The Ram's Tale: 2006 table of contents

"Ink runs from the corners of my mouth;
there is no happiness like mine.
I have been eating poetry."

—Mark Strand

And by Mongoly Naly Xiong

Fall by Victor A. Perez

The Hour I Return by Allison Joy Faulkner

Through Titi’s (Small Boy) Eyes by Kalena Rettner

The Old Tree in Our Yard by Francine Morrow Keehnel

You Were Looking for Glass by Kathryn Giberson

Ambitious Donuts by Sandi Howard

Blue Jeans by Desiree Gilbreth

Rain-Drenched by Titus Williams

Light, Parts I, II, III by Linda Corrales

Bliss by Tamara Smith

Interchange by Francine Morrow Keehnel

In Whitman’s Diary (Afterglow) by Francine Morrow Keehnel

Ode to Pollution by Mongoly Naly Xiong

Home by Allison Faulkner

Foot-Printed Pillow by Victor A. Perez

Freckles by Renee Drandell

Escalando Hacia Las Estrellas by Tannya Villalvazo

Touring Baghdad by James Pruecil

"Life beats down and crushes the soul
and art reminds you that you have one."
—Stella Adler

Dented Aluminum Jug by Maya Primavera Flores

Untitled by Dante Bellotta

Ojai Blues by Joaquin Castro

Rage by Dante Bellotta

Soul Sacrifice by Baldomero Galindo

Tennis Shoes by Renee Johnson

Untitled by Bee Vue

"Storytelling reveals meaning
without committing the error of defining it."
—Hannah Arendt

Madness by Emilio Gutierrez

Wonderful Machine by Benjamin Rae

Anhedonia by Peter Jones

Not Enough by Laura Ellen Cox

Come Sail Away by Natasha Lopez

"While there is perhaps a province in which the photograph
can tell us nothing more than what we see with our own eyes,
there is another in which it proves to us
how little our eyes permit us to see."
—Dorothea Lange

Pose for Picture by Misty Jones

Tree by Renee Johnson

In the Word by Vivienne Henry

A Little Siesta by Vivienne Henry

Dutch Tower by Holly Jo Patrick

Charity’s View by Vivienne Henry

Boy on Rock by Misty Jones

My Name Is Mike McGaffrey by Victor A. Perez

Untitled by Andrea Ortega

Cactus 2 by Nathan A. Tyree

Navy by Renee Johnson

"Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart."
—William Wordsworth

Even from a Wheelchair by Joe Hemphill

Bayonet by Adam Thompson