Porter Gulch Review

176 Pages·2008·25.3 MB·English

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PORTER GULCH REVIEW 2008
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Published by
Cabrillo College
6500 Soquel Drive
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Aptos, CA 95003
Online edition available
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through Cabrillo’s English
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written by the editorial board
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Printed in the United States
Cover Design by Staci Cook
Cover Photos by Gavin White
Library of Congress Control Number 20041105176, ISBN 0-9753796-0-9
Welcome
David Sullivan’s English 1B class of Spring 2008 is delighted to introduce yet
another edition of the Porter Gulch Review, a collection of work submitted by
local writers, artists, and photographers. It is carefully crafted and edited by
talented young students at Cabrillo College who labored together to produce
the finest possible Porter Gulch Review. We hope you enjoy it!
We would like to thank all who submitted their work as well as everyone else
who has contributed to the content and production of our review. Apologies if
you didn’t make it in. Keep up the effort—there’s always next time.
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Awards
PGR Prose Award: Cassia Scarborough
PGR Poetry Award: Zoë Cross
PGR Visual Arts Award: KOAK, Bob Newick
PGR Photo Award: Bill Clark
Staff Members
Aaron Collins, Bryen Alperin, Jennifer Barney, Alejandrina Castro Angeles,
Staci Cook, Tatiana Dawson, Brian Edgar, Marina Forest, Melanie Honda,
Jeffrey Hulter, Joseph Locke, Jasmine Lugo, Morgan McDermott, Maxwell
Miceli, Kyle Overstreet, Peter Segall, Jack Skilling, Nicola Walker, Mark Wright,
Simon Ward.
Submission Guidelines
All short stories, novel excerpts, plays, screenplays, poetry, photography, and
artwork must be received by December 1, 2008.
Maximum two prose pieces (5,000 words each) and four poems per writer.
Submissions must be typed, single-spaced, and single-sided—ONE copy only!
Your name should not appear on the hard copy. Please include ONE cover page
with your name, address, e-mail, phone number, and title(s) of submission(s), as
well as a duplicate of the files on a disc which does include your name. For art
and photography submissions, please have your name and contact information
written on the back of each piece. All submissions, whether it’s art or written
work, must include a 2-3 sentence bio along with your submission(s). CD-Roms
are acceptable. Originals of artwork and photograph may be retrieved at the
public reading.
Suggested reader fee donation of $5.00 per submitter. Please make checks
payable to PGR/Cabrillo College Foundation. Send everything in a 9x12 folder
to: Porter Gulch Review, Cabrillo College, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos, CA 95003.
Next Year’s
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Author Table of Contents
What Makes a Poem a Poem Philip J. Wagner 9
Solo: Concerto in Me Minor Manuela Wehrmann 10
May Her Name Be Sophie Nancy Hofmann 11
Te Quiero Adela Najarro 1 2
Echo Space Ken Weisner 13
The Girl from Ipanema Julia Alter 16
It was the day we said to hell with science Julia Alter 17
Pam Lemke 18
Llano de Taos Dan Phillips 19
Tell Me Who Your Friend Is Ilya Baykin 20
The time it would have mattered Jennifer Pittman 22
The Baths Erin Redfern 24
The Surface of the Moon Aaron Quiggle 25
sunset comes Andrew Walsh 2 6
Suitcase Amber Coverdale Sumrall 27
In the Dark Green Middle of the Night Julia Alter 2 8
…And Now We Toast Peter Vroom Lushington 3 0
The Flight Of Timmy Two Socks Richard Stockton 3 2
Woolgathering Lily Dayton 35
Unborn Poems Carol Rodriguez 3 6
Bees Jean Walton Wolff 37
How Sweet It Is Philip J. Wagner 3 8
September’s Revelry Kathleen Flowers 39
Phantom Horses Sylvia Bortin Patience 4 0
Palimpsest Jeff Towle 4 2
Prayer to the Falling Leaves Martha Clark Scala 43
19 Surprising Things Men have Said to Me Helene Simkin Jara 44
Female Jaguar David Thorn 4 4
Endless Summer Joan Safajek 45
Shatter Zoë Cross 46
The Youngest Clears The Nest Carol Rodriguez 46
Boggle Winifred Baer 4 8
Dressing in the Dark Lily Dayton 49
Sweet Cancer Kathryn Petruccelli 55
Knife Amber Coverdale Sumrall 5 8
Taking It Back Carol Rodriguez 59
Unconditional Love Marilyn Jean 6 0
Salt of the Earth Amber Coverdale Sumrall 61
Not a Rebirth Pat Zylius 62
A Lone Elder Joan Safajek 63
A Narrow Bed by the Wall Catherine Franke 6 4
Two Women Listening to Weber and John Shirley Ancheta 6 8
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Kingdom Come, 1951 Amber Coverdale Sumrall 7 0
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Teacup Len Anderson 71
At the End of Happy Valley Road Kathleen Flowers 7 2
Then the Angels Asked Kathleen Flowers 73
Death Zoë Cross 7 4
Sick Bed Blues KOAK 7 6
Cold Zoë Cross 83
Bless J. Zimmerman 8 4
Kiss Amber Coverdale Sumrall 85
The Viewing Winifred Baer 87
Making Things Right Barbara Bloom 8 8
Dakota Thomas More Newman 89
Incident at Davenport Beach Jo Ann Birch 9 2
The Watch Had No Hands Cassia Scarborough 9 4
All the Difference Marcia Adams 9 6
Regret Douglas McClellan 97
Kamikaze Diaries Dane Cervine 98
Not So Fast Kathleen Flowers 99
War Letters a sestina Marcia Adams 100
The Gulf Dane Cervine 102
Clockwork Orange Manfred Luedge 103
Standing at the Kitchen Sink Manfred Luedge 104
American Jihad Dane Cervine 105
Hands Megan Fitzgerald 106
Invasion of the Social Workers Jenny D’Angelo 113
the weaver, parts 1, 2, 3 Megan Bontrager 114
Book Reviews
Visionary of Peace By Brian Edgar 116
Drugs: Government Tool for Discrimination By Mark Wright 120
Meth, Porn, and Beauty by Jack Skilling 122
Absurdistan (With Love from America) by Jasmine Lugo 124
Abstinence Only, a Failing System by Bryen Alperin 128
Journey to Forgiveness: The Secret Life of Bees: by Nicola Walker 132
Unbridled Power: Stripping Humans of Humanity by Jennifer Barney 136
The Act of not Acting by Joe Locke 139
Submission Critiques
A critique of Winifred Baer’s The Viewing, by Max Miceli 144
A critique of Catherine Franke’s A Narrow Bed By the Wall by Barney 147
A critique of Kathleen Flowers’ And then the Angels Asked, Brian Edgar 149
A critique of David Thorn’s Female Jaguar by José Key 153
A critique of Margaret Fitzgerald’s Hands, by Jack Skilling 156
A critique of Zoe Cross’ Death, by Aaron Collins 158
A Critique of Lily Dayton Dressing in the Dark, by Nicola Walker 161
A critique of Douglas McClellan’s Regret, by Mark Wright 164
A critique of Ken Weisner’s Echo Space, by Melanie Honda 165 5
A critique of Aaron Quiggle’s The Surface of the Moon, by Staci Cook 166 R
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Notes from Contributors 170
Danella Irish
Artist Table of Contents
Katy Cronovich 1
KOAK 2
Danella Irish 6
Alissa Goldring 7
Alissa Goldring 8
Jamie S. Uyematsu 10
Aaron Collins 11
Bob Newick 13
Tim Davis 15
Sara Twitty 16
Sara Friedlander 17
Bill Clark 18
Kelly Woods 19
Elizabeth Nissen 22
Sigrid McLaughlin 23
Bill Clark 25
Bob Newick 26
Alissa Goldring 27
Kelly Woods 28
KOAK 29
Lucien Kubo 31
Alissa Goldring 34
Alissa Goldring 37
KOAK 38
Bill Clark 39
Rob Sherwood Dyson 40
Rob Sherwood Dyson 41
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Bill Clark 45
Bill Clark 46
Staci Cook 47
Aaron Collins 48
Alex Finch 55
And I have to. 57
Aaron Collins 57
Peggy Hansen “Reina’s, Caye Caulker, Belize” 58
Mark William deGiere 59
Alissa Goldring 60
Aaron Collins 61
Kelly Woods 62
Joe Locke 63
A. D. Winans 64
Alissa Goldring 68
Staci Cook 71
Amber Schat 71
Aaron Collins 72
Rob Sherwood Dyson 73
Bill Clark 75
KOAK 83
Sara Friedlander 85
Tim Davis 86
Danella Irish Bob Newick 89
Kelly Woods 92
Tim Davis 93
Staci Cook 96
Staci Cook 97
Nathan Lee 98
Joanne Toth 99
Alissa Goldring 101
KOAK 103
Alissa Goldring 104
Katy Cronovich 105
Jamie S. Uyematsu 106
Alissa Goldring 113
Joe Locke 114
Alissa Goldring 115
KOAK 160
Alissa Goldring 163
Mary Ann LoBalbo 171
Aaron Collins 172
Amy Smith 173
Peggy Hansen 174
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like you and I. It’s the focused animal
inside that fights for its singularity
and for yours.
A poem is a fragrance
with a sound, like
hair.
It’s that room where a man and a woman meet
and are ground into an unrecognizable powder
to find each other.
It’s the lens
with a sudden click
that shutters open
to picture the absurd distance between us
then just as suddenly, closes.
A poem is a dangerous thing
like a man no longer running,
...a woman, no longer waiting.
A poem is tight-lipped in public
closed-mouthed in crowds.
It forever refuses to speak at the front of a classroom
Only when you are close enough will it open
to whisper its secret
into your ear and then slowly
press the word on its tongue
to yours.
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