Behind Our Eyes: A Second Look
Behind Our Eyes: A Second Look
The second literary anthology of Stories, Poems and Essays by Writers with Disabilities.
Editor: Kate Chamberlin, B.S., M.A.
ISBN: 978-1490304472
Copyright© 2013 Behind Our Eyes, Inc.
Available on Amazon.com in paperback and kindle formats.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Dedication …………………………………………………………………… iii
Acknowledgements ………………………………………………………. iv
Introduction …………………………………………………………………. xiii
PART I: ECHOES OF CHANGE
Banging the Drum Loudly, Memoir ……………………………… 1
By Peter Altschul
The Willows Weep, Memoir ……………………………………….. 4
By Myrna E. Badgerow
Now and Then, Sonnet ……………………………………………….. 7
By Myrna E. Badgerow
The Art of Dying, Memoir ………………………………………….. 8
By Bonnie Blose
A Long Way From Home, Memoir ………………………………. 13
By Phyllis Staton Campbell
Wonders of Womanhood, Free Verse ……………………………. 21
By Marsha Gaide
The Little Window, Memoir ………………………………………… 21
By Tara Arlene Innmon
The Afternoon I Caused My Own Abduction, Memoir ……. 27
By Barbara Mattson
Stars In My Eyes, Free Verse ………………………………………. 30
By Valerie Moreno
A Different Kind of Healing, Memoir …………………………… 31
By DeAnna Quietwater Noriega
Grandma, Memoir ……………………………………………………… 34
By Michael Price
Best Friends, Memoir …………………………………………………. 43
By Rebecca Shields
Strength Through Stitches, Memoir ……………………………… 50
By Rebecca Shields
A Noteworthy Friendship, Memoir ………………………………. 54
By Rhonda T. Spear
Mother And Child Reunion, Memoir ……………………………. 57
By Terri Winaught
PART II: SEASONS AND CELEBRATIONS
Nobody Ever Asks Me About My Mother, Memoir ………… 61
By Bonnie Blose
The Empty Nest Halloween, Memoir …………………………… 65
By Kate Chamberlin
Buddies and Pals Nursery School, Memoir …………………… 67
By Kate Chamberlin
Rubik’s Cube, Memoir ……………………………………………….. 70
By Caitlin Hernandez
A Journey of a Thousand Miles, Memoir ………………………. 73
By Shawn Jacobson
A Simple Pleasure, Fiction ………………………………………….. 78
By Bobbi LaChance
Reflection, A Love Story, Fiction ………………………………… 82
By Bobbi LaChance
Eclipse – Hands Folded in Prayer, Free Verse ………………… 89
By Lynda Lambert
Family Feast, Memoir ………………………………………………… 91
By Deon Lyons
The Other Side of the Glass Wall, Memoir ……………………. 95
By Deon Lyons
Egg Cream, Please, Memoir ……………………………………….. 98
By Valerie Moreno
Marshmallow Peeps, Memoir ……………………………………… 99
By DeAnna Quietwater Noriega
The Box on the Porch, Memoir ……………………………………. 101
By Ed Potter
YOM KIPPUR, Cinquain ……………………………………………. 102
By William Preston
Stealing Yeses, Free Verse …………………………………………… 103
By Nancy Scott
Heaven on Earth, Free Verse ……………………………………….. 104
By Sherry Taylor
Christmas Magic, Fiction ……………………………………………. 104
By Sherry Taylor
Birds of Noël, Memoir ……………………………………………….. 111
By Judith E. Vido
PART III: IS IT POSSIBLE?
Sweet Music, Fiction …………………………………………………. 114
By Myrna Badgerow
The Nicest Little Friend, Fiction ………………………………….. 116
By Nicole Bissett
Terms and Conditions, Fiction …………………………………….. 123
By Manny Colver
Probabilities, Fiction ………………………………………………….. 129
By Manny Colver
A Dotty Encounter, Fiction …………………………………………. 134
By Ellen Fritz
The Reality of Rejection, Fiction …………………………………. 141
By Shawn Jacobson
Audioscape, Flash Fiction …………………………………………… 144
By Nancy Lynn
Hold Me Down, Sci-Fiction ……………………………………….. 145
By Traci McDonald
Would you?, Non-Fiction ……………………………………………. 149
By Christine Malec
I Call on the Spirit of John Milton, Free Verse ………………. 153
New Life, Departure Island, 2099, Fiction …………………….. 154
By Marilyn Brandt Smith
Chandler’s Curse, Fiction …………………………………………… 158
By John Wesley Smith
‘This Ball is Outta Here!’, Fiction ……………………………….. 167
By Lillian Way
The Advntures of Mckaitma and Jacob, Fiction …………….. 171
By Tyler Zahnke
PART IV: FUR AND FEATHERS
Kicked by a Camel, Kissed by Two Dolphins, Memoir ….. 174
By Peter Altschul
My Little Neutrino, Non-Fiction ………………………………….. 177
By Bruce Atchison
One May Morning, Poetry ………………………………………….. 180
By Lauren R. Casey
Witnesses, Fiction ……………………………………………………… 181
Border Patrol, Fiction …………………………………………………. 189
By Donna Grahmann
Dependable Pal: A Pony’s Tale, Fiction ………………………… 191
By Donna Grahmann
From The Old Crow’s Nest, Fiction ……………………………… 199
By Ernest A. Jones
My Kitchen Guests, Couplets ……………………………………… 204
By Bobbi LaChance
It’s Not the Cat that Has Nine Lives, Pantoum ………………. 205
By Mary-Jo Lord
Blind Cat’s Bluff, Non-Fiction …………………………………….. 206
By Valerie Moreno
Sharing Your Gifts, Fiction …………………………………………. 208
By DeAnna Quietwater Noriega
Loving Amber Eyes, Free Verse ………………………………….. 210
By DeAnna Quietwater Noriega
Irreproducible, Memoir ………………………………………………. 211
By Aly Parsons
Her Spirit Guide, Non-Fiction …………………………………….. 214
By Eve Sanchez
Occupying Aging: Delights, Disabilities and Daily Life …. 216
By Katherine Schneider
A Precious Memory, Memoir ………………………………………. 218
By Frances Strong
Omen From My Totem, Free Verse ……………………………… 221
By Leonard Tuchyner
Maddie’s Love of Music, Memoir ……………………………….. 222
By Judith E. Vido
PART V: POTPOURRI OF POETRY
Longing, Free Verse …………………………………………………… 225
By Norma Boge
Wedding Vows, Free Verse ………………………………………….. 225
By Jimmy Burns
Come, Free Verse ………………………………………………………. 226
By Elisa Busch
Cat and Dog, Nonet …………………………………………………… 227
By Kate Chamberlin
Spring/Winter, Acrostic ………………………………………………. 228
By Elizabeth Fiorite
Inevitable Circle, Free Verse ……………………………………….. 229
By Ellen Fritz
C.P., Couplets ……………………………………………………………. 230
By Heather Herschap
Safe Harbors, Rhyming Quatrain …………………………………. 230
By Gottlieb, Grahmann, Leschak, Strange
More Than Books, Free Verse ……………………………………… 231
By Robert Kingett
For My Mother at Eighty, Villanelle …………………………….. 233
By Lynda J. Lambert
How to Treat My Heart At High Tide, Free Verse ………….. 234
By Mary-Jo Lord
Match, Free Verse ……………………………………………………… 235
By Mary-Jo Lord
In Dreams, Cinquain ………………………………………………….. 235
By Nancy Lynn
Hyacinths of the Midwest, Acrostic ……………………………… 236
By Alice Jane-Marie Massa
The Gift, Free Verse …………………………………………………… 236
By Wendy Phillips
Cochlear Implant, Free Verse ………………………………………. 238
By William Preston
Writing About Eating In Amherst, Couplets ………………….. 238
By William Preston
Oxygen, Free Verse ……………………………………………………. 239
By Sally Rosenthal
While Walking Home, Free Verse ………………………………… 239
By Abbie Johnson Taylor
Awaiting the Return of the Better Half, Free Verse …………. 240
By Abbie Johnson Taylor
Blind? Deaf?, Free Verse …………………………………………….. 241
By Leonard Tuchyner
PART VI: WHOSE VISION?
A Prickly Tree, Memoir ………………………………………………. 243
By Robert Feinstein
Just To Know, Free Verse ……………………………………………. 246
By Caitlin Hernandez
What I See, Memoir …………………………………………………… 247
By David Kingsbury
Wind’s Door, Free Verse …………………………………………….. 254
By Ria Meade
Trouble’s in Town, Memoir ………………………………………… 255
By Ed Potter
Burdocks, Memoir …………………………………………………….. 256
By Janet Schmidt
Hearing the Sunrise, Free Verse …………………………………… 263
By Nancy Scott
The Light Beyond the Dark, Non-Fiction ……………………… 263
By Rhonda T. Spear
Triathlon, Memoir ……………………………………………………… 267
By Nancy Stevens
Reading Blind, Free Verse ………………………………………….. 271
By Cheryl Wade
PART VII: TOO CLOSE TO THE EDGE
Snapshots of Life After Abuse, Memoir ……………………….. 272
By Nicole Bissett
Ruby’s Gift of Prayer, Fiction ……………………………………… 278
By Elisa Busch
Trust, Memoir …………………………………………………………… 284
By Robert Feinstein
One Case from the Files, Creative Non-Fiction ……………… 290
By Elizabeth Fiorite
Special Class: A Journey in Mainstreaming, Memoir ……… 294
By Donna W. Hill
A Night at the Totem Bowl, Memoir ……………………………. 300
By Shawn Jacobson
Three Weeks to Live, Memoir ……………………………………… 305
By Ernest A. Jones
Torn By Peace, Memoir ……………………………………………… 311
By Traci McDonald
Unbroken, Free Verse ………………………………………………… 315
By Traci McDonald
Darkness, Memoir ……………………………………………………… 316
Mysterious Encounter, Memoir …………………………………… 320
The One I Love, Free Verse ………………………………………… 322
By Michelle Sipe
Narrow Escape, Memoir …………………………………………….. 323
By Marilyn Brandt Smith
When a New Day Dawns, Memoir ………………………………. 327
By Terri Winaught
PART VIII: CONTRIBUTORS’ BIOGRAPHIES …………….. 331