Kakalak 2007 Authors & Artists
KALAKAK 2007
AUTHORS & ARTISTS
SPECIAL GUEST POET
Alex Grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poet Introduction
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poetry Mid-Term
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sugar
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transubstantiation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . There’s Love and Death, and in between you eat and drink
COVER ARTIST
Sally B. Miller . . . . . . . . . . . On the Open Cliff
POETS
Poets - Prize Winners
Steve Lautermilch . . . . . . . .Coins for the Tillerman (First Place)
Allan Wolf . . . . . . . . . . . . .The Poet, Not Content with the Ballet of Raking Leaves (Second Place)
Rebecca Warren . . . . . . . . .Hands (Third Place)
Poets -- Honorable Mentions
Janice Moore Fuller . . . . . .The Other Cousin
Gail Peck . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Still Life
Deborah Lawson Scott . . . .Blackberry Rain
Susan Meyers . . . . . . . . . . .After Reporting a Theft, the Butcher Finds a Typed Note in His Mailbox
Tripp Howell . . . . . . . . . . . .The Better for Escaping
Alex Richardson . . . . . . . . .Falling Asleep with my Daughter
Diana Pinckney . . . . . . . . .What the Mermaid Wishes for
Her Daughter
Barbara Conrad . . . . . . . . .Snorkeling the Big Island
Debra A. Daniel . . . . . . . . .Persephone
S. Craig Renfroe, Jr. . . . . . .A Romance
Kathy Oliver Brown . . . . . .Still Dead
Gilbert Allen . . . . . . . . . . .Marriage
Eric A. Weil . . . . . . . . . . . .I Call My Father on His Eightieth Birthday
Dennis Ward Stiles . . . . . . .A Poet’s Heart
Kenneth Chamlee . . . . . . . .Zodiac
Michael Beadle . . . . . . . . . .Yay-long
Kathryn Kirkpatrick . . . . . .News from Midlife
Laura S. Moore . . . . . . . . .Private James on the Plane Home
Selected Poets
Sally B. Miller . . . . . . . . . .First Reader of the Alphabet
Jason Mott . . . . . . . . . . . . .The Thundergod’s Daughter: At Breakfast
Robin Greene . . . . . . . . . . .Walking Meditation
Barbara J. Mayer . . . . . . . .Becoming a Tree
Julie Ann Cook . . . . . . . . . .One Long Day Before Another
Brenda Graham . . . . . . . . .Laundry
Joan Thiel Blessing . . . . . . .Roadmaster
Ralph Earle . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wild Strawberries
Patricia Podlipec . . . . . . . . .Learning About Granny
Donna Levine Gershon . . . .An Egg Goes to Kindergarten
Dede Norungolo . . . . . . . . .Landing Pad
Robert Abbate . . . . . . . . . . .Tree-Fort Tale
Britt Kaufmann . . . . . . . . . .Corn
Heather Collings . . . . . . . . .Legend
Debora Kinsland Foerst . . .That Time
Frederick W. Bassett . . . . . .Lessons
Sally Buckner . . . . . . . . . . .Cormorant, 1991
Michele Merrigan . . . . . . . .Ave, Mother and Mary
Alice Toporoff Wallace . . . .Dancing to Beethoven and Belafonte
Hilda Downer . . . . . . . . . . .Wiley Quixote Takes T-shirt Inventory
Maureen A. Sherbondy . . . .Climbing the Tree
Peter Krones . . . . . . . . . . . .Dry Days
Marisa Rosenfeld . . . . . . . . .Mirror
Kit Loney . . . . . . . . . . . . . .reflection
64 Roy Jacobstein . . . . . . . . . . .Invocation
Jonathan Sanchez . . . . . . . .For the Violinist Whose Mother Died In August
Jim Lundy . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Before it gets too hot
Katherine W. Barr . . . . . . . .Hats Off to Albert
Michael Colonnese . . . . . . .Arbor
Prudence M. Greene . . . . . .A Father Advises His Son About Women; Lesson III: Shoes
Raychelle Heath . . . . . . . . .Bedding Lions
Cedric Tillman . . . . . . . . . .better yet, newlyweds
Malaika King Albrecht . . . .The Artist and the Doctor
Terri McCord . . . . . . . . . . . .12th Anniversary on the Appalachian Trail
Nora Hutton Shepard . . . . .The Plan
Heather Dearmon . . . . . . . .old maid
Doris Browder Blough . . . . .After Loss
Betty Jean Gwennap . . . . . .Careful What You Wish For
Leslie M. Rupracht . . . . . . .Life Sentence
Pat Riviere-Seel . . . . . . . . . .Not Wife
Anne Montague Blythe . . . .On Passing Your Exit in the Rain
Coyla Berry . . . . . . . . . . . .Tennis at Forty
John W. Partin . . . . . . . . . . .Dragonfly
Irene Blair Honeycutt . . . . .But Suppose You Are An Empty Box?
David E. Poston . . . . . . . . .Oneiric Gospel
Chantal James . . . . . . . . . . .the christ-bearer
Jenny Minchew . . . . . . . . . .Something Like Grey
Ellie Elledge . . . . . . . . . . . .After 15 Years in Chickentown
Eric Rogers . . . . . . . . . . . . .Strand Feeding
Blynn Field . . . . . . . . . . . . .“Deer Crashes Poetry Meeting”
Suzanne Comer Bell . . . . . .Yin and Yang
Ione (Tootsie) O’Hara . . . . .Ladder of Abstraction
Sarah Franklin Thompson . . .La Corrida de Toros
Janice L. Sullivan . . . . . . . .Old Woman in San Miguel de Allende
Wendy H. Gill . . . . . . . . . . .No good repair
Lee Richard Bradbury . . . . .The Summer of Everything
Gene Fehler . . . . . . . . . . . .How to Rake a Lawn
Kimberlyn Blum-Hyclack . . . .Voyeurs
Bill Gural . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The Labor Pool
Don Mager . . . . . . . . . . . . .The Candidate
Libby Bernardin . . . . . . . . .Teaching In The Stubborn Season
Peg Bresnahan . . . . . . . . . .At Mike’s There’s a Stool for Everyone at the Bar
Geneviève C. Kissack . . . . .Taps in Normandy
Donald Leland Geddes . . . .Vatican Employment Opportunity
Clarence Eden, Jr. . . . . . . . .“God”—A Verb
Peg Robarchek . . . . . . . . . .God Said:
Anthony S. Abbott . . . . . . . .Of Santa Fina and the Flowers that Bloomed from Wood
Jeanette Leardi . . . . . . . . . .Special Delivery
Genie Cotner . . . . . . . . . . . .Ikebana
Catherine Carter . . . . . . . . .Vegetable Drawer, Black Mold
Leslie C. Tompkins . . . . . . .No Matter What
Bill Blackley . . . . . . . . . . . .Angling for Heaven
Janet Ireland Trail . . . . . . . .Bury Me in a Bookstore
Earl J. Wilcox . . . . . . . . . . .Postponing the Slippery Slope
Julie Walczesky . . . . . . . . . .String Theory, Simplified
Sally Atkins . . . . . . . . . . . .Critique of the Metaphysics of Presence
Andrew E. Kalnik . . . . . . . .Background Radiation
1ark Smith-Soto . . . . . . . .Things Sweeten Toward Their End
VISUAL ARTISTS
Artists - Prize Winners
Steve Lautermilch . . . . . . . .Dragonfly on glass globe (First Place)
Donna H. Goodman . . . . . . The Conference, 1933 (Second Place)
Heather Dearmon . . . . . . . .hair and shadow (Third Place)
Artists - Honorable Mentions
Steve Lautermilch . . . . . . . .The lighthouse keeper’s house, Corolla
Jason Waggoner . . . . . . . . .Data Stream
Julie Ann Cook . . . . . . . . . .Self-Portrait In WordsS
Selected Artists
Dede Norungolo . . . . . . . . .Split Decision
Jody Servon . . . . . . . . . . . .His Teeth
Donna H. Goodman . . . . . .just don’t let the wisteria run
Krissa Palmer . . . . . . . . . . .Watery World
Lewis Stillway . . . . . . . . . .Unlikely Permission
Steve Lautermilch . . . . . . . .Still life with candle
Cheryl Boyer . . . . . . . . . . . .Dragonfly 1
Dede Norungolo . . . . . . . . .River Walk
Susan Fecho . . . . . . . . . . . .The One Place They Like Best (Home)
Sally B. Miller . . . . . . . . . .The Source
Fran Gardner . . . . . . . . . . .Goddess Snubbed
Steven A. Chapp . . . . . . . . .Floral Composition
Krissa Palmer . . . . . . . . . . .Mushroom 2
Patz Fowle . . . . . . . . . . . . .Scattered . . . Thoughts
Lewis Stillway . . . . . . . . . .Tractor Emeritus
Patz Fowle . . . . . . . . . . . . .Contemplating . . . My Muse