Children's and Young Adult Literature Commons^™

Medicine Cord, David Sparenberg

The Mythic Circle

I grasp in my hands today the tail feather of a hawk

Red Hawk Song / Mount Lowe 1978 / Higher, David Sparenberg, Paul Newman

The Mythic Circle

Red Hawk Song: I admit that I love you. My heart sings strongly through the fires of my body. Mount Lowe 1978: Ruins rambled, too well sifted Higher: Watching the crows' realm, treetop mopers amidst cloud erasers of the blue.

Only Half A Moon Outside, Zan Agzigian

The Mythic Circle

he mumbled low, hidden in past footsteps, beaming through the tom branches needling his head

Untitled / The Flutist, Rhea Rose, Jill Solnicki

The Mythic Circle

Untitled: Cindy lives in the emerald sea Where water babies tug her hair The Flutist: lifted the silver shaft of light to his lips then danced

Taking Off, Jill Solnicki

The Mythic Circle

The ferris wheel creaks, shudders, then lifts off

Walking On Royal Carpets / Meteorite, Owen R. Neill, Jill Solnicki

The Mythic Circle

Walking on Royal Carpets: No sun penetrates here, Holy man-light in these halls of halls Meteorite: What news did it bring crashing out of the night

Elfin Corner Trees, Charles Rampp

The Mythic Circle

surprized each dawn, our morning star and i as crescent moon pales

Lohengrin, Owen R. Neill

The Mythic Circle

Knight of the morning swan flowing; Light of the waters through time mists gleaming

The Vernal Queen, Colleen Anderson

The Mythic Circle

He came to me. I was still young, growing like new shoots.

Annwyn Castle / Dragon Sol / Eye Of Miranda, Owen R. Neill, Rhea Rose

The Mythic Circle

Annwyn Castle: The castle turns and turns westerly, gleaming westerly, all glass and radiating rainbows. Dragon Sol: the golden blood of gods pounds in your core, searing sea of molten force Eye of Miranda: dark shepherdess of epsilon whose lightless watch and silent cyclic trek

Cinderella's Revenge / Sleeping Beauty / Snow White Speaks Out, Jill Solnicki

The Mythic Circle

Cinderella’s Revenge: Sisters, you shut me by the hearth, by the broom and cinders, Sleeping Beauty: Wake me wake me I have slept so long the sun rising falling leaves uncurling crumbling Snow White Speaks Out: I see everything through the glass The tree that forms a roof, a canopy over my coffin,

Sea Spiders, Sue Nevill

The Mythic Circle

Straight from the sea they come, straight from the mouth of the great bronze god, sightless Poseidon

The Little Mermaid, Jill Solnicki

The Mythic Circle

I saw the belly of the boat slide by, silent and seamless as a whale.

Sunset And Dawn…, E. R. Lifeson

The Mythic Circle

In Her sadness, the Mother of All wept.

Secret Of The Golden Bough, Owen R. Neill

The Mythic Circle

Thunder and lightning lie among the branches, celestial fire sent as pledge on earth

Et Cetera, Marshall University

Et Cetera

Founded in 1953, Et Cetera is an annual literary magazine that publishes the creative writing and artwork of Marshall University students and affiliates. Et Cetera is free to the Marshall University community.

Et Cetera welcomes submissions in literary and film criticism, poetry, short stories, drama, all types of creative non-fiction, photography, and art.

Vulture / Pigeons, John Grey, Lynn Maudlin

The Mythic Circle

Vulture: The vulture is the most fabulous of birds. Pigeons: The pigeons turned to vultures in the night, By morning light they were eating city carrion.

Sonnet For A Blessed Son Of Grace, Angelee Sailer Anderson

The Mythic Circle

Twice thirty suns of measured bliss, you danced within my arms to shanties of the sea.

Sky-Toy, Elizabeth Hillman

The Mythic Circle

Brilliant spiders waltz and whirl Behind the sky-bowl, Spinning the delicate wheels To keep our toy-universe in order

Carn Cabal, Owen R. Neill

The Mythic Circle

Beast of wonders, hunter of myth, companion of the Lord Artorius swift as light to pursue the wild boar among the forest glades of Buelt.

The Gift Of Sibyl, Owen R. Neill

The Mythic Circle

In a Grecian jar carved holy by Apollo the voice of Sibyl cries to all who ask,

Swan Song / Finality / She Of The Lake, John Grey, Elizabeth Hillman, Ann K. Schwader

The Mythic Circle

Swan Song: From this window, bronzed by the swollen eye of the sun, I hear the cry of swans Finality: At dusk, the night-raven came, Perched on the chimney and croaked, Echoing, oppressive She of the Lake: The healing touch of water quenches fire In man and sword alike: a cooling death Comes welcome after warring and desire

Journeyqueen Of Cups, Ann K. Schwader

The Mythic Circle

Against the road’s long dust, she offers Fire & water both: alchemical tempering of the heart.

Predictions, John Grey

The Mythic Circle

Light pokes through the sculptured lions atop the battlements,

Ulysses To Penelope / Penelope To Ulysses / The Man In The Machine, John Patrick Wall, Elizabeth Hillman

The Mythic Circle

Ulysses to Penelope: When off upon the oceans blue Forever will I think of you Penelope to Ulysses: My wonderous love, no longer roam Return unto your true love’s home The Man In The Machine: The Great Roc flies; I sit on a claw, My arm around the leg

Horse And Rider, John Grey

The Mythic Circle

l‘d rather ride a white horse through the heavens than be cramped in this rocket ship.

While Others Dream / After Violence / Estranged, Dwight E. Humphries

The Mythic Circle

While Others Dream: Awake while others dream I cast dusty eyes Over my heart’s ruins. After Violence: Blood will not be erased; Though streets foam With a muddy flood Stains nothing can Wash away remain Estranged: I am isolate, Estranged from all I see Though I am its master.

Et Cetera, Marshall University

Et Cetera

Founded in 1953, Et Cetera is an annual literary magazine that publishes the creative writing and artwork of Marshall University students and affiliates. Et Cetera is free to the Marshall University community.

Et Cetera welcomes submissions in literary and film criticism, poetry, short stories, drama, all types of creative non-fiction, photography, and art.

Et Cetera, Marshall University

Et Cetera

Founded in 1953, Et Cetera is an annual literary magazine that publishes the creative writing and artwork of Marshall University students and affiliates. Et Cetera is free to the Marshall University community.

Et Cetera welcomes submissions in literary and film criticism, poetry, short stories, drama, all types of creative non-fiction, photography, and art.

Et Cetera, Marshall University

Et Cetera

Founded in 1953, Et Cetera is an annual literary magazine that publishes the creative writing and artwork of Marshall University students and affiliates. Et Cetera is free to the Marshall University community.

Et Cetera welcomes submissions in literary and film criticism, poetry, short stories, drama, all types of creative non-fiction, photography, and art.