Cheryl
By Elizabeth Stansberry
Gentle, porcelain girl,
With a sweetness uncertain,
Her smile, half-crooked
Shines through the trees
I see her laughing
By the lake, cold
And misty blue,
And I want to run to her
I see the puzzle pieces
Of her life
Scattered before me
A safety pin,
A wedding ring,
A bright pink dress,
A treehouse made for one,
An unfinished coloring book,
A journal that has never been written in,
And the term paper marked with an A,
I link the puzzle together,
And I see only a porcelain angel,
Standing there,
A mystical creature
living a child’s life,
I see her
Floating there,
Half-lingering between dust and rain,
I sense her greatness,
With soles made of moonlight,
Her slight voice glides
Through the air,
And sets hearts on fire,
Cheryl, the shy,
Cheryl, the scared,
Cheryl, the true,
Her eyes shine amber-gold,
And her love washes over me,
I see her now,
Dancing in the sun,
Bathed in powder blue sky,
D ra p e d in gold an d silver,
For she is the ever-lasting,
She is the Queen of all
Glow-in-the-dark hearts
By Megan Marlatt
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Answers on page 6
By Cole Merkel
Sudoku
Crossword
Across
1. Engine aerator
5. Formally surrender
9. Zeus’ wife
13. Cousin of a bassoon
14. Some water-borne forces
15. Mounted on
16. Allows one to carry two passports
19. Multi-storied, glass ceiling
20. Danish block
21. Modern(-ish) cubit
22. Mistakes
24. Various
26. Felted camel hair fabric
29. They may be drawn
31. Buddhist discipline
32. Green breakfast fruits
37. Andy’s radio partner
38. Junior’s junior
39. Newborn’s covering
41. A shower, for one
46. Dine
47. Window ledge
48. It was dropped in the 60’s
49. Make rough
53. Hints
55. Magazine revenue source
56. Misstep
58. Northern Italian provincial capital;
originator of opera
62. Game spaces
65. Milne bear
66. Aquarium fish
67. Big brass
68. Absorbed by
69. Gaelic language
70. Octagonal sign
Down
1. Musical finale
2. Adjoin
3. Den din
4. Misrepresent
5. Rooty, for one
6. Nefarious
6 3
9
8 4
5 4
3
7 1
2 7
1 3
5
9
8
2
6
8 2
6
2
5
The objective of Sudoku is to fill all the blank squares with the
correct numbers, from 1 to 9. Every row, column and square must
include all digits, 1 through 9, in any order.
7. ...and confused
8. Poetically lament
9. Possesses
10. Early anesthetic
11. Stirs sediment
12. Snow White’s magic sleeper
14. Biblical constructor of the Tower
of Babel
17. Like some hair
18. Popular narrative
23. Draft holder
25. Methuselah’s father
26. “Take on Me!” composers
27. Fail miserably
28. Indonesian water buffalo
30. Deep drinks
33. Poly- follower
34. Copycat
35. Keratin cover
36. Stars
40.___Zeppelin
42. Urgency
43. Echo
44. Female graduate
45. Transparent
49. Wrists
50. Old-fashioned music hall
51. Fancy tie
52. Fertilizer ingredient
54. Like some spoiled children
57. Cherry centers
59. Talk up
60. Pinecone scale
61. Without delay, for short
63. Density symbol
64. Refinable rock
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