{"id":1603,"date":"2014-09-03T14:58:43","date_gmt":"2014-09-03T18:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/wits\/?p=1603"},"modified":"2014-09-03T14:58:43","modified_gmt":"2014-09-03T18:58:43","slug":"two-exclusive-ink-writers-earn-honorable-mention-in-iupui-poetry-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/wits\/two-exclusive-ink-writers-earn-honorable-mention-in-iupui-poetry-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"TWO EXCLUSIVE INK WRITERS EARN HONORABLE MENTION IN IUPUI POETRY CONTEST"},"content":{"rendered":"

Writing in the Schools is thrilled to announce that two Exclusive Ink students earned honorable mentions in the 2014 IUPUI Poetry Contest, judged by poet Marcus Wicker.<\/p>\n

Wicker, whose first collection of poetry Maybe the Saddest Thing<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>was selected by D.A. Powell for the National Poetry Series, selected poems by Daizjha Verrett and Paula Cloyd as contest finalists.<\/p>\n

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\nDaizjha’s poem “Such Beauty in One Man’s Laugh” was one of our favorite pieces published in our third edition of the Exclusive Ink<\/em> print journal, with all its vivid details and surprising turns of phrase.<\/p>\n

Such Beauty in One Man’s Laugh<\/strong><\/p>\n

He\u2019s laughing at the boy who spreads ketchup on his golden chicken.
\nHis laughter\u2019s thick and lofty, filling the room
\nwith its sound, drawing the family\u2019s attention
\nto the boy. The children join in the laughter,
\nfor this tradition of eating chicken is foreign
\nand new. Smells of divine meats and vegetables
\nfill the home, overpowering this laughter.
\nAgain it\u2019s silent and the clang and cling
\nof silverware resumes.
\nHe\u2019s stuck his gaze on the boy as he eats his
\nmeal and chuckles.
\nHe\u2019s cold yet warm.
\nHe\u2019s the hoe no the pickaxe in the shed.
\nHis light\u2019s dim and suspended in darkness.
\nHe\u2019s the beginning of the hurricane, the instant from calm to danger.
\nHe\u2019s a black onyx wrapped in silk and grunge.
\nHe\u2019s the canyon you wonder where it ends, where it begins.
\nHe\u2019s midnight where everything is hushed and silent but the people know
\nthere are secrets in the dark.
\nBut somehow this boy of weird taste brings out a genuine laugh,
\na joyous smile.
\nA remarkable night.
\nIt has been a while since he\u2019s laughed this laugh
\ncovered in dust and cobwebs from the months and years
\nof non-use. The family knows
\nthis and they can only be grateful for
\nthat night laughter has never struck that man
\nso hard he fell from his chair
\nholding that tiny belly. That night ended
\nwith such beauty in one man\u2019s laugh.<\/p>\n

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Paula, who took home first prize\u00a0in the previous year’s IUPUI Poetry Contest, once again impressed the judges with her poem “Static,” a playful, rhythmic romp about the laundry of romance.<\/p>\n

Static<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am
\nstatic, clinging
\nto your body,
\nyour woolly sheets,
\nthe carpet
\nstained with shadows.
\nI’m stuck on you,
\nto
\nyou, making my lips frizz
\nas you pull away.
\nWanna
\nzap you back up,
\nimplore
\nyou to stay, make your way
\nback
\ninto my salty demeanor,
\ncleaner
\nthan dryer sheets.<\/p>\n

Both Exclusive Ink poets\u00a0will have the opportunity to read their work at IUPUI Poetry Contest awards ceremony Thursday, October 9, at 7:30 p.m. in the Lilly Auditorium of University Library located on the IUPUI campus at 755 West Michigan Street in downtown Indianapolis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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