{"id":643,"date":"2018-06-06T10:55:01","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T14:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/crystallize\/?page_id=643"},"modified":"2018-10-04T16:59:01","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T20:59:01","slug":"annuals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/crystallize\/previous-issues\/crystallize-review-2018\/poetry\/annuals\/","title":{"rendered":"Annuals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each year, for Thanksgiving, the family<br \/>\nRations the ashes of another member<br \/>\nFor offspring to keep in small plastic bags,<br \/>\nThe rest are shaken into the water.<\/p>\n<p>My grandfather was blown<br \/>\nTo the middle of the lake \u2013<br \/>\nSwallowed by babies of bass he taught me to catch.<br \/>\nMy grandmother washed away with the tide &#8211;<br \/>\nSifted to the sea floor where quahogs bury themselves.<br \/>\nShe taught me to squat in the cold ocean,<br \/>\nDigging my fingers into the sand, feeling for shells.<br \/>\nHer fingerprints were scraped away by this,<br \/>\nBut her identity lives in the small,<br \/>\nYellow flower thrown to the lapping waves.<\/p>\n<p>Distance is hard to cover.<br \/>\nFive hours of blurry, dead trees<br \/>\nMakes my neck sore,<br \/>\nI try to watch them all.<\/p>\n<p>She used to wait for me<br \/>\nAt the other end,<br \/>\nArms stretched wide to fit my torso,<br \/>\nSmile like siren songs.<br \/>\nBut now, there is no small hand to squeeze<br \/>\nWhen my loved ones float to sea \u2013<br \/>\nJust my brother\u2019s calloused fingers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Steven<\/strong><strong> Salisbury<br \/>\n<\/strong>Distinguished Voices in Literature Poetry Prize Winner<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This dynamic poem skillfully moves between memory and the present scene. Literal details ground the memories and create a complex emotional experience. The specificity of details in a line like \u201cMy grandmother washed away with the tide\u2014 \/ Sifted to the sea floor where quahogs bury themselves\u201d demonstrates the careful balance the poet strikes between language and emotion. The tactile detail that ends this poem works particularly well.<br \/>\n<strong>&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.cortland.edu\/departments\/english\/distinguished-voices-in-literature\/christine-kitano\">Christine Kitano<\/a>, Contest Judge, author of <em>Sky Country<\/em> and <em>Birds of Paradise<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-626 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/crystallize\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2018\/06\/Image-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/crystallize\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2018\/06\/Image-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/crystallize\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2018\/06\/Image-1-800x800.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Steven Salisbury<\/strong> is majoring in Professional Writing with a minor in Cinema. He draws from personal experience and his passion for musical lyricism to write poetry. A focus on making the intangible tactile shapes his image-driven style.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/crystallize\/current-issue\/poetry\"><strong>Back to Poetry<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each year, for Thanksgiving, the family Rations the ashes of another member For offspring to keep in small plastic bags, The rest are shaken into the water. My grandfather was blown To the middle of the lake \u2013 Swallowed by babies of bass he taught me to catch. 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