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Presented by Rock Valley College Journalism 139 students
Voices is produced each fall and spring semester by students enrolled in Journalism 139 under the direction of Professor David Pink, with the help of Instructor Scott Fustin. Submissions are accepted from current students, alumni, faculty, and staff. All submis-sions are assessed anonymously, and current student winners in art, prose, photography, and poetry are awarded prizes. Acceptance, publication, and awards are based on artistic quality as perceived by the student editorial staff. The views or opinions expressed in this magazine are those held by the artists and authors.
Current and past issues of Voices, submission forms, instructions, and deadlines are available at rvcvoices.com.
Cover Art and Award Winner - Profanely Butchered by Stephanie Whitlow
No. 3
ARTHeavy BagBrock Pieper .............................5
Red ShadowBrock Pieper .............................6
Death by AsphyxiationStephanie Whitlow ..................7
By the OceanElizabeth Horvath ....................8
Old SpoonsElizabeth Horvath ....................9
Worried Indian MotherA. Meico Gowan ....................10
Los Maestros del BosqueGabriel Hughes ......................11
EntomologyJudith Goudy ...........................12
DelugeCollin Harrison ......................13
POETRYAn Ocean’s ColorChristian Grover ...................15
Falling in Love by the MilligramJacob Sisouk ............................16
A Parody to Save UsDiane K. Weber ......................17
PHOTOGRAPHYReflection on the IceJoAnna Sawallisch ..................19
JunkyardKylie Scrogin ...........................20
Trace #1Carrie Allen .............................21
VeinsJessica Mazeika .......................22
Through a Child’s EyesKylie Scrogin ...........................23
Into the FogSierra Hilbert ..........................24
The Forever TreeSierra Hilbert ..........................25
WaitingSierra Hilbert ..........................26
Bird Yawning Atop the Vittorio EmanueleThomas Doherty ...................27
Sorrento TunnelThomas Doherty ...................28
Make a WishMorgan Hopp .........................29
The Sun’s ReturnTodd Johnson ..........................30
BrokenwingEleanor Boersma ...................31
Man with CameraA. Meico Gowan ....................32
Come Back to LifeA. Meico Gowan ....................33
FacelessA. Meico Gowan ....................34
Lyndsay Marie Alma HolmA. Meico Gowan ....................35
Fly AwayA. Meico Gowan ....................36
The DescentCraig Schlawin ........................37
Staff ..................................... 38
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Heavy BagBrock Pieper
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Red ShadowBrock Pieper
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Death by AsphyxiationStephanie Whitlow
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By the OceanElizabeth Horvath
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Old SpoonsElizabeth Horvath
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Worried Indian MotherA. Meico Gowan
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Los Maestros del BosqueGabriel Hughes
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EntomologyJudith Goudy
No. 13
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DelugeCollin Harrison
No. 14
No. 15
I have found a magnificent sea monster in the Ocean of my mindHe is tall, red, blue and gold, beautiful to free searching eyesWith scales that flash from pattern to random distortionHis once tall sharp teeth have been dulled and brokenFrom gnawing on my heart
Below the surface he is dark and murkyWith indefinite size and no describable shapeI give him a name, that is always different, but to everyone the same
He has swallowed up the rotting, black bannered shipsBitter things that foul in his gutThings that cause him fester from the insideAnd dilate to mountainous proportionsIt is this terrible Poseidon that I fearHe calls out- “Oh, my swollen, aching belly. What are these now but tears?”Who knew that such a beast could cryEven more so, cry in such cognate rhythm with me
And so I begin my chase, I figure something so majesticcan be both at once liberated and on displayI follow him close behind through gale tempest wavesOh how we both loath the days that I lose the windHe, too, loves to play this game
Ho! He has led me to the edge of the infinite blueThe border of my mindHe leaps over, issuing a jubilant wailThat resonates within the falling waterHe crashes hard on paperDying and bleeding he twists and writhes in panicHe tears through the pagesRipping holes, he leaves behind a carnage of red confettiAt the bottom of the page, his eyes close as he lies in final signature
Upon a rock on the edge, enthralled, I watch the monster’s theaterWater gushing past me, waves spraying me with raptureThen I cry out, “My friend, why did I drive you this far?You were one of the great beauties of my Ocean.It has lost its vibrancy, its lifeFor you were in and of each other, composed as one”
As I breathe and find satisfaction, I steer my ship to where I beganGazing over the liquid crystal dunesHoping for an equal fluorescent color to matchSo I notice an egg of familiar color, ready to breachFloating along the waves of my Ocean
An Ocean’s ColorChristian Grover
No. 16
The truth is repetitive,Said the vein,To the sedative.As your veins turn to highways,By way of your vices.So you turn to your spices,And make your life more,Than just one more night,With your head on the floor.
Falling in Love by the MilligramJacob Sisouk
No. 17
Save us from poets,those egotistical writersall around us, intent on forcingtheir life interpretations,from the flowery verboseodes of English bards,spewing immortal verse,from new-age thinkers,their blank verse non-metrical,and irksome like rash on theskin of analysis,from singer-song writers,from poetry slammers andall self-published poets,banish them all to private journaling.save us from them,from those lessons in text booksmeant for intellectual dissection,from critics, digressing from the truth,when does it really matter what they say,and volumes of musty books,that juxtapose in solitude,in musty reflectionwith no readers.Save us from creative work,its mind freeze,its second guessing prattle,from fatigue from staying up late,trying to capturethoughts that quickly fade,from nuances and inquiry,from snippets of thought that diverge,from decipheringmeaning in words,from scattered notes in scribbled hand,from a fragmented mind trying to hurry,Save us from making sense of verse,save us from verse,from making sense of anything,from the aural, allusive writtenwonder of words,from another descriptive day, save us.
A Parody To Save UsDiane K. Weber
No. 18
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Reflection on the IceJoAnna Sawallisch
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JunkyardKylie Scrogin
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Trace #1Carrie Allen
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VeinsJessica Mazeika
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Through a Child’s EyesKylie Scrogin
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Into the FogSierra Hilbert
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The Forever TreeSierra Hilbert
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WaitingSierra Hilbert
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Bird Yawning Atop the Vittorio EmanueleThomas Doherty
No. 28
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Sorrento TunnelThomas Doherty
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Make a WishMorgan Hopp
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The Sun’s ReturnTodd Johnson
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BrokenwingEleanor Boersma
No. 32
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Man with CameraA. Meico Gowan
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Come Back to LifeA. Meico Gowan
No. 34
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FacelessA. Meico Gowan
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Lyndsay Marie Alma HolmA. Meico Gowan
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Fly AwayA. Meico Gowan
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The DescentCraig Schlawin
No. 38
Chris Babbitt Dulce Ramirez Kayla Downey
Natalie Mork Sierra Hilbert
No. 39
Kiersten Johnson Keisha Howerth Victoria Sockwell
Zack Latino Zach Miller
