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XXXVIII No. 2 Vol. Review Light Prairie Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2017 with funding from DuPage College of https://archive.org/details/prairielightrevi382coll_1 XXXVIII No. 2 Vol. Review Light Prairie Spring 2016 Magazine design Alyssa Ahlert Front Cover Time Stops When I'm With You Color photography Lauren Laws Back Cover Circularity Drawing Jennelle Stolarczuk Spring 2016 1 About: Prairie Light Review, the Liberal Arts Magazine of College of Du- Page, has been published for over 20 years. This free publication, funded by Student Activities fees, is the venue for creative work in District 502. It is a partnership between Student Life and the Liberal Arts Division. Prairie Light Review can be picked up in the Library, the McAnnich Arts Building, and outside the PLR office at SSC 1227. Editorial Team: Editor-in-Chief Associate Editors Earnest Bickerstaff Karen Forslin-Bojnansky Madeline Jefferies Production Editor Alyssa Ahlert Editors Marisa Judd Marketing Editors Ken Kielar Lindsay Flinker Michael Perry Amy Thania Hernandez Peter Humans DuCo of Editor Advisor Shailesh Patel Trina Sotirakopulos How to loin: To join the PLR editorial team, enroll in English 2210. Find more informa- tion about the course www.cod.edu/plr. at: Questions: Trina R. Sotirakopulos, [email protected] Advisor 630.942.2177 Want more? ~ Take a peek at our online magazine at www.prairielightreview.org ~ Connect with us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/plrmagazine ~ Check out our twitter at twitter.com/plr_cod 2 Prairie Light Review Table Contents OF Literature Marlene Montgomery 5 Life's Mystery Why Did INot Write Ida Kotyuk 6 AroundMidnight on the 10th ofJanuary Alyssa Ahlert 6 Lael Laning 8 Press Play Exploration ofa Dreamer Ashley Curtice 9 Gloria Golec 11 St. Luke's Danny Jessica Kosar 17 Natural Causes Ixta Julieta 17 As She Loves Estefania Gonzalez 18 Ishmael in New Bedford: A Mesostic Poem Wilda Morris 20 THE CEMETERY: SAVAGE REPOSE Teri Lavelle 22 Karen Forslin-Bojnansky 23 LleartPyre TheA Word Thania Hernandez 24 Mommy Amy Peter 26 Says Drunk In The Water Madeline Jetferies 29 Karen Forslin-Bojnansky 30 Spiritual Smorgasbord To Catch a Mermaid Karen Forslin-Bojnansky 30 Michael Perry 32 Caroline Douglas Calder 37 The Betrayal Alyssa Ahlert 38 11pm on 11/22/2015 Patricia Duch 40 Paintings Ida Kotyuk 45 The Embrace Ahdul Malik Mandani 46 Gaia STRAWBERRIES Teri Lavelle 46 Mardelle Fortier 49 Earewell to Paris Karen Forslin-Bojnansky 49 When IDie Ahdul Malik Mandani 50 MoonlightMuse Estefania Gonzalez 51 Helen Maureen Tolman Flannery 52 Alameda Park Sarah "Sadie" Dalla Costa 54 Ode to Time Bonniejean Alford Hinde 55 Grovel, Ishall never Claire Katsion 59 The Hole Tricia Marcella Cimera 61 The Premature Sap Maureen Tolman Flannery 63 Cleaningwith Impediments John Gordon 63 It's the Thought... Mardelle Fortier 64 Never Gone, Reassurance Madeline Jefferies 64 Deep Vibes Spring 2016 3 ICICLES Maggie Kennedy 65 BeingLost Thania Hernandez 66 RULE OE THUMB Teri Lavelle 71 The Elower Douglas Calder 72 She is With You Bonniejean Alford Hinde 72 The Brides EatherMixes TheirDance CD Maureen Tolman Flannery 74 World WarI Sarah "Sadie" Dalla Costa 77 Bad Wolf Brit Jameson 5 The Writer Ida Kotyuk 7 Through Alissa Cichelli 8 Blue Planet Martin Johnson 9 Experimenting Alan Wolsky 10 Drama Charles Vazquez 13 Nucleotides ablaze Gina M. Wadas 15 Megalosaurus Nancy L. Staszak 16 Pelusa Eunice Melara 21 One Many of Christine Cianciosi 23 The Eyes Have It Marge Dady 25 Three Horses Rachael Parker 27 Risefrom Eog Anne Frantzen 28 Peeping Tom Eunice Melara 28 Down with Dusk Alissa Cichelli 31 Avian Dinosaur Nancy L. Staszak 32 Emerge Kylie Payne 35 The Things We LeftBehind 1 Tonia Jackson 36 NY Skyline Christine Cianciosi 39 Woman on Pillow Natalia Toreeva 41 Esos Candy Melara 43 The Embrace Ida Kotyuk 44 Canadian Country Anne Frantzen 47 He Spoke ofMe andMade It So Alissa Cichelli 48 Laura MaryYezek 50 Iris CandyMelara 53 A PassingDream Marisa Judd 58 Oozing Martin Johnson 60 Under a Blanket ofStars Tonia Jackson 62 Water Vessel Marge Dady 65 The Things We LeftBehind 3 Tonia Jackson 69 4 Prairie Light Review Art Barn by the Sea Anne Frantzen 70 Frustration Kylie Payne 73 StirringMusic Mary Yezek 75 Lion Face Alissa Cichelli 76 Sunset Watchers Adam Lee 79 Blossoming in Bliss Brit Jameson 80 Humans DuCo of Sam Katharine Gilbert & Julie Loverher 78 Talking whilst we wait2016 Katharine Gilbert & Julie Loverher 78 Writers Read Contest Winners Testimony John M. McNamara 12 Sad Cafe Lxta Julieta 42 Lookingfor van Gogh’s Bedroom Ida Kotyuk 56 Sonnet Writing Contest Winner WanderingHeart Denise Calma 27 Bad Wolf Brit Jameson Life is a puzzle as we see Lifes Mystery as we get older Marlene Montgomery we as solve it we become more free. Spring 2016 5 — Why Why did I not write day by day Did I Not Write at the beginning? Ma Kotyuk Monotonous uneventful words, written as it happened, would have made an interesting tale. Pages no one else could write from memory. During my endless tomorrows, my my I scuttled talent, craft. My passions abused and consumed, my time slipped through fingers by entertainments. Detours against beginners eager to feast on fame. Now my here at desk I sit near the River Styx. Mute. Around I just want to be free. Midnight on Free from pain, free from hate, the 10th of free from possibility, January free from myself Alyssa Ahlert am I chained to these thoughts as a ghost is to his earthly misdeeds, and this mind ofmine so weighs on me, pulling ever so steadily upon my motivations until even waking is a chore. And yet, the sun still shines; flowers still grow. The songbird on my windowsill still sings out her praises each dawn. From my cage ofpretense I see the stars, and through the darkness in this cell, my company is kept; twinkling, and gently hopeful; inspiring, yet not blinding like daylight sometimes seems to be. And ifthis heavy fog tires ofmy quiet agony and leaves me for a moment, may me blessed sleep yet find tonight. The Writer Gouache Ida Kotyuk 6 Prairie Light Review Spring 2016 7 Through Photoshop Press Play Alissa Cichelli Lael Laning Scars sing stories of the schooling muscle and sinew seams confessed dance until your sweat is pooling Deafening sounds of techno ruling movements choreographer obsessed 1.1 scars sing stories of the schooling A^gai.n and again the musi.c gruel,ing and again the pleading arms outstretched dance until your sweat is pooling Two by two and four are dueling who can now survive the test 111.. dance until your sweat pooling is RT.i.ngi. ng s^topped, dead air is cool1.ing balls of feet allowed to rest scars sing stories of the schooling Music fills the tanks refueling rises, to the heights possessed scars sing stories of the schooling Prairie Light Review dance until your sweat pooling is