item: #1 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-13541 author: -, - title: Table of Contents date: 2014 words: 540 flesch: 86 summary: Cody Miller 7 Millpond .................................................................... Cody Miller 71 Creation ..................................................................... keywords: cody; jeffrey; miller cache: iusbanalecta-13541.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-13541.txt item: #2 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-13542 author: Eggleston, Joe title: Scandalizing the librarians date: 2014 words: 241 flesch: 82 summary: They pornographize the written word, have laid them, as it were, lifelong: who knows the depths or heights book-lust might have taken them, alone or together, some nights or bright noontimes among the shelves, orgy of orgies of pages breaking woven above the eye. First Place Prize Poetry Joe Eggleston Scandalizing the Librarians Is what I would call it, but I've known too many to believe they'd be shocked at finding us in delicto, here, among the stacks. keywords: stacks cache: iusbanalecta-13542.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-13542.txt item: #3 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-13543 author: Evans, Rebecca title: Falling is Just Another Means to an End date: 2014 words: 329 flesch: 85 summary: So he concentrated as he fell, plucking death from the skies moment by moment piece by piece until it was enough to put in his back pocket and save for a rainy day. The salmons tried to see, I knc Over the dam so many times, Avoided hooks and colors of y Only to drift backwards with 1 Leaves to settle in a small dep Of pebbles in late October. keywords: sun cache: iusbanalecta-13543.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-13543.txt item: #4 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-13544 author: Miller, Cody title: Souls Drifting from a Parking Garage Staircase date: 2014 words: 392 flesch: 87 summary: The others Scatter as a boy throws a rock or because They smell fresh eggs sinking Away from a female. It surrenders to the sway Of the water on the bottom of The Sable River and relaxes In the gentle passing of sandy granules Against its sides and whitened Belly now empty of its purpose. keywords: salmon cache: iusbanalecta-13544.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-13544.txt item: #5 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-13545 author: Stump, Joshua title: Millpond date: 2014 words: 38 flesch: 93 summary: Analecta 2014 Poetry Joshua Stump Millpond 9 Long legs half in the cool mud painted a sophomore effort was all she had in the last seconds of drowning- moonlight hymns. keywords: pond cache: iusbanalecta-13545.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-13545.txt item: #6 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-13546 author: Peterson, Ashley title: Towers date: 2014 words: 997 flesch: 91 summary: We rounded a corner and dirt became stones, stones became large rocks, rocks became boul­ ders. Soon, we both had rock towers right next to each other. keywords: ask; rocks; wish cache: iusbanalecta-13546.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-13546.txt item: #7 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-13582 author: Master, James title: Creation date: 2014 words: 4666 flesch: 91 summary: The demon, having switched his name from Rodney to Garrett in the mid 1980's, glanced at his angelic counterpart and smirked. Garrett sighed and reached into the inside breast pocket of his trench coat. keywords: angel; bob; bus; garrett; jericho; man cache: iusbanalecta-13582.htm plain text: iusbanalecta-13582.txt item: #8 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-13676 author: Stump, Joshua title: In October She Called date: 2013 words: 49 flesch: 94 summary: In October She Called The dust hung in the mid morning light I sat there when she came through the cedars with nothing on her swaying mind The wings beat the air or my eyes like wings lids thunderous against the coming waves 9 36 Joshua StuJRp . keywords: wings cache: iusbanalecta-13676.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-13676.txt item: #9 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-13677 author: Gruenewald, Ryan title: Our Drought date: 2013 words: 263 flesch: 101 summary: He keeps the barrows full of rain. The pot-bellied stove crackled with n and out as the ancient house breathed. keywords: rain cache: iusbanalecta-13677.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-13677.txt item: #10 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-13678 author: Gardine, Amy title: Relinquished date: 2013 words: 355 flesch: 77 summary: My mom used to h2 second living room in the house that b market full of candies, chips, drinks ar in the upper left comer. Relinquished she floated up into the liquid nitrogen of the sky where Greek gods and poltergeists danced around the totem moon Amyr Gardine and slowly released a sigh like the creek of a weary church while her body floated in unison with the smoke from her nostrils for just one moment then fell down to the horizon where the birch and owl were kissing awake the cerise sun that lit the stone path beneath her feet where the moss crouched in anticipation of her mind ra Ahlam Life is a stage .. keywords: mom cache: iusbanalecta-13678.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-13678.txt item: #11 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-13680 author: Hunsberger, Samantha title: Yorktown date: 2013 words: 115 flesch: 94 summary: If every note held comfortable woe and tenuous joy kept that marvelous tone then something transfixing must have been lost in each unrecordable smear of her voice. In that house by White River. keywords: way cache: iusbanalecta-13680.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-13680.txt item: #12 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-13682 author: Lindgren, Anne Marie title: Grains of Brown Sugar date: 2013 words: 212 flesch: 94 summary: Anne Marie Lindgren Grains of Brown Sugar Covered with a brown paper bag, a drug store on the first of the month. Like plate tectonics, a grain of brown sugar embeds itself in the under birth of a nail. keywords: sugar cache: iusbanalecta-13682.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-13682.txt item: #13 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-13683 author: Wort, Nick title: Nicotine date: 2013 words: 266 flesch: 97 summary: I shook like Haile Selassie. Heavy machinery blew by the window. keywords: way cache: iusbanalecta-13683.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-13683.txt item: #14 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-13684 author: Martin, Garrett title: bartalk date: 2013 words: 31 flesch: 95 summary: ao Garrett Martin Jeremy: Rebiri Monot she told me she lov'd th'sound'f 'meh voice as i rattl'd on & on about th'way 'meh piephahn looks lik'a'swollen pinky­ toe missing its nail & keywords: bartalk cache: iusbanalecta-13684.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-13684.txt item: #15 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-13686 author: LaFollette-Samson, Kristin title: Alexithymia date: 2013 words: 361 flesch: 80 summary: Ahead I can see largt up Jersey Jack's-toss around 300 pour my left is an almost imperceptible whit The Original Location of MUSCLE BE My boss, Dennis, forced me to t' Executive at Kellogg, Santa Monica bra Mini-Wheat that can't wait to get eaten sound system from Best Buy just becaust job I literally felt like I couldn't live wit my last idea was to give small books aw up the order and accidentally shipped be believe how pissed people get about tha1 Beach for both a break and to generate i cles, and tons of food; how can you not As I get closer to the muscle cag there is a pair of balance bars, whereas] the metal poles, like a 2x4 plank of woo Hogan looking guy is pulling an old Ste1 To my amazement, when he reaches the worn plastic bucket, sits down, and star the keys. Girls, in neon green bikinis that barely c bleached sidewalk. keywords: think cache: iusbanalecta-13686.htm plain text: iusbanalecta-13686.txt item: #16 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-13774 author: Roeder, Cecilia title: Desolation Row date: 2013 words: 12 flesch: 88 summary: 30 Cecilia :Roeder JJesola tion i.ow Sharpie and Colored Pencil Win Alaba1 keywords: tion cache: iusbanalecta-13774.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-13774.txt item: #17 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-18161 author: -, - title: Title Page date: 2015 words: 10 flesch: 86 summary: ANALECTA 123190 IUSB ANALECTA 2014-15 Body v3 proof %281%29.pdf keywords: analecta cache: iusbanalecta-18161.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-18161.txt item: #18 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-18163 author: -, - title: Table of Contents date: 2015 words: 331 flesch: 74 summary: [22] Anne Marie Lindgren - Vending Machine Quarters [23] Samantha Lewis - Camouflaged In Medias Res [67] Savannah Hope - Eden [71] Cassandra LaForest - For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn [73] NON-FICTION Chad Morgan - Hiding: keywords: korn; lewis; samantha cache: iusbanalecta-18163.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-18163.txt item: #19 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-18164 author: -, - title: Contributor's Notes date: 2015 words: 1281 flesch: 71 summary: She studies English literature and creative writing at Indiana University South Bend. 89 CONTRIBUTORS’ NOTES J.B. ADAMS is an undergrad at Indiana University, South Bend, majoring in English with a concentration in Creative Writing. keywords: bend; english; south; student; writing cache: iusbanalecta-18164.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-18164.txt item: #20 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-18165 author: -, - title: Poetry Title Page date: 2015 words: 10 flesch: 86 summary: POETRY 123190 IUSB ANALECTA 2014-15 Body v3 proof %281%29.pdf keywords: poetry cache: iusbanalecta-18165.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-18165.txt item: #21 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-18166 author: Cox, Krista title: Love Song for Recovering Codependent date: 2015 words: 80 flesch: 57 summary: He thought he had loved her as a drowning man loves the boat-mistress reaching with her sure-fingered oar, but as they capsized, seasoned by the gnawing salt of the Atlantic, arms and oars impotent, he knew he loved her as a drowning man loves a drowning woman, weary, fish-breathed and failing, content to waltz helpless into the inky, starless night 123190 IUSB ANALECTA 2014-15 Body v3 proof %281%29.pdf 9 KRISTA COX LOVE SONG FOR RECOVERING CODEPENDENT keywords: man cache: iusbanalecta-18166.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-18166.txt item: #22 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-18167 author: Korn, Tracy title: Lungstone date: 2015 words: 79 flesch: 82 summary: 123190 IUSB ANALECTA 2014-15 Body v3 proof %281%29.pdf 10 TRACY KORN LUNGSTONE Like a bad lover the rain waters come too fast; they flood the river whose blood courses and flows into the sewer drain where a stray dog drinks. keywords: drinks cache: iusbanalecta-18167.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-18167.txt item: #23 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-18168 author: Veldman, Austin title: Derelict date: 2015 words: 94 flesch: 89 summary: Rusting beams and driftwood now covered in seeping polyps, our names carved in the heartwood. 123190 IUSB ANALECTA 2014-15 Body v3 proof %281%29.pdf keywords: shipwreck cache: iusbanalecta-18168.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-18168.txt item: #24 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-18169 author: Lewis, Samantha title: Sway date: 2015 words: 59 flesch: 80 summary: 123190 IUSB ANALECTA 2014-15 Body v3 proof %281%29.pdf 12 SAMANTHA LEWIS SWAY I did not come from your rib and we are not caged I did come for you though to sink into you like a ten pound line into the water and unhook your mind in my hands and pull it heavy into me like a wave. keywords: wave cache: iusbanalecta-18169.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-18169.txt item: #25 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-18170 author: Forbregd, Chad title: Death Becomes Her date: 2015 words: 86 flesch: 79 summary: Stay away from lonely places: Public pools or Sunday afternoons. Let’s assume she doesn’t mind informal forms of address: Heavy-eyed space heater, a one glass girl: drowning (in flame). keywords: darkness cache: iusbanalecta-18170.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-18170.txt item: #26 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-18171 author: Weeks, Kristiane title: Pamphlets date: 2015 words: 323 flesch: 75 summary: Rain and blue clouds against blue sky, street lamps, heat rising, breath. The townspeople brag because they have the oldest haunted places in America, complete with splintering steel bars and walls, sharp palm fronds, blue orbs. keywords: augustine cache: iusbanalecta-18171.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-18171.txt item: #27 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-18191 author: Weeks, Kristiane title: How Far Back Can You Remember? date: 2015 words: 182 flesch: 76 summary: Mixed tea leaves and heart beats so loud, muddle into sedatives as a counterweight. Your hidden black bears, disheveled Black Mountain are too obvious, reminders of all we’ve lost. keywords: kristiane cache: iusbanalecta-18191.htm plain text: iusbanalecta-18191.txt item: #28 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-18193 author: Williams, Chris title: $1.32 date: 2015 words: 95 flesch: 5 summary: 36 CHRIS WILLIAMS $1.32 you’ve seen the skyline with its gleaming spires I’ve seen the streets with abandoned buildings libraries full of books but empty of people schools abandoned for lack of students causing others to burst at the seams you’ve seen the super-mega-ultra marts with shining aisles full of trinkets I’ve seen the streets with abandoned buildings former corner stores boarded up and forgotten homes abandoned as families have to choose between the roof and their food you’ve seen the postcard I’ve seen the city keywords: streets cache: iusbanalecta-18193.htm plain text: iusbanalecta-18193.txt item: #29 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-18213 author: Quist, Aaron title: Surf City / Sweat date: 2015 words: 8 flesch: 75 summary: [DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS] 57 AARON QUIST “SURF CITY” & “SWEAT” keywords: photographs cache: iusbanalecta-18213.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-18213.txt item: #30 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-18217 author: Adams, J.B. title: Something Lost: In Medias Res date: 2015 words: 1898 flesch: 86 summary: and the voice that answers is not your sister, but rather a harmonic melancholy of her best friend, Sarah. * * * Into the only door left ajar you venture, where inside Sarah paces waiting for your arrival. keywords: mother; sarah; sister; wes cache: iusbanalecta-18217.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-18217.txt item: #31 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-18218 author: Hope, Savannah title: Eden date: 2015 words: 623 flesch: 96 summary: First wrapping vines around his wrist and shoulders and then his skull. He thought he was in Eden now, but his garden hadn’t even begun to grow. keywords: eden cache: iusbanalecta-18218.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-18218.txt item: #32 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-18219 author: LaForest, Cassandra title: For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn date: 2015 words: 3823 flesch: 90 summary: The smell is overpowering now as I watch Valerie push, her vagina stretching like a crying mouth. Startled, but smiling, Val looked at me and said, “Actually, I’m Valerie. keywords: baby; life; rooney; val; valerie cache: iusbanalecta-18219.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-18219.txt item: #33 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-18220 author: -, - title: Non-Fiction Title Page date: 2015 words: 2 flesch: 77 summary: NON-FICTION keywords: fiction cache: iusbanalecta-18220.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-18220.txt item: #34 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-18221 author: Morgan, Chad title: Hiding: An Essay date: 2015 words: 2659 flesch: 70 summary: This line of thinking manifested itself in many ways, most prominently in my habit of “dating” only “straight acting” guys. The flashlight was on it, and things like tennis shoes, bug spray, “modest swimwear,” and shortly after arriving at the Target on South Bend’s south side, my mother ripped off the bottom half of the list and, handing it to me, sent me in search of the supplies list- ed thereupon. keywords: flashlight; gay; guys; mother; things cache: iusbanalecta-18221.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-18221.txt item: #35 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20223 author: -, - title: Title Page date: 2012 words: 9 flesch: 66 summary: JUUJDOF Slllf JUDS'Jl{ QUI tfJUJ3tJ1 S'.quag ~tnos lftJ$'J3RJUll UUUJQUJ keywords: juujdof cache: iusbanalecta-20223.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20223.txt item: #36 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20224 author: Tatay, Jeff title: Editors and Acknowledgements date: 2012 words: 203 flesch: 61 summary: «bitors Jordan Eash Matt Henry McKenzie Lynn Tozan Faculf'J Abuisor Clayton Michaels Qouer Art Chris Bush La11out & Desijn Jordan Eash JeffTatay AcfinowlebJements I would like to thank the following people for their help and support in the production of Analecta 2012: Erica Wood, Dr. Kelcey Parker, Anne Richmond and Service Printers. «bitors Jordan Eash Matt Henry McKenzie Lynn Tozan FaculfJ Abuisor Clayton Michaels Qouer Art Chris Bush LaJout & Dest!Jn Jordan Eash JeffTatay AcftnoudebJements I would like to thank the following people for their help and support in the production of Analecta 2012: Erica Wood, Dr. Kelcey Parker, Anne Richmond and Service Printers. keywords: jefftatay; jordan cache: iusbanalecta-20224.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20224.txt item: #37 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20225 author: -, - title: English Department Writing Awards date: 2012 words: 102 flesch: 69 summary: Jean E. Johnson (Honorable Mention) S~ Department mritin.!l Awarb.s Judge: Jim Daniels PoetrJJ Rachel Barrett (1st Place) keywords: place cache: iusbanalecta-20225.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20225.txt item: #38 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20226 author: -, - title: Table of Contents date: 2012 words: 488 flesch: 49 summary: 60 JA Eggleston* 11 Chance Starcher Fishing, No More 67 Stephanie C. Merryfield 13 Joshua Stump Brackish 68 (Jacques Frevert) 14 Jordan Eash Bread and 15 Kristen LaFollette Lights that Grow Dim Over 69 Timothy Dann-Barrick Time (an excerpt) 70 Jessica A. Deckard 17 Brandi David Breton Kiss 72 Jessica A. Deckard* 18 Joe Kuharic Family Tradition 74 Niall Garvin 24 Angela L. Hankins Devotion 75 Jean E. Johnson* 25 Kirstin Durfey Black and Ivory Keys 78 Rachel Cheeseman 27 Ryan L. Gruenewald Father's Base Coat 79 Hannah Stowe 28 Joshua Stump A Toy Box Made of Pine 80 Hannah Cross* 30 Ryan L. Gruenewald* Waitingfor Bats 87 Kristin LaFollette* 35 Jennifer Hlawacz Salary Man 88 Baptism 88 Joy Bye* 'Clang, Clang, Clang ' Went the Trolley 93 Clint Stamatovich Eastern Spit 97 Niall Garvin Something of the Lonely Gravity 98 Matt Henry Seagulls in Buff ala 99 Ryan L. Gruenewald* On an Education 100 Rachel Barrett* Forked Road *English Department Writing Award Winner keywords: jessica cache: iusbanalecta-20226.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20226.txt item: #39 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20235 author: Hankins, Angela L. title: Devotion date: 2012 words: 469 flesch: 87 summary: l{ep My teacher, a Chinese lady with t and piano can not be friends. My eyes, 1 notes that make pages look like black1 with colorful fish and seaweed I have transparent beauty. keywords: piano; window cache: iusbanalecta-20235.htm plain text: iusbanalecta-20235.txt item: #40 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20285 author: Bye, Joy title: 'Clang, Clang, Clang,' Went the Trolley date: 2012 words: 3629 flesch: 86 summary: Midway through the song, Rose glides down the stairs into the au­ dience to begin accepting tips. I don't want to sp• Tonight, Rose is doing a middle < Judy Garland's career you know th out of control from an addiction tc period in her life is the most endea majority of gay icons have several out spoken, flamboyant, and typi• qualities are what draw gay men 2 and flawed an individual, the moi icons are almost always female. keywords: brett; crowd; drag; face; judy; rose; song; stage cache: iusbanalecta-20285.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20285.txt item: #41 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20286 author: Stamatovich, Clint title: Eastern Spit date: 2012 words: 1247 flesch: 67 summary: So, off made some plate went Vincent, his dear Catherine,­ shut up the ass-good, too, all colours bright, say, John boy took the ghost's green clay and found essential sugars to gust up a silver son's dirty hair, shorn and open, his eyes shot in the clear castle sky, let's go to the cave, boys, lets' leave the girls a mutiny and we'll find a way; bellies full of bubbling green bile, got off foot loosely and found the first floor of the yard- couple a yeast and ferms later and the small boy is done, say, we had the babe-lass, pigeon-toed, take him-she took 93 him well; now, then, down the spiraled, bleak, black metal, down the kids hiccuping awfully, down the way; dark now, second, shitting and romanticizing John boy's self to sleep, left burned in the throat the fire of bottles that nearly broke in snarls­ the wench a cur, ha, o, with breasts far too small, she found some English drab and hummed sum American tune, but, say, she was hot and red, boy, asking for our bottle, and, hm, Vincent pleading to have not carried her nation's ghost­ where she took no an answer; before the babes in the basement that bartered for tobacco, too young, far too young, but found someway; kids fingering themselves in booths blotted out of slurred, peripheral sight, light outside by the bright American glow, now just, ha, Vincent and John boy and a sore inclination for full lungs, up by Prazskj brad, wat, turned the corner for the cobble and found a murked room, Japanese goblins peering out through the cracks, o, of consciousness hoisted up by Vincent's cat-in-wall, 94 came close, comically, through bar! running, unclad, shared, and fat to the yup's sink to spit-up and laugh and talk and, god, trip- found that spit-up in the mouth of the sleeping where the sisters follow the boys' night along iii. English babes have mouths that yaw1 came close, comically, through bars and on porcelain-Chinese-American porcelain-the girls, the two, laughing, poking fun, at the whole, the whole while, singing stupid American pop, soda rotting the hind teeth, ha, and colours came bearing smell and touch; the letters smack some sense hard and mean and cold when the stones broke the wet wasteland and stairs that led to warmth cradled babies that fell under dream some hours early, care and huff and kiss each other in bright rooms, Vince led that way; but the old-man-bag who outwardly stood in protest of the open restaurant (never feeding, mind him, those mouths of pork and beef and goulash), keywords: american; boy; way cache: iusbanalecta-20286.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20286.txt item: #42 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20288 author: Henry, Matt title: Seagulls in Buffalo date: 2012 words: 152 flesch: 82 summary: 98 ll!Jan L. Gruenewalb On an ebucation Greasy prints you left on the glass doors, on the desk by the windoV1 won't be there tomorrow? It's organs, however, are brightly illuminated; the stoic anti-hero- a soulless model for humanity. keywords: book cache: iusbanalecta-20288.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20288.txt item: #43 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20289 author: Gruenewald, Ryan L. title: On an Education date: 2012 words: 79 flesch: 90 summary: Half-full paper cups of cold coffee, leaves that came in with your shoes, is it all gone tonight? ll!Jan L. Gruenewalb On an €.bucation Greasy prints you left on the glass doors, on the desk by the window, won't be there tomorrow? keywords: desk cache: iusbanalecta-20289.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20289.txt item: #44 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20290 author: Barrett, Rachel title: Forked Road date: 2012 words: 145 flesch: 84 summary: 1tachl Barrett Forfleb I\oab Claire often was said to be the most beautiful. Her father was a religious man and would read her bedtime stories, never leaving out the scenery or unsettling end. keywords: mother cache: iusbanalecta-20290.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20290.txt item: #45 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20291 author: -, - title: Title Page date: 2011 words: 33 flesch: 42 summary: Analecta Spring 2011 Edition Volume 41 Editor-in-Chief Terrie Phillips Layout Terrie Phillips Cover Art JeffTatay Readers JeffTatay Josh Bisig Jordan Eash Joe Kuharic Faculty Advisor Dr. Kelcey Parker Printing Apollo Printing keywords: printing cache: iusbanalecta-20291.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20291.txt item: #46 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20292 author: Phillips, Terrie title: Letter from the Editor & Special Thanks date: 2011 words: 673 flesch: 70 summary: ii English Departmer Short Fiction First Place - Malicf Honorable Mentior Poetry First Place - 1850-J Second Place - The Honorable Mentior And Personal Essay First Place - I Thin Second Place - The Other Selections oj The Orator: The Ste The Aquatic Ape H A Visceral Rip by J1 Uncle Mose by Joe The Capitalist Cost Faith by Jordan Ea Chapin Park by Sa1 Dining Out by Rae The Queen of Phoe Art Captain Fitzpatrick Still Life by Nicole Schizo by BritannJ Miss Misery by Bri Dans La Rue Scrbit Even the Trees Car Bicho Loco by Jeff Valley of Oaxaca b; Nature's Canvas by Flight Communica Ice Wine by Joe Ku Circular Times by ; Reflections on Cav Unsung by Karie P Final Collage by TJ After sitting down with Jeff Tatay, cover artist, I already knew what I wanted. keywords: submissions; work; year cache: iusbanalecta-20292.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20292.txt item: #47 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20293 author: -, - title: Table of Contents date: 2011 words: 786 flesch: 70 summary: Than You Thought by Steven Cheak Theodore Gericault and Military Leftovers by Daniel Bock Driftwood Waiting For a Chest Opener by Lee Scott-Green Adventure Pants by Meghan Coughlin October Virginia by Chatell Barnhill The Unredeemed by Tim Patterson Silence Personified by Christopher Klein Nishike by Rebecca Pelky Following the Trail by Joe Kuharic Dementia: A Dialogue by Adam Walz Just Breath by Jena Dewald The Missing by Michelle Hanshew I am at the Epicenter of Most Earthly ... by Jacqueline Becker The Elevator by Bryan Foster Commonplace by Carissa Azner-Beane Wasteland by Mandy McKee A letter from the Trenches by Jenn Zellers The Leaf by JeffTatay Euclid Avenue by Doug Hubbard Small Treasures by Michelle Hanshew iv Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Pages 58-59 Page 60 Pages 61-62 Page 63 Pages 64-69 The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis by Derick Eash A Visceral Rip by Justin Miramontes Uncle Mose by Joe Chandler The Capitalist Costume by John Baldin Faith by Jordan Eash Chapin Park by Samantha Wagner Dining Out by Rachel Barrett The Queen of Phoenicia by Matt Henry Art Captain Fitzpatrick by Nicole Riniger Still Life by Nicole Riniger Schizo by Britanny Herrada Miss Misery by Britanny Herrada Dans La Rue Scrbie by Rebecca Gibson Even the Trees Carry the Weight of the Ages by Rebecca Gibson Bicho Loco by JeffTatay Valley of Oaxaca by Jeff Tatay Nature's Canvas by Erica Wood Flight Communication by Erica Wood Ice Wine by Joe Kuharic Circular Times by Joe Kuharic Reflections on Caviar by Karie Pfaffenberger Unsung by Karie Pfaffenberger Final Collage by Ty Moore iii Pages 1-5 Pages 6-9 Pages 10-13 Pages 14-15 Page 16 Page 17 Pages 18-19 Page 20 Pages 21-25 Page 26 Page 27 Pages 28-29 Page 30 Pages 31-33 Page 34 Pages keywords: fiction; joe; page; place; rebecca cache: iusbanalecta-20293.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20293.txt item: #48 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20341 author: Klein, Christopher title: Silence Personified date: 2011 words: 201 flesch: 92 summary: Every time I heard e Law School, I drove ced that I was only trying >r a boatload of students my mouth shut. Silence Personified By: Christopher Klein The 2011 Analecta Page 81 keywords: mouth cache: iusbanalecta-20341.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20341.txt item: #49 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20343 author: Kuharic, Joe title: Following the Trail date: 2011 words: 1406 flesch: 91 summary: There just simply isn't time to stop;' That's Special Agent. They were careful every time, this time however the camera in the bank was able to get a clear shot of his face and it was only a mat­ ter of time before the EB.I. was able to track them down; more than likely putting the heat on her mother. keywords: mexico; seat; time cache: iusbanalecta-20343.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20343.txt item: #50 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20344 author: Walz, Adam title: Dementia: A Dialogue date: 2011 words: 211 flesch: 89 summary: There was a purple glove On the floor next to the trash A cup of apple nectar Mingling with neighboring straws A Surrealist's dream on dry erase boards Full of times and temperatures and rotations And stick-figured ladies drawn in passing Are you warm enough? Maybe, the smell of the hallway, Like a backed-up sump pump Kept them By: Adam Walz From coming back, or maybe it was just visiting hours A woman kept screaming across the hall. keywords: vegeta­ cache: iusbanalecta-20344.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20344.txt item: #51 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20345 author: Dewald, Jena title: Just Breathe date: 2011 words: 550 flesch: 90 summary: The next few we1 plained away by theorie: windows were brought 1 back to normal when th two sons well enough to in the middle of the nigl board up their windows over to see if they had le ing around the house re scratched up the back de looked past the neighbo them had boarded up w The last month r going to work entirely, £ guns into the house, wa1 of neighbors left around to them, explaining the , they simply blow me off though: all of the famili( mastiff, but most of ther house, but all of them w were chosen first - I can bors, I gave up trying to Just Breathe By: Jena Dewald Just Breathe': I whispered to myself as I stared at the board composed of lights which seemed as if they could light up the New York City sky. keywords: hell; house cache: iusbanalecta-20345.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20345.txt item: #52 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20346 author: Hanshew, Michelle title: The Missing date: 2011 words: 1020 flesch: 83 summary: So far it's worked; I've boarded up the first floor windows, as well as the one above the porch, all without visits from nosy neighbors. There's only a handful of neighbors left around me now, and all of them seem to be oblivious to what's going on. keywords: house; neighbors cache: iusbanalecta-20346.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20346.txt item: #53 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20347 author: Becker, Jacqueline title: I am at the Epicenter of Most Earthly Entanglements date: 2011 words: 157 flesch: 84 summary: I am at the Epicenter of Most Earthly Entanglements By: Jacqueline Becker Often while watching bumblebees I wonder, I wonder how it is they are able to fly. Night at winter is always more beautiful, It has more stars and the moon seems brighter, keywords: day cache: iusbanalecta-20347.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20347.txt item: #54 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20348 author: Foster, Brian title: The Elevator date: 2011 words: 3616 flesch: 94 summary: The elevator smoothly eased upward, hiding the tears welling in Mary's eyes from all the busy workers in Jake's office. Mary had started to leave the building, started to stand up Jake the elevator man, but then she'd stopped again. keywords: elevator; jake; man; mary; right cache: iusbanalecta-20348.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20348.txt item: #55 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20349 author: Azner-Beane, Carissa title: Commonplace date: 2011 words: 289 flesch: 90 summary: They say its gourmet, but the truth is, there are more rats in this town, than there are people - not rodents. An in her gray tatters anc might extend forwarc dull with a cobalt gle< at first then a silvery candesc hot enough to cook ti mouth fish gasping in the dusky scales shive another gasp, long, d( A suck of air. keywords: rats cache: iusbanalecta-20349.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20349.txt item: #56 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20350 author: McKee, Mandy title: Wasteland date: 2011 words: 469 flesch: 90 summary: I must confe: The papers back horn be broken by the ene1 I pray that my boys n battles of endless day of loneliness A new sour sense of s has fallen upon me. Only a white-wash of snow, endless as it creeps onto the streets, curling to miss a snake of steam hissing from beneath the manhole. keywords: widow cache: iusbanalecta-20350.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20350.txt item: #57 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20351 author: Zellers, Jenn title: A Letter from the Trenches date: 2011 words: 368 flesch: 92 summary: I pray that my boys never face these chaotic battles of endless days of loneliness A new sour sense of sickening loneliness, has fallen upon me. I feel that their ways of waging war will weigh heavy on the days. keywords: war cache: iusbanalecta-20351.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20351.txt item: #58 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20423 author: Eash, Jordan title: Vultures date: 2010 words: 1289 flesch: 101 summary: Walt came around the front of the car to where Andy stood polishing his glasses with a handkerchief. ~ Andy stared at Walt fa bird came down on top of the distracted by something on th Did you know keywords: andy; vultures; walt cache: iusbanalecta-20423.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20423.txt item: #59 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20425 author: Pelky, Rebecca title: Impressions from The Bottom Lounge date: 2010 words: 179 flesch: 85 summary: And his soul spills from vocal chords Onto the pitted cement floor littered With paper ticket stubs And crushed plastic cups. lfl saw him Here in the harsh Light of day I could not neglect the naked Insulation hanging From rusted wire Above damp concrete and The cobweb of cords and chains That secure the stage And amplify A melody. keywords: analecta cache: iusbanalecta-20425.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20425.txt item: #60 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20426 author: Pfifferling-Irons, Amy title: Late at Night, When My Mother Picked Me Up date: 2010 words: 241 flesch: 73 summary: For weeks I was waitin his neonatologist was fighting weeks old and already sported of tubes and wires that would ~ high oxygen and regular blood baby, and couldn't help but fee The machinery, combir to transfer him out of his isole1 and witnessed another set of p: at 24 weeks) across the room. gerous infection. Not this moment, any Then came a beeping f nurses and doctors exchanged tone and its duration were seri heart; the mother wept into he: nurse set screens around the b; the bird-like body at high oxyi to the still child who needed tl The parents were esco1 mother's hysterics and the urge chaplain entered the unit and I activities caring for other babi hallowed be thy name ... keywords: mother cache: iusbanalecta-20426.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20426.txt item: #61 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20427 author: Gensic, Jenna title: That Other Family date: 2010 words: 806 flesch: 75 summary: At the chaplain's cue, the staff at the nursery, all engaged in different activities caring for other babies, bowed their heads and recited The Lord's Prayer. I looked at my son, who remained on a jet ventilator, requiring high oxygen and regular blood transfusions, his frail body so covered in wires that I was holding more machine than baby, and couldn't help but feel frustrated with his uncertain future. keywords: baby; isolette cache: iusbanalecta-20427.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20427.txt item: #62 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20428 author: Jones, Jake title: A Moment in Extinction date: 2010 words: 127 flesch: 73 summary: Pounded moistened and fermented in poignant suffering, stimulating the mind. Cold blooded animals, two meet or cross at the boiling point, with position but not extension, to feel and express beauty one port of embarkation, two of entry. keywords: medusa cache: iusbanalecta-20428.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20428.txt item: #63 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20429 author: Scott-Green, Lee title: Postcard [addressed to the New Year] date: 2010 words: 216 flesch: 90 summary: On Oak Ridge near my father's stone, soldiers lined the way through the deep snow. 72 Was the bagpiper's droning, for my heard across the creek from where I On Oak Ridge near my father's star soldiers lined the way through the c And the chaplain spoke of honor and hope. keywords: hope cache: iusbanalecta-20429.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20429.txt item: #64 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20437 author: Raymond, Audrey title: Poisoned Fruit date: 2010 words: 338 flesch: 81 summary: They couldn't wait t shifted from the left to the right · how many people were ahead of Callie closed her eyes at elephant ears sprinkled with pov oozing with hot steamy cheese. Callie and Michael were county fair. keywords: callie cache: iusbanalecta-20437.htm plain text: iusbanalecta-20437.txt item: #65 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20547 author: Duenez, Eric title: The Emerald Ash Borer (an excerpt) date: 2009 words: 2697 flesch: 88 summary: When Clay was still in high school, he was getting the mail and noticed the shell of a cicada on the maple tree in front of the house. Someone was in front of him, saying something; their lips reminded Clay of the fish in the aquarium of the doctor's office back home. keywords: award; clay; diamonds; jack; tree cache: iusbanalecta-20547.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20547.txt item: #66 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20550 author: Pimienta, Laura title: Birth Announcement date: 2009 words: 361 flesch: 81 summary: In your homeland you would be an Aztec prince amid flowering dahlias, surrounded by the singing of sparrows and your hands would grow to grab the guavas from the tree and the waists of blossoming women with radiant copper skin under the eternally shining sun. Your roots, your color and your name are flagrant reminders of your alien­ ation. keywords: lusk cache: iusbanalecta-20550.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20550.txt item: #67 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20551 author: Smith, Ryan title: Lusk at the Lake date: 2009 words: 175 flesch: 87 summary: He had not yet seen Lake Superior, grey water, not blue at all, a magnanimous periphery of shells that held no oceans, his father at the center of the long rope bridge, eyes wide, and Lusk sitting at the far end saying will you come ifI meet you out there, and hold your hand? Lre flagrant reminders of your alien- ec pnnce the singing of sparrows : guavas from the tree 11ally shining sun. keywords: lusk cache: iusbanalecta-20551.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20551.txt item: #68 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20552 author: Gensic, Jenna title: Baby Blues (an excerpt) date: 2009 words: 2892 flesch: 83 summary: We didn't meet many peoplt a lot of other babies in the unit, but the Perhaps there were a few families we r circumstances, had their stay lasted as most babies came and went within a fe endured our length of stay. Sure there were a lot of other babies in the unit, but they were all there for different reasons. keywords: baby; mikan; nurse; social; weeks cache: iusbanalecta-20552.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20552.txt item: #69 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20553 author: Plute, Samantha title: Desert Sprouts date: 2009 words: 140 flesch: 95 summary: Had six kids as tax write offs. I don't just count my pennies, I make investments, in chicken stock, and 100 Grand candy bars. keywords: samantha cache: iusbanalecta-20553.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20553.txt item: #70 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20554 author: Jones, Jacob title: Home In A Coupon date: 2009 words: 501 flesch: 94 summary: Had six kids as tax write offs. I don't just count my pennies, I make investments, in chicken stock, and 100 Grand candy bars. keywords: mom; park cache: iusbanalecta-20554.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20554.txt item: #71 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20555 author: Miller, Brandi title: Childhood's Last Summer (an excerpt) date: 2009 words: 2823 flesch: 89 summary: As members of the media she nal group refused to talk to them, whi Other kids who weren't even there ta ders, waving and smiling to the came Hey! Other kids who weren't even there talked, arms slung over each others shoul­ ders, waving and smiling to the cameras. keywords: boy; kids; river; son cache: iusbanalecta-20555.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20555.txt item: #72 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20556 author: Lyvers, Glenn title: The Day I Became Guilty date: 2009 words: 3408 flesch: 90 summary: But before he left, Antonio told Mama, I think Papa needs cool water - and then he laughed as I went to fetch it. Mama prayed for him constantly, and every hour she would say, Isabelle, go fetch cool water, and I went - so Papa would not have warm water by his bed. keywords: antonio; church; day; mama; papa cache: iusbanalecta-20556.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20556.txt item: #73 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20557 author: Blue, Dane title: Bike date: 2009 words: 155 flesch: 55 summary: because they were there too a beetle clung above me the slender blade drooped with his panicked wei his existence precious to him as mine was to me off a ways, my mother called god-dammit Nikki, I swear t< you 're playing in the creek a I'm going to sell you to the J near by the water sang over the rocks and stc and I could see myself riding in the back of a green pick-up bouncing over a dirt road my new father strumming his guitar singing his sad, sad songs 56 DANE BLUE BIKE NICOLE KOROCH ME, LITTLE lying there behind that old white bar watching the ragged tips of long gra~ wave in the languid breeze the heat pressed one so keywords: green cache: iusbanalecta-20557.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20557.txt item: #74 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20558 author: Koroch, Nicole title: Me, Little date: 2009 words: 157 flesch: 53 summary: but it was cooler sinking into the dampish dirt with the sky above and the smell of the loamy green and the cicadas whirring and buzzing because they were there too a beetle clung above me the slender blade drooped with his panicked weight his existence precious to him as mine was to me off a ways, my mother called god-dammit Nikki, I swear to God if you 're playing in the creek again I'm going to sell you to the peach pickers near by the water sang over the rocks and stones and I could see myself riding in the back of a green pick-up bouncing over a dirt road my new father strumming his guitar singing his sad, sad songs 57 ) DANE BLUE BIKE NICOLE KOROCH ME, LITTLE lying there behind that old white barn watching the ragged tips of long grass wave in the languid breeze the heat pressed one keywords: green cache: iusbanalecta-20558.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20558.txt item: #75 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20559 author: Latson, Adrienne title: Bodily Functions date: 2009 words: 1072 flesch: 90 summary: Little baby finger­ md land in the short shag of the car­ ies, inspects and rejects the clipping. Hubby fake-burps, and baby giggle: aloud about stand-up comdedians. keywords: baby; husband; night cache: iusbanalecta-20559.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20559.txt item: #76 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20561 author: Bauers, Vince title: Jade date: 2009 words: 84 flesch: 98 summary: Meant to be oiled by skin, fingers and palms. A stone of jade. keywords: fingers cache: iusbanalecta-20561.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20561.txt item: #77 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20781 author: Pelky, Rebecca title: Mowing the Lawn date: 2008 words: 281 flesch: 90 summary: 22 Rosalinda Leyva A Time to Watch 2008 Lester M. Wolfson 2nd The sharp stalks blur to mottled tan and I can't help but wonder if with my tears they, at least, will grow. keywords: lawn cache: iusbanalecta-20781.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20781.txt item: #78 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20783 author: Reed, Talia title: Man on Bicycle date: 2008 words: 100 flesch: 106 summary: Talia Reed Man on Bicycle 24 Jason Silveus Carrying I wondered where the danger went. This is what they call vengeance. keywords: devil cache: iusbanalecta-20783.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20783.txt item: #79 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20784 author: Silveus, Jason title: Carrying date: 2008 words: 102 flesch: 108 summary: This is what they call vengeance. This is what they call vengeance. keywords: devil cache: iusbanalecta-20784.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20784.txt item: #80 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20785 author: -, - title: Beauty in Dark Places date: 2008 words: 53 flesch: 76 summary: baptism by ad-hoc tedium, but progress is progress, right? hospital linens soften. keywords: progress cache: iusbanalecta-20785.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20785.txt item: #81 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20786 author: Smith, Ryan title: Velocity date: 2008 words: 46 flesch: 68 summary: baptism by ad-hoc tedium, but progress is progress, right? hospital linens soften. keywords: progress cache: iusbanalecta-20786.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20786.txt item: #82 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20787 author: Keranen, Charmi title: Biokinematics date: 2008 words: 455 flesch: 79 summary: There were dicing injuries, injuries consistent with glass, consistent with him leaving through the window portal. There were dicing injuries, injuries consistent with glass, consistent with him leaving through the window portal. keywords: vehicle cache: iusbanalecta-20787.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20787.txt item: #83 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20788 author: Keranen, Charmi title: Weather Permitting date: 2008 words: 50 flesch: 84 summary: Astride a jagged black gash, a gerrymandered line, women vice in, wielding eraser thighs. Flay pumpkinseed. keywords: weather cache: iusbanalecta-20788.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20788.txt item: #84 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20789 author: Kelly, Neil title: Track Marks date: 2008 words: 207 flesch: 87 summary: They seem to insist last man, woman, and child to be fille Is it our right? Neil Kelly Track Marks 32 Jason Overholt Cogito Ergo Doceo I remember standing in front of my m drugged, and so short on sleep that I ' glass. keywords: man cache: iusbanalecta-20789.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20789.txt item: #85 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20791 author: Reed, Talia title: Window date: 2008 words: 348 flesch: 83 summary: Talia Reed Window 37 I've learned to appreciate the memory of brief sunshine, while I skillfully navigate life's darkened rooms. keywords: grandfather cache: iusbanalecta-20791.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20791.txt item: #86 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20792 author: Miles, Matt title: Three Years Perspective date: 2008 words: 99 flesch: 96 summary: the road will be done soon and we'll all hold hands when we cross. Matt Miles Three Years Perspective keywords: hands cache: iusbanalecta-20792.pdf plain text: iusbanalecta-20792.txt item: #87 of 178 id: iusbanalecta-20966 author: -, - title: 2007 Lester M. Wolfson Award Recipients date: 2007 words: 136 flesch: 45 summary: Reed elcey Parker Wright ~ Bauters & Robert White Cytacki ients >llowing individuals for their [on of this issue: ond Lee ·ds ith laney itzer dgett Poetry First Place Second Place Honorable Mention Short Fiction First Place Second Place Honorable Ment io11 Non-Fiction First Place Second Place Honorable Mention Drama First Place Second Place Honorable Mention 2007 Lester M. Wolfson Award Recipients Judged by John Gallaher Talia Reed Eric Oswald Vince Bauters Neil Kelly Naoko Fujimoto Oloc fl o rk