SHARK REEF
A publication of the Lopez Writers Guild
Vol. 2, No. 1
February 2002
TURNING POINTS
For there is a boundary to looking.
And the world that is looked at so deeply
wants to flourish in love.Work of the eyes is done, now
go and do heart-work
on all the images imprisoned within you; for you
overpowered them: but even now you don't know them.
from Turning-Point
by Rainer Maria Rilke
Marcia Simpson.............................CURRENT EVENTS
.....on an impulse, an old woman casts her fate to the open seaLaurie Parker.................................THE SAVIOR
.....an exile's destiny: unconditional love from the lowest of the lowKip Robinson Greenthal................TATTOO EMPORIUM
.....inside her daughter's dark sanctuary, a mother witnesses a rite of passageHeather June..................................BALM OF GILEAD
.....persuaded by tequila and vivid dreams, a college student abandons herself to forces beyond her controlDavid Halpern.................................NESTING
.....imagine having a baby and running off at the first sign of danger
Visual Art: Sylvia
Chesley Smith
.....through every door, a dream
Special Extra Issue: Nine One One
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by Leta
Currie Marshall