Legacy 2006

Page 6

.

To the Muse Mark

Barrett

I turn quickly and squint into the darkness but you have disappeared within the shadows. Inside pale shvers of moonlight I

see brief, quivering

just in

All

movements among

calm again inside

is

the trees and look,

time to see nothing dart behind a thick-skinned oak.

watching and waiting.

my head as

I sit,

.

There! Just I

beyond the

could swear

I

tree break,

saw the ambient waves of grain moving

to the

rhythm of a body breaking through the

Was

you?

it

You need not for

even

now

as easily as

and

I

taste

I

flee, I

my heart my head in my hands

hold you in

hold

you

(bittersweet)

as readily as the tears that

run down

my face.

The night and day both disappear when you Your eyes eclipse the sun and the moon. Blinded by your beauty and grace, I

rye.

direct

stumble along in the darkness

searching for the path that will lead

me back to

you.

Indeed, I

live in

until

perpetual night

you return

to be

my sun,

you could cut through the shadows surround my heart.

for only

that

Why does the centrifugal force of your heart draw mine into its orbit? Only you know why I chase shadows and demons and see reflections of your face in the moonlight. Only you know why I

dedicate this to you.

To the muse: You chose me,

I

did not choose you.

your gaze upon me.


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pages 63-64

Title Index

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pages 60-62

A Heavenly Prayer by Jacqui Reed

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page 59

Song Lyrics - I Give You My Life by Jessica Kisunzu

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The End of a Matter is Better Than Its Beginning by Jason Vanderlaan

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Where Are You? by Jacqui Reed

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A Downward Slope by Jason Vanderlaan

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Dust and Rust by Jason Vanderlaan

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Kibroth Hattaavah by Jason Vanderlaan

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Mister by Sara Schaetzka

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My Isaac by Jason Vanderlaan

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Soul Saturation by Jason Vanderlaan

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Proof by Rachel Perkins

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Universal Donor by Jacki Souza

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Love and War by Jason Vanderlaan

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First Place Poetry Winner - Did you? by Jason Vanderlaan

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My Grecian Romance by Jason Vanderlaan

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Still by Leah Bermudez

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A Pebble by Jason Vanderlaan

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Theology by Jacki Souza

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Waiting for Armageddon by Mark Barrett

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Midnight Reflections of the Rainwalker by Mark Barrett

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A Bullet by Jason Vanderlaan

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A Dreary Day in October by Jason Vanderlaan

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Always, My Dream Horse by Mark Barrett

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The End by Jacki Souza

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Never Again by Jason Vanderlaan

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Five For Three to One by Jason Vanderlaan

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The Storm Has Passed by Mark Barrett

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The Color of Love by Rachel Perkins

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My Love by Adam Wamack

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pages 31-33

Fierce Connection by Sara Schaetzka

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page 30

Flawed by Jacki Souza

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page 29

Under the Sky by Rachel Perkins

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Sparkle by Melissa Perry

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Lovely Willow Tree by Rachel Perkins

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First Place Short Story - The Lou Experience by Melissa Perry

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Vespers: Dressed to Impress by Jason Vanderlaan

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The Giant by Rachel Perkins

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A Toast to Crimson Life by Jason Vanderlaan

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All I Want by Mark Barrett

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Termites by Jason Vanderlaan

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Sits a Black Button by Joel Hughes

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The Apartment by Mark Barrett

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Ash and Ice by Jason Vanderlaan

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The Lump by Allison Zollman

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Sunset by Rachel Perkins

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An Unavoidable Casualty by Jason Vanderlaan

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To the Muse by Mark Barrett

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The Beginning of an End by Jason Vanderlaan

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Editor's Page

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Legacy 2006 Contributers

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