Community College, English Department, Vista B300, Rachel Meyer 7000 Dandini Blvd., Reno, Nevada 89512. Peter Nygard The views expressed in The Meadow are solely reflective of Tony Olsen the authors’ perspectives. TMCC takes no responsibility for Drew Pearson the creative expression contained herein. Chris Scally Siouxsan Schleuning Meadow Fiction Award: Tim Dickerson, 1st place. Danielle Schuster Meadow Non-Fiction Award: Angelo Perez, 1st place. Hank Sosnowski Allyson Stronach Meadow Poetry Award: Jake A Martinez, 1st place; Kay Doss, Katrina Walters 2nd place; and Meghan Bucknell, 3rd place. Neil Whitehurst www.tmcc.edu/meadow Rachelanne Williams Anne Witzleben ISSN: 1947-7473 Cover Photo Harry Wilson Kymmo Valenton Of Piers 56 Table of Contents Kay Doss Even Her Name 57 Suzanne Roberts As If 58 Mark Maynard An Interview with Alyson Hagy 73 Michael P. McManus Corpsman 67 Jerry D. Mathes II Fuel Guard 69 Fiction Jerry D. Mathes II Pulaski 70 Jerry D. Mathes II On the Move 71 Scott Tucker Bayard Avenue 16 David Shattuck The Hammers 72 Jim Lamoreux Late for Work 36 Andrew Crimmins Autum Day 86 Bipin Aurora The Boy 43 Amy Hendrickson A Life for a Life 87 Tim Dickerson Flak 59 Samantha Elliott I Always Wanted to Save a Life 88 Ifeanyichukwu Onyewuchi Where Have All the Parents Gone 80 Meghan L. Bucknell A Private Wake 89 Charles Haddox Sacrifice 96 Arian Katsimbras After Viewing John Maguire’s D.O.A. Worrell Silenced 109 Painting Montgomery Street in Winter 90 Non-Fiction Arian Katsimbras Elegy with Handgun, Soot, and Bird 91 Arian Katsimbras More of the Day Collapses Into Angelo Perez Pretty Girl 10 This Moment of Waiting for Bread 92 Karen Levy The Stain 32 Tara Mae Schultz Gathering an Appetite 93 Joanne Lowery Weathered 94 Poetry Jake A. Martinez Souvenir 95 Jeff Hardin When the Finches Start Up 100 Nathan Slinker Girl in a Country Scene 6 Jeff Hardin A Day of Slow Rain 101 Nathan Slinker Sand Dunes, Northern Nevada 7 Sean Evans Cut Branch 102 Lindsey Neely Love, Alaska 8 Dave Malone Nature’s Gold 103 Janann Dawkins Correspondence 9 Alan King Where They Do That At? 104 Nicole Navarro I Float Like It’s Nothing 13 Benjamin Evans Movement 105 Wendy Barry Nature Channel 14 Karen A. Terrey Buckeye Hot Springs 106 Maya Jewell Zeller The Insomniac Speaks in Winter 15 David Shattuck The Dean of Shawnee 107 Stephen Schlatter No Light 25 Gary Metras A Routine Procedure 116 Buck Feero 12 Oz. 26 Kimberly Thompson A Wife’s Prayer 117 Jake A. Martinez A Jungian Archetype 27 Wendy Barry Wedding Poem 118 Tyler Bigney My First Night in Izmir, Turkey 28 Alexandra Sweeney The Darker Touch 119 Vanessa Blakeslee Moon River, December, 1961 29 Jake A. Martinez Inharmonious 120 Maya Jewell Zeller Clarissa 30 Dasha Bulatov The Empty Sign 121 Teresa Breeden A Knife in the Wash 31 Kay Doss My Sister-in-Law Was a Better Cook 122 Lacie Morgan Solitaire 35 Suzanne Roberts Another Ending 123 Andrei Guruianu Those I Used to Know Who Knew Me 41 Robby Schlesinger Drive By Pianoing 42 Contributor Notes 124 Sean Prentiss Bangor, Pennsylvania: S0S 48 Michael Dubon American Dating Scene: $1 Menu 49 Submission Guidelines 129 Nathan Graziano The Teenage Couple Who Has Sex in a Slasher Flick 50 Caitlin Thomas Your Kiss Usually Means Some of It 51 Erika Robles Spring 52 Meghan L. Bucknell Summer, 2002 53 Grant Tierney Dehne You See ... 54 R.L. Kurtz Strawberry Heart 55 Kymmo Valenton Of Piers 56 Table of Contents Kay Doss Even Her Name 57 Suzanne Roberts As If 58 Mark Maynard An Interview with Alyson Hagy 73 Michael P. McManus Corpsman 67 Jerry D. Mathes II Fuel Guard 69 Fiction Jerry D. Mathes II Pulaski 70 Jerry D. Mathes II On the Move 71 Scott Tucker Bayard Avenue 16 David Shattuck The Hammers 72 Jim Lamoreux Late for Work 36 Andrew Crimmins Autumn Day 86 Bipin Aurora The Boy 43 Amy Hendrickson A Life for a Life 87 Tim Dickerson Flak 59 Samantha Elliott I Always Wanted to Save a Life 88 Ifeanyichukwu Onyewuchi Where Have All the Parents Gone 80 Meghan L. Bucknell A Private Wake 89 Charles Haddox Sacrifice 96 Arian Katsimbras After Viewing John Maguire’s D.O.A. Worrell Silenced 109 Painting Montgomery Street in Winter 90 Non-Fiction Arian Katsimbras Elegy with Handgun, Soot, and Bird 91 Arian Katsimbras More of the Day Collapses Into Angelo Perez Pretty Girl 10 This Moment of Waiting for Bread 92 Karen Levy The Stain 32 Tara Mae Schultz Gathering an Appetite 93 Joanne Lowery Weathered 94 Poetry Jake A. Martinez Souvenir 95 Jeff Hardin When the Finches Start Up 100 Nathan Slinker Girl in a Country Scene 6 Jeff Hardin A Day of Slow Rain 101 Nathan Slinker Sand Dunes, Northern Nevada 7 Sean Evans Cut Branch 102 Lindsey Neely Love, Alaska 8 Dave Malone Nature’s Gold 103 Janann Dawkins Correspondence 9 Alan King Where They Do That At? 104 Nicole Navarro I Float Like It’s Nothing 13 Benjamin Evans Movement 105 Wendy Barry Nature Channel 14 Karen A. Terrey Buckeye Hot Springs 106 Maya Jewell Zeller The Insomniac Speaks in Winter 15 David Shattuck The Dead of Shawnee 107 Stephen Schlatter No Light 25 Gary Metras A Routine Procedure 116 Buck Feero 12 Oz. 26 Kimberly Thompson A Wife’s Prayer 117 Jake A. Martinez A Jungian Archetype 27 Wendy Barry Wedding Poem 118 Tyler Bigney My First Night in Izmir, Turkey 28 Alexandra Sweeney The Darker Touch 119 Vanessa Blakeslee Moon River, December, 1961 29 Jake A. Martinez Inharmonious 120 Maya Jewell Zeller Clarissa 30 Dasha Bulatov The Empty Sign 121 Teresa Breeden A Knife in the Wash 31 Kay Doss My Sister-in-Law Was a Better Cook 122 Lacie Morgan Solitaire 35 Suzanne Roberts Another Ending 123 Andrei Guruianu Those I Used to Know Who Knew Me 41 Robby Schlesinger Drive By Pianoing 42 Contributor Notes 124 Sean Prentiss Bangor, Pennsylvania: S0S 48 Michael Dubon American Dating Scene: $1 Menu 49 Submission Guidelines 129 Nathan Graziano The Teenage Couple Who Has Sex in a Slasher Flick 50 Caitlin Thomas Your Kiss Usually Means Some of It 51 Erika Robles Spring 52 Meghan L. Bucknell Summer, 2002 53 Grant Tierney Dehne You See ... 54 R.L. Kurtz Strawberry Heart 55 Girl in a Country Scene Sand Dunes, Northern Nevada by Nathan Slinker by Nathan Slinker In the iron trough—lone remnant of the sheep Washing before work, I digress into cracked porcelain, that once grazed here—a thin sheet of ice begin to drain… then turn around, once, twice: see myself serving vodka and water to the only woman at the Sundown Bar.