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    A Feast for the Mind: GNU Journal Winter Poetry Issue 2017
    A Feast for the Mind: GNU Journal Winter Poetry Issue 2017
    A Feast for the Mind: GNU Journal Winter Poetry Issue 2017
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    A Feast for the Mind: GNU Journal Winter Poetry Issue 2017

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    A Feast for the Mind is a multi-author literary fiction body of work that contains poetry and prose.

    Contributing Authors:

    ALWAYS, CLYDE

    ATURETA, ADEIZA

    BABCOCK, BRIAN

    BAEZA DE VILLARREAL, ERIKA

    BAKER, JOSHUA

    BALLARD, AMY

    BEDETTI, GABY

    BELL, ELIZABETH

    BERNSTEIN, DENNIS J.

    BLACK, TIMOTHY

    BLEVINS, JAMES

    BOON, CARL

    BRAUN, HENRY

    BROSNAN, MICHAEL

    BROWDER, CLIFFORD

    BURRIS, COURTNEY

    CASABELLA, JEREMY

    CHALK, ANTHONY

    COOK, SHAY

    DORESKI, WILLIAM

    DOUGHERTY, EDWARD

    DOW, SHANEL

    DRONSFIELD, KEN ALLAN

    EVENSON, JOHANNA

    FARROW, SHAMEKKA

    FERGUSON, CLS

    FIORELLA, KATIE

    FOSTER, MORGAN

    GILBERT, LYNN

    GOULD, REBECCA

    GREY, JOHN

    GUNTON, KATHLEEN

    HUOTARI, HEIKKI

    JACKSON, JAMES CROAL

    KNAPP, ROSE

    KOLBET, MATT

    LaDEW, KATE

    LANGFUR, CHARLENE

    LINAM, REBECCA

    LOHREY, DAVID

    MAXWELL, LINDA

    McCAFFETY, NICOLE

    McCAULEY, SHEILA

    MICHEL, ANNABEL

    MORRISSEY, JOHN

    MOUL, KEITH

    MAYERHOFF, DAVID

    NELSON, QUIN

    ORTIZ, SERGIO

    OYEFARA, SOLAGBADE

    PALMER, CARL ‘PAPA’

    PATCHEN, JACOB PAUL

    PERKINS II, RICHARD KING

    RAMDASS, DEE

    RITCHIE, CINTHIA

    SAMUEL, RAJI A.

    SCHARHAG, LAUREN

    SIEMENS, ABEL

    SKELLY, MEGAN

    SIERPINSKI, JOHN

    SO, ANTHONY

    SUBACCHI, DAVID

    SWIHART, R L

    THAHUR, ANSKU

    THOM, BLOSSOM

    TOLLIVER, RAVEN

    VAN HOOSER, DOUG

    VENRICK, REED

    VILLALTA, CHRIS

    WOOD, LORNA

    WRIGHT, J. L.

    WRIGHT, KIRBY

    YURCABA, NICOLE

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGNU Journal
    Release dateJan 15, 2017
    ISBN9781386551461
    A Feast for the Mind: GNU Journal Winter Poetry Issue 2017

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      A Feast for the Mind - Multi-Author Anthology

      A Feast for the Mind

      GNU Journal Winter Poetry Issue 2017

      Copyright©2017

      Cover Design by Wren Taylor

      This book is a literary work of fiction. The names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the contributing author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, business establishments, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

      All right reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in print reviews.

      The scanning, uploading ad distribution of this books via the Internet or via any other means without the permission of the publisher is illegal and punishable by law. Please purchase only authorized electronic editions, and do not participate or encourage electronic piracy of copyrighted materials.

      Your support of the author’s rights is highly appreciated.

      Published in the United States of America by

      GNU Journal

      The publisher does not have any control over and does not assume any responsibility for author or third-party websites or their content.

      The GNU Student Literary Journal is run by students in the Master of Fine Arts Creative Writing program at National University.

      The GNU Staff:

      Faculty Advisor: Frank Montesonti

      Editor in Chief: M.L. De La Garza

      Sr. Acquisitions Editor: Fabricio Correa

      Acquisitions Editors/Readers:

      Casey Peterson

      Chad Jarvis

      Dea Jaber

      Nicole Kemppainen

      Valerie Howard

      For more information on the program, please email Prof. Frank Montesonti at fmontesonti@nu.edu or visit our program microsite at http://faculty.nu.edu/blogs/mcw

      A Letter from the GNU Staff:

      We would like to thank the writers who sent in their piece(s) to the GNU Staff for the Winter 2017 Publication. Writing is a solitary endeavor, and it takes a whole lot of sweat, tears, and angst to put one’s words on paper—let alone the self-talk and confidence required to share and/or submit completed work for publication consideration.

      The dedication and continued support of the GNU Staff made the creation of this body of work a reality. Without the assistance of the editors/readers, as well as the unwavering support and guidance of Professor Frank Montesonti, this publication would not have been possible.

      A FEAST FOR THE MIND

      GNU Journal: Winter Poetry Issue 2017

      A REAL PUZZLE

      By Clyde Always

      Oh Daddy, please tell me why Grampa is dead,

      tell me why the embalmer has filled ‘im.

      Could it be that a coconut fell on his head?

      C’mon Daddy, please tell me what killed ‘im?

      Now Son, you can see his ol’ noggin is fine

      and yer Gramps never went to the tropics.

      Look it won’t bring ‘im back if we whimper and whine

      so, let’s tackle some happier topics.

      Oh Daddy, please tell me why Grampa has croaked,

      and why’s Grampa all purple and bloated?

      I think maybe on crackers and cheese-whiz he choked

      and then all of his innards exploded!

      Now Son, you know well that your gassy ol’ Gramps

      couldn’t tolerate lactose or gluten.

      Wouldya kindly shut up ‘fore you give yerself cramps?

      And cut out all yer hollers and hootin’!

      Oh Daddy, please tell me why Grampa’s as stiff

      as a board and he never will soften.

      Was it poison?  Or lightning?  A fall off a cliff?

      Tell me, how did he get in that coffin??

      Alright then, I’ll tell ya, ya dastardly turd;

      all yer questions are drivin’ me cuckoo!

      See, what did yer Gramps in was the shock he endured

      when he finally . . . solved a ‘sa-doo-koo.’

      JOANIE BOLOGNA THE QUEEN OF THE WORLD

      By Clyde Always

      On a regular street, in a regular town

      there lived little Joanie Bologna,

      who would wake every day with a groan and a frown

      to a breakfast of cold macaroni.

      See, Joanie’s old Mommy was not very nice,

      in fact, she was really quite awful,

      as she’d waste all her time on her mobile device

      and not make her daughter a waffle.

      And on Joanie’s birthday, while walking to school

      she cried all alone to her noodles,

      ignoring the taunts from the bullies so cruel

      and the rich girls with miniature poodles.

      In class, Mr. Teacher was mean as a snake,

      his computer was too—not to mention—

      when Joanie complained of a bad tummy-ache

      he locked the poor girl in detention.

      Then there Mrs. Principal played with her phone

      while Joanie sat, hands neatly folded;

      when-so-ever she shifted, or muttered a moan

      between E-mails the principal scolded…

      WHEN SUDDENLY, in through the window there flew,

      on the back of a Pegasus pony,

      George Washington wearing his uniform blue

      and he rescued and flew off with Joanie.

      Together they giggled their way through the sky,

      traversing across every ocean,

      while snacking on slices of hot apple pie

      and sipping down silliness potion.

      Then arrived in Aiphahn, where the big factories

      for producing devices were blazing,

      and bravely they freed all the young Aiphahnese,

      who kissed them and shouted, AMAZING!

      Returning triumphant, they fell with a crash

      and were greeted with hoopla and hollers,

      with presents and gifts and with cards full of cash—

      it was Joanie’s face there on the dollars.

      Then George flew away and to home Joanie shot;

      when she thought that she couldn’t feel gladder,

      happy birthday, said Mommy, "the iron is hot…

      and I’m nearly done mixing the batter!"

      FIG TREE

      By Adeiza Atureta

      Complicated and disguised in the nude,

      She plunges into the lone and savage darkness

      Speaking to the gods, in a flowering nakedness, that threatens the air.

      She is a victim of the hues of life,

      A casualty, threatened by a chorus of our smooth condemnation;

      And silhouette of flowers, dreamed of, a thousand times

      When we are young, we yield too easily to the resilience of our bodies,

      Unaware of a magic that pervades, and wears off, after fulfilled fantasies.

      RECESSION

      By Adeiza Atureta

      There is a hush in the sky,

      And a loud cry of depression sets in among the clouds,

      Birthing a gray mass, in a whiff of cold silence

      Low-flying, over the serene skyline of Abuja city,

      Birds, like businesses, turn over and fall, crashing blindly

      Unto the brick-walled homes,

      In that abandoned instance of Nigeria's recession.

      HAIKU

      By Brian Babcock

      White galleons

      Patrol the lake, quaking

      Frightening the fishermen

      ANCESTRAL

      By Erika Baeza de Villarreal

      Skin

      traveling through veils

      of historical peripheries

      Grandma is a shaken whisper

      She does not know what she became

      Reality betrayed her

      Mother is made of wood

      brown eyes tell the stories

      of the land, she left behind

      Sister lost her horizon too

      diligent at her task to cut

      I am

      an undulating illusion of the women before me

      a constant warning

      echoes of each other

      women who travel

      labyrinths of the mundane

      May we rest

      silent revolutions

      relax the heart

      and craw back into the roots

      WATER STUDY #4: A MYSTERY

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