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TUSCARORA REVIEW 2016
2016 TUSCARORA REVIEW
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Michelle Rouch,
Man's Best Friend
— Drawing
Mistral
John Hovde
“The invisible and creeping wind,” repeated Maitland.
“They say pigs can see the wind.”
Patrick O’Brian –
Master and Commander
It’s no small wonder that swine are often inattentive and occasionally surly.
It’s a gift and a curse to see what approaches, pushed
by the whimsical face blowing from the margin of an ancient map.
What unseen tools sculpt malleable clouds above us;
celestial chisels, divine torches, anvils of evolution?
The snake’s gift is to taste the air, bats can hear the sky and
hounds can smell the past. Mankind imagines a final work, but
the shape of his world lies hidden in the medium.
Then, the artists changes as she creates;
her vision flows as time does. Her masterpiece is unseen,
the breath of Boreas has yet to reach the edge.
Joshua Soumphant,
Know Thy Self
— Drawing