












































Table of Contents


CONTENTS 

MY YOUNG DAUGHTER, KATHRYN, Scott Bird 7 

THAT LUCKY OLD SUN, Carla Hoffman 9 

POEMS XXXVIII, LXXII, Gustavo Adolfo Becquer, 12 
translated by Ronald Powell 

I ST ARE TRANSFIXED ... Judy Moon 13 

THE GUITAR, Federico Garcia Lorca, 14 
translated by Jill Blue 

THE WOODCARVER, Phyllis Moore 15 

EYES, Lois Rensberger . 16 

TESS AND COMPANY, Carla Hoffman 23 

EXCERPTS AND IMAGES, Henni Akkerman, Carol Brumer, . . 24 
Greta Gilmore, Terry Hoffman, 
Jennifer Johnson, Mantea Kapatan, 
Thayne Oppelt, Phy la Phillips,
Darlene R. Sanders, Francie Shaffer, 
T. J. Ransberger 

IT'S FINALLY COME TO THIS, Dennis Wujcik 27 

CONCERNING DOSTOJEWSKI , Herman Hesse,. . . 28 
translated by Sue Kaczor, 
Brock Blosser, Douglas Gottbert, 
Steve Baker, Ralph T. Slabaugh, 
Miriam KcKiernan, and 
Leonard Copeland 

IS PLAY HAS NO SOCIAL RELEVANCE - OR - . . . . . . 31 
;:A CHRISTMAS STORY, David A. Schrader 

BROTHER OF A FRIEND, Scott Bird . . 39 

YOU ASKED FOR IT, Dennis Wujcik 42 

THAT'S LIFE?, Thayne Oppelt . . . 43 

CAT, Poetry and Drawing, Henni Akkerman . 45 

GRIEF , Thayne Oppelt. . 46 

THE CRITIC, Carol Schaal. 48 

(cont. on next page) 



50 

55 

60 

65 

70 

75 

CONTENTS 
(cont.) 

AN ARRIVAL OF AN IMPORTANT GUEST,Dennis Wujcik 

ALL THIS PAIN ... , Greta Gilmore 52 

THE ENGAGEMENT, Man tea Kapatan 

THEY SAY LIFE ... Judy Moon 

THIS MAY BE A T.V. SOCIETY, Judy Moon 

DEATH OF ANNE SEXTON, Scott Bird . 

BATHING BABY ALIVE, Carla Hoffman. 

CHILDBIRTH, Carla Hoffman . . 53 

FANDANGO OF FALL,Phyla Phillips 58 

CRUSADES , Dennis Wujcik . . 59 

ATRABILIOUS COWBOY, Terry Hoffman 63 

METAPHORIC FANTASY, Carla Hoffman 64 

HEALING, Carol Schaal . 67 

SAILORS, Greg Marchant . 69 

LATE AT NIGHT ... Judy Moon 71 

MEMORY , PhyllisMoore . . . 72 

AFTER l 'M GONE, Thayne Oppelt . 73 

TIME ... Judy Moon . 76 

SNOW, H enni Akkerman 78 

THERE IS A SAMENESS .. . Phy llis Moore . 79 




