The Agora, Volume 2, 2012 - PLATO

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The Agora
Volume 2, 2012
Participatory Learning and Teaching Organization

The Agora
Volume 2, 2012
Participatory Learning and Teaching Organization
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PLATO Mission
PLATO is a participatory, member-led, learning-in-retirement organization
committed to continually developing and promoting intellectual and cultural
enrichment opportunities for its members in association with the University
of Wisconsin–Madison.
The Agora Mission
The Agora is a juried publication of PLATO, the Participatory Learning
and Teaching Organization associated with the University of Wisconsin–
Madison’s Division of Continuing Studies. The journal seeks to share the
creative talents of its members by publishing their literary and artistic
contributions in a periodic volume of original works, including poetry,
short fiction, nonfiction and pictorial and photographic art. Of particular
interest is material that has a distinct point of view and is inspired by broadly
humanistic values and the liberal arts tradition.
Acknowledgements
The Editorial Board of The Agora wishes to acknowledge the invaluable
contribution of UW-Madison Continuing Studies, specifically, Wendy Kerr,
Christina Finet and Professor Barry Orton. We wish also to acknowledge the
support and cooperation of the PLATO Board of Directors. The Editorial
Board also thanks the reviewers who assisted in the selection of the material
for Volume 2.

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The Agora
Volume 2, 2012
Editor-in-Chief Vaunceil Kruse
Managing Editor Edna Canfield
Editorial Board Lauren Blough
Ellen Last
Phil Paulson
Winifred Batson, Fiction
Irv Klibaner, Nonfiction
Peter Finch, Poetry
Fred Ross, Poetry
Design Christina Finet
Cont. Studies Liaison Wendy Kerr
The Agora is a juried literary magazine published annu-
ally by PLATO, Participatory Learning and Teaching
Organization, with funding and staff support from the
University of Wisconsin–Madison Continuing Studies.
© 2012 PLATO, Participatory Learning and Teaching Organization
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Dedication
The Agora Volume 2 is dedicated to Wendy Kerr,
Christina Finet and all of the magazine’s contributors
whose expertise, effort and commitment to the arts
make this publication possible.
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Contents

artwork
Ginnie McCarthy Cherokee Circles 8
nonfiction
Norman Leer At the Blue Note 9
poem
Daryl Sherman Dead Winter 12
fiction
Edna Canfield Sunken Treasure 13
nonfiction
Rita Hack Rausch The 1970 Battle of Midway 14
artwork
Daryl Sherman Bird of Paradise Abstraction 15
nonfiction
Claudia Melrose The Lightning of Courage 16
poem
Sparrow Senty Old, Old Man 20
nonfiction
Frank Springer Me and the Dalai Lama 21
nonfiction
Grethe Brix-J. Leer Far’s Birthday Fest 23
artwork
Ginnie McCarthy Troy Gardens Still Life #3 26
fiction
David Hyson Mediquette 27
fiction
Ken Richardson The Boy and the Veteran 29
artwork
Ellen Maurer Just Fishin’ 31
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poem
Joanne Lee Storlie Points of View 32
nonfiction
Kathy DiGiuseppe Gomes
The Bracelet 34
poem
Lorna Kniaz Mothers Are Forever 36

nonfiction
Ellen Maurer The Tractor War 37
artwork
John Hoffman County Fair 39
nonfiction
Julie Pretell The Pay-Back Dinner 40
nonfiction
Wil Selbrede The Sewing Box 43
poem
Bert Adams Kenyan Haiku 45
artwork
Gail McCoy Blue Energy 46
poem
David Berger Lifting Mist 47
fiction
Joanne Lee Storlie Love Affair With Kirby 48
fiction
Marvin T. Beatty Cold Secret 50
artwork
Daryl Sherman Leaves and Light 55
poem
Myrna Williamson What the Leaf Doesn’t Know 56
fiction
Sparrow Senty Let’s Talk Scirocco 58
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artwork
Gail McCoy July Morning 60
nonfiction
David Lewke Country School 61
nonfiction
Evelyn Rueckert Water 64
artwork
Sandra Haspl Resilience 66
nonfiction
George Faunce The Last Thing She Said 67
poem
Norman Leer Watching a Norwegian Church
on CNN after the Killings 69
artwork
Susan Hoffman Beekeeper 70
nonfiction
April Hoffman Dad and Darwin 71
artwork
April Hoffman Tale Bone 74
poem
Ken Richardson An Old Fish Story 75
poem
Judith Zukerman Chebeague Island 76
Contributors 77
Ordering Information inside back cover
artwork
Ken Richardson Red-Tailed Hawk cover art

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Cherokee Circles, by Ginnie McCarthy
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