Aurora Magazine 2017

Contents

Non Fiction The Sun’s Descent.......................8 Love Letter to Home ..............16 A Punk Oasis ...........................19 The Spillway .............................70 Fiction The Park ...................................25 To Sail No More ......................34 Raise and Bury Thee! .............43 Grandma’s House ....................49 The Life Tree ............................62 Poetry A Hymn to Lure Hypnos ........6 Autumn Leaves .......................11 The Pen ....................................12 The Other Me ..........................14 Where Have All The Colors Gone .........................................23 Bull Ties ...................................30 Eleusinian Haiku ....................40 The Stone Man ........................47 11 Haikus for 14 Years ...........57

Of Maenads and Madness ....58 Confessions of Adam’s Second Wife .........................................68 Hapless Hope .........................69 Balance ...................................73 Art Invincible ....................Cover art Dream Big Little One ..............7 Follow Your Dreams ..............10 Railroad Ties ..........................15 Black Hole Sun .......................18 Hungry ....................................21 Chinese Watercolor Horse ....22 Flower .....................................24 Where Everything Begins......33 Smithville Memories .............42 The Endless Chase .................46 Burning Hope ........................56 Stop .........................................60 Essence ....................................61 Blast .........................................66 A Horse of a Different Color .......................................67 Inside the Mind .....................72 Experiencing Wonderland ...74

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