Emerald,
2015
Butler University
Third Movement,
2015
Butler University
Third Movement, Russell W. Finch
Manuscripts
Sweat popped from his forehead, coursed down the crevices to the light stubble of his beard, gathered weight, itched its way around the promontory of chin, surged in rivulets down the leathery neck, collected in a pool at the base of his throat, spilled over on the breast, was absorbed by clothing, became a source of future irritation-unnoticed at the moment. His tommy negligently tucked in the crook of his right arm, some hundred and fifty pounds of equipment stowed about his person, weight pressed into the cable-guard, he stood with feet spread wide on the loading ramp of the …
Impasse,
2015
Butler University
Impasse, Arthur E. Graham
Manuscripts
Turning the frame so that the painting better reflected the meagre light filtering through the window, Carl scrutinized his work. It was a still life, dissimilar only in its crudeness from anyone of the thousands like it hanging in galleries and homes; The reds and yellows had been dulled with too much blue, giving the apples and bananas an over-ripe, indigestible appearance; the green cloth lay in folds that only paint and brush could make it assume; the bowl was as unnaturally distorted as the fruit was artificially symmetrical. Slowly Carl moved in a semi-circle in front of the picture, …
The Frenchman,
2015
Butler University
The Frenchman, Byron M. Carmichael
Manuscripts
They spilled out over the German countryside in all directions. They stood bareheaded along the roads gaping pitifully at the invaders, still dumbfounded by their sudden release from the slave labor camp. A few hours before, their guards had fled inland to escape the long steel probing fingers of the allied armies. Like wild animals fleeing a forest fire, the prisoners that could still walk had poured forth (rum the hated camp as soon as their guards disappeared. They had no destination. At that moment they were nothing but starved animals putting all possible space between them and their infamous …
There Is Beauty There,
2015
Butler University
There Is Beauty There, Howard Michaelsen
Manuscripts
I turn my head to broad and level plains
And watch the wind force worship of the grain;
Here is a thrill that I cannot explain,
Beyond compare,
For there is beauty there!
Train Nocturne,
2015
Butler University
Train Nocturne, Allyn Wood
Manuscripts
Upon the wing of Cygnus in migration
Eternal through the systems of the night-
First-Born Of Sorrow,
2015
Butler University
First-Born Of Sorrow, George W. Coffin
Manuscripts
Wanderer, wanderer,
Weary and tired,
Who spoke to Bach
and Massenet
In Komm Susser Tod
and Elegie-
Speak to me now;
Speak to me now.
Eulogy,
2015
Butler University
Eulogy, Richard J.O. Greene
Manuscripts
In cadence matched to mark each falling tear,
Tolls off each step of us, his mourning legions
Oh! that muffled hooves of beasts alone
Should spend my tears, is slighting to my grief;
Fifty Cents An Hour,
2015
Butler University
Fifty Cents An Hour, Carl Henn
Manuscripts
"We'll try to be back by 11:00 o'clock. There's ham in the refrigerator and cookies in the cabinet. Be a good girl, Minnie; take good care of Debbie. Good-bye."
Inside,
2015
Butler University
In Espalier,
2015
Butler University
In Espalier, George Coffin
Manuscripts
It's three years now since the hyacinths were set along the gravel walk, and columbine mats in tangled masses in the corner plot this spring. soot-smudged web films veil the hanging rows of bulbs, wrinkled and dried to nothingness in the shed. The tools, their rich patina dust-dulled, die too - die slowly in rich red rust. The formal order's gone now, or going at least, before the writhing, creeping motion of unleashed growing things. The growing things return, as they will, to the abandon of chaotic beauty unrestrained.
The Dilemma Of Faith,
2015
Butler University
The Dilemma Of Faith, Robert Bowles
Manuscripts
When the deadly, billowing, mushroom- shaped cloud signifying the explosion of the atomic bomb surged skyward over Bikini Atoll, it marked the opening of another chapter in the history of man's attempts to control the universe. Small, weak, and insignificant though he appeared when contrasted to the unlimited expanse of the cosmos, that branch of the animal world known as man had now tightened and extended his control over the universe. Is it any wonder that his chest swelled with pride as he contemplated his latest achievement of power? Is he to blame for suddenly wondering if he could not …
Old Man,
2015
Butler University
Old Man, Mary Alice Kessler
Manuscripts
Marvin walked slowly. His feet felt like two pancakes. He could no longer feel them except they were so hot. Just like a couple of pancakes. Flabby old hot pancakes. Marvin stopped under a big oak all hung with Spanish moss. It was cool here .. as cool as it ever was in Louisiana .. like when he went down into the swamps in the afternoon. Sticky cool like damp rags around his body. Marvin squinted with concentration. There was a broken down shack up the hill a way. Looked like there was a gal on the porch. Marvin laughed …
Dr. Mausdeth,
2015
Butler University
Dr. Mausdeth, Mary Alice Kessler
Manuscripts
Dr. Mausdeth was a good doctor. Everybody in Partridge knows that he was a good doctor. Why, he brought more babies into the world here in Partridge than you could count - and remember during that storm last spring when he was up for four days and nights without any sleep, taking care of the poor white trash beyond the railroad yards who got washed out? Mrs. Casper had a baby the first night of the storm. Her husband had been dead for only a week. Remember how he took care of everybody so well and all? And how he …
Poems,
2015
Butler University
Poems, Frances King
Manuscripts
Frances King's poems won first prize in the poetry ,division.
Front Matter,
2015
Butler University
Volume 14, Issue 3: Full Issue,
2015
Butler University
The Last Word,
2015
Butler University
Profile Of A Nation,
2015
Butler University
Profile Of A Nation, Donald H. Emrick
Manuscripts
Behind every face lies a story. Behind the profile of Abraham Lincoln dwelled the soulstirring drama of a fledging nation-its tribulations, its triumphs. Every stroke of the artist in painting the President depicted character, hope, life.
Price Of Courage,
2015
Butler University
Price Of Courage, Barbara Shellhouse
Manuscripts
This is a narrative of the years snatched from a man's life, a young man, a writer. Ramon Larue was his name.
