Kakalak 2006 Authors & Artists

KALAKAK 2006
AUTHORS & ARTISTS

SPECIAL GUESTS

Poets Laureate
Kathryn Stripling Byer . . . . . . . . . Glorified
Poet Laureate of NC . . . . . . . . . . Easter Morning on the Hairpin Curve

Marjory Heath Wentworth . . . . .. Japanese Landscape
Poet Laureate of SC . . . . . . . . . . . Despite Gravity

Fred Chappell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Past Presence
Former Poet Laureate of NC . . . . Black Gate

POETS

Poets - Prize Winners
Alex Grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Argentina's Huge Beaver Problem (First Place)
Lori Storie-Pahlitzsch . . . . . . . . . Blue & Silk (Second Place)
William Aarnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coming Across Whitman's Clothes at Timber Creek (Third Place)

Poets -- Honorable Mentions
Julie Ann Cook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Where Between
Wendy H. Gill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Hole
Jaki Shelton Green . . . . . . . . . . . . Waiting for Love
Caroline Castle Hicks . . . . . . . . . Don't Say
Raychelle Heath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Home
David Brendan Hopes . . . . . . . . . French Broad Studio
Steve Lautermilch . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stone Light Wind and Rain
Susan M. Lefler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drawing From Inside Out
Lenard D. Moore . . . . . . . . . . . . . First Anniversary of Our Daughter's Funeral
Sally B. Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Poem Remembers Itself
Gail Peck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Woman With Dead Child
Diana Pinckney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Spinster Considers Her Options
Barbara Presnell . . . . . . . . . . . . . Memorial Day, My Son Leaves Home
Lee Robinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Counting
Kimberly Jane Simms . . . . . . . . . Blue Panes
Eric Vithalani . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Skeet Ulrich is a Thug
Carolyn Beard Whitlow . . . . . . . Silly

Selected Poets
Robert Abbate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rebekah Bat Bethuel
Kathy Ackerman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atonement
Betty Adcock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . World Enough
Dan Albergotti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Family Portrait
Malaika King Albrecht . . . . . . . . . Swift Water
Gilbert Allen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Mass of August
Tameka Barnett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ransom
Katherine W. Barr . . . . . . . . . . . . East Boulevard, Sunday Afternoons
Coyla Barry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Washboard
Michael Bassett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clairvoyant
Jeffery Beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Briefe and True Report
Henry Berne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hesitation Waltz
Kate Z. Birgel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moore Hill Progress
Lee Richard Bradbury . . . . . . . . . Horse Brandy
Peg Bresnahan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . After Attending an Exhibit of Henry Moore's Drawings and Sculpture
Sally Buckner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lasting Rites
Ann Campanella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Chain of Daisies
Kristi Castro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fast Food Sestina
Barbara Conrad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Here Nor There
Phebe Davidson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Driving I-26: Somewhere South of Columbia
Peggy V. Douglas . . . . . . . . . . . . . Side-Dish
Joseph DuPré . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sonnet
Clarence A. Eden, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . Beyond the Eclipse
Linda Annas Ferguson . . . . . . . . . Art Therapy
Blynn Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aunt Rosalee's Porch
Janice Moore Fuller . . . . . . . . . . Zinnia. Verisimilitude. Yes.
Erica Gosser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cat Lady
Vera G?mez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gardenias
Prudence M. Greene . . . . . . . . . . Neighbors
Robin Greene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . My Best Friend Naked
Lucinda Grey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Green
Bill Griffin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Walking Stick
Maureen Ryan Griffin . . . . . . . . . Under a Sky of Mares' Tails
Marylin Hervieux . . . . . . . . . . . . . Piracy
Anne Hicks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Rape of Foley Hall
Irene Blair Honeycutt . . . . . . . . . Listening to His Voice
Melissa Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Lady in the Mantilla
Andrew E. Kalnik . . . . . . . . . . . . . La Valse
Kathryn Kirkpatrick . . . . . . . . . . . Canning Globalization
Genevieve C. Kissack . . . . . . . . . . Dimitria
Barbara Kidd Lawing . . . . . . . . . Don't You Worry
Suzanne Baldwin Leitner . . . . . . . The Pajama Chronicles
Kimberly Linow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carpe Diem
Michael H. Lythgoe . . . . . . . . . . . Riding in Kazakhstan
Don Mager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No One Is Right
Devon Marsh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fruit of Hallowed Ground
Barbara J. Mayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . Walking Two Spaniels
Gail McCullough . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eunice, Spade in Hand
Michele Merrigan . . . . . . . . . . . . Love Spell
Susan Meyers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tobacco Farm, the Last Year
Jeff Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lazarus
Rebecca J. Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . Stone-Aged
Jason Mott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All Hallow's City
Valerie Nieman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pennies a Day
Pam Noble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lake Summit, 1956
E.V. Noechel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Four More Hours
Lucinda Paris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goldilocks
John W. Partin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Old Elephant of the Kenya Plains
Dannye Romine Powell . . . . . . . . The Villa
Lisa Hammond Rashley . . . . . . . . Rope Swing
Glenis Redmond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . College Prep
S. Craig Renfroe, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . Orthodontic Origin
Melissa Robon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Indian Summer
Eric Rogers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cotton Mill
Leslie M. Rupracht . . . . . . . . . . . . Stolen Yesterdays
Jessica N. Sampley . . . . . . . . . . . . Life With Jim
Melissa Sawyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taking Stern to Work -- 9:00 pm
Sharon A. Sharp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moving Through an Ancient Language
Nora Hutton Shepard . . . . . . . . . . Elegy for the Roosters: Avian Flu
Carole Battista Sineni . . . . . . . . . Red Window with Birds
Emily Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interview with the Past
Mark Smith-Soto . . . . . . . . . . . . . Safe for Now
Shelby Stephenson . . . . . . . . . . . . My Shortpants Made My Mother for Me
Susan Finch Stevens . . . . . . . . . . . Snake Envy
Dennis Ward Stiles . . . . . . . . . . . . Travel
Julie Suk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Here Is Earth
Cedric Tillman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Read This Back
Deno Trakas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All God's Mail
Ryan G. Van Cleave . . . . . . . . . . . Dear Andrew Hudgins
Alice Toporoff Wallace . . . . . . . . Grief Guru
Julie Walczesky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . One Wish
Guy Waltz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Lambent Tap
Rebecca Warren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . What I Wanted
Stella Ward Whitlock . . . . . . . . . . Cutting Flowers for Church
Earl J. Wilcox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Send in the Jackass
Seabrook Wilkinson . . . . . . . . . . . After the Fire
Katherine Williams . . . . . . . . . . . Double Abecedarian: Zeitgeist
Dede Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . White
Maggie Wynne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Flash

VISUAL ARTISTS

Artists - Prize Winners
Susan Fecho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hills & Curves (First Place)
Marilyn Charlat Dix . . . . . . . . . . Separate (Second Place)
Steve Lautermilch . . . . . . . . . . . . Mask (Third Place)

Artists - Honorable Mentions
Donna H. Goodman . . . . . . . . . . . Closed, Darlington, SC (Honorable Mention)
Sally Rogers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Skeet (Honorable Mention)
rpk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Salvation (Honorable Mention)
David Simonton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pikeville, North Carolina (Honorable Mention)

Selected Artists
Sally Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Self Portrait
Marilyn Charlat Dix . . . . . . . . . . Approaching Reunion
Henryk Fantazos . . . . . . . . . . . . . Okra Smugglers
Susan Fecho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stepping Out for a Stroll
Donna H. Goodman . . . . . . . . . . . Grandmama's Glider, Florence, SC
Mark Gordon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pyre
Andrew E. Kalnik . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vallarta
Steve Lautermilch . . . . . . . . . . . . Magnolia
Sally B. Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nations
Dede Norungolo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poinsett Bridge
Krissa Palmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mandy's Whack & Stack Quilt
Sally Rogers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Homer's Vision
rpk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Untitled
David Simonton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Epsom, North Carolina
Jason Waggoner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Suspension
Tracy Weldon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Church Yard, Unitarian Church, Charleston, SC
Debbie Jean Will . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dancing With God