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Word Play

Striking Inspiration

English '57 Series Number 13: Spring 2011

Word Play

Striking Inspiration

Introduction

The English '57 Independent Writing series is a wonderful opportunity for students interested in improving their writing craft as individuals. Students meet one on one with a peer writing tutor throughout the semester to develop their own assignments and revise them into the polished pieces you find within this publication. The endless possibilities and comfortable and safe environment that the Tutoring-Learning Center provides help the '57 students grow as independent and confident writers.

The submissions for this volume of Word Play are incredibly impressive. While reading through them, I was struck by the emotion that each writer had put into their writing. The pride that these writers have in their work is striking and demonstrates the possibilities that the '57 series offers to student writers. I hope you enjoy the pieces in this volume of Word Play.

Lisa Knuth, Editor

Acknowledgements

This volume of Word Play would not have been possible without the talented writers in this semester's '57 Independent Writing series. I would like to thank them along with their dedicated tutors who provide support to their learners throughout the entire semester as well as the Tutoring-Learning Center's senior staff. Word Play would not be possible without you.

Additional Credits

Dr. Per Henningsgaard, English '57 Course Instructor Paul Kratwell, Word Play Publication Advisor Lisa Knuth, Cover and Section Photographer

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Darcie Adams Emiline Buhler Aaron Foster Kimmarie Giebel Amanda Goodsett Emily M. Johnson Aidan Keyes

Jessica Kontour

Sharlay McCullum Sarah B. McQueen Hilary Neesam Robert Pekol Eric Reed Daniel Rutherford

Earth is addicted

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Pearls

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Talitha

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The Keystone

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Open

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Price-Tag Graveyard

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Tender Explosion

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It's Not Me, It's You.

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Toils and Snares

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I Miss You

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Memoir

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Summer Home

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The Windows Are Fogged Out

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This Is How It Is

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Drenched

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Poison

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Speck

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The Blankets

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Tomorrow

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War

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No Fear

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Blue

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Twig Snapping

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The Joy of the First Amendment

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Ari in Ginavia

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Hex

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Laura Spencer

Brianne Triggs Sequiest Williams

boy/girl party of two

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Bridge

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I went to the cemetery once

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Picture this...

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Elisheva

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For the Love of Christ

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This poem is a great example of how creative Darcie is when it comes to her writing. The first draft of this poem gave Darcie a bit a trouble. She liked the concept of it but not the way it read. As you can see, Darcie's formatting of her poem in this final draft really gets her message of the poem across. -Lisa Knuth, Master Tutor

Earth is addicted

Darcie Adams

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