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Monthly Archives: May 2008
Two Hawks Quarterly
Issue 1 – Number 4 – Spring 2008
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Gina Maria DiPonio |
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Morgan W. Strauss |
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Diana Corbin |
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Darby Bailey |
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Zachary Ash |
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Dennis Fulgoni |
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Philip Barragan |
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Darby Bailey |
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Crystal Moore |
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Darby Bailey |
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Dale Madison |
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Loretta Williams |
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Martha Woodroof |
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Mike Rosen |
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The Art of Rush Hour Traffic |
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Alistair McCartney |
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Gretchen Mattox |
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Marykate Linehan |
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Darby Bailey |
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Darby Bailey |
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Kurt Bloom |
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A Thousand Sad Pieces
Golden light created a soft waterfall through the dense canopy of trees in the mountain village, filtering through the early morning mist rising from the valley below, falling sporadically on the roof of his adobe home. It crawled gently down the walls looking for the window it knew everyday at this hour. It let itself in, Read More »
LOS ANGELES, CA – “I was a sniper,” he said.
“But you’re out now?”
“Yeah. I did six years but I’ll probably re-enlist.” “Why?” I asked. “He’s got kids,” Galley-man hollered from his post.
I was charging my lap-top down in the galley and at the next stop in Chico, Sniper-man got off to smoke and Galley-man told me he’d cut off Sniper-man’s booze at 3am after he and another Iraq Vet drank most of Amtrak’s mini-bar. Read More »
It was those charged five minutes between 2nd and 3rd period when the courtyard of my junior high was suddenly thronged with twelve-, thirteen- and fourteen-year-olds of all shapes and sizes, all with backpacks dangling off their shoulders. Small groups began to form, halting traffic on the two narrow Read More »
You’re waiting for your best friend, Pablo Perez, to call. His father’s recently put in a pool, and you’re hoping for an invite. It’s already past noon, and no call, so the Poor Man’s Jacuzzi becomes your sanctuary, your oasis, on a hot afternoon. Read More »
It was 13 years ago. I am 9 years old. It is a sweltering summer. The ocean breeze arrives right before sundown. The neighborhood children and I have gathered to play Flying Colors. We are choosing teams. A younger, filthy boy (resembling Pig Pen) walks up to me.
“ Girls can’t do anything!” Hunter says to me in front of everyone. Read More »
