Untelling
ISSUE 2 | WINTER 2024
Featuring 27 poets, 9 prose writers, and 18 artists
This issue features those who have long been involved in the Hindman writing community and those who are brand new. There are several folks included who this is their first publication credit, all the way to familiar and well-established creators like former Kentucky Poet Laureate George Ella Lyon and award-winning photographer Beth Reynolds. Enjoy several preview pieces by clicking any linked text!
CONTAINED WITHIN
Untelling 4
From the Editor 8
From the Archive 126
From the Still Library 128
Artist Bios 132
POETRY
Great Granny’s Folgers Watering Can 10
Jordan Whitaker
When I Say I’m Not Appalachian 11
Barbara Costas-Biggs
Foxfire / Home Remedies 16
Holly Marie Moore
Canebrake 19
Gabriel Dunsmith
Love Peace & Relish 20
Katerina Stoykova
Granny Green 25
Jane Hicks
rewilding 30
Susanna Spearman
Benediction for Watermarked Creatures 33
Holly Marie Moore
Birds of Thunder 35
Jessica D. Thompson
What choice do I have anyway? 36
Kari Gunter-Seymour
Osprey Talons 38
Carson Colenbaugh
girlbirds who gnaw 45
Karrington Garland
Trailer Parks 46
Jordan Whitaker
Ode on Molasses 47
Jane Hicks
On Hope 55
Jeremy Paden
Studying English 56
Diane Gilliam
Andromeda 58
Jessica D. Thompson
from Court Days 62
Sean Corbin
She Got to Where 65
Elaine Palencia
What More Can I Say? 73
Kari Gunter-Seymour
Like a River She Rises 74
Allison Thorpe
What the Poet Would Confess Were She Brave 75
Barbara Costas-Biggs
Lost Reader 76
Kelsey Solomon
Sometimes the dead (can’t) 79
Larry Thacker
Seeing Cousins 82
Timothy Dodd
Cingulomania 84
Clinton Waters
Leaving the office today, 86
Katerina Stoykova
My Room, Monday Morning 87
Diane Gilliam
How Marbles Became Diamonds 92
Hilda Downer
Harold’s Garden 94
Jeremy Paden
ROOTED 96
Karrington Garland
For a Living 98
Kelsey Solomon
The Cartographer 101
Alicia Wright
The Blue Tag 102
Noah Soltau
Watching the Strawberry Moon 104
Susan Mitchell
Tears of the Hungry Church 106
Clinton Waters
Three Wishes 108
Diane Gilliam
Memoria damnum 110
Larry Thacker
Paducah’s Liberace Takes Up Residence in a Nursing Home 112
Marianne Peel
Alzheimer’s 115
Celia Lawren
Honesty 117
Beth Wolfe
Seduction 125
Dana Wildsmith
PROSE
Fox Tails and Poison Ivy (an Ironweed excerpt) 12
Rick Childers
First Kiss 26
Patty Ireland
My Lazy Eye 40
Amy Le Ann Richardson
Strange now, 43
Marianne Worthington
Dropping Everything 49
Richard Hague
In this telling of my story 61
Marianne Worthington
The Gas Station. 69
Willie Edward Taylor Carver Jr.
A Letter to Kitty McCord c/o Cave Hill Cemetery 80
Loren Crawford
Witness 90
George Ella Lyon
Wellness Check 119
Chelyen Davis
PHOTOGRAPHY & ART
Funguy 2 Cover
Sarah Josephine Pennington
The Eggs 5
Beth Reynolds
Vestige 9
Corey Terry
Wisp 15
Karah Tull
Dried Clover 17
Deborah Slone
Haven on Walkers Branch 18
Corey Terry
Welcome to the Middle of Nowhere 23
Michael Shoemaker
Witch 24
Chris Dockery
Boy with Rock 31
Beth Reynolds
Highlands in the Pond 32
Crystal Boggs
Blue Heron and Kingfisher 37
Amy Le Ann Richardson
Trout and Morrels 39
Deborah Slone
Reflections 44
Renee Anderson
Heaven’s Light 48
Angela Moore
Skeleton Leaf 54
Deborah Slone
Wendell Floyd 59
Crystal Boggs
Leap of Faith 60
Justin Brown
Cowboys Walk In 64
Beth Reynolds
The Aerial Ephemeral 66
Angela Moore
Fill’er Up 68
Sullivan Potter
to Hell with yer Elegy 72
Karah Tull
Pawpaws 77
Amy Le Ann Richardson
Submerge #1 78
Chris Dockery
Sisters 83
Karah Tull
Overlooked 85
Mandi Fugate Sheffel
Cloudbreak in Placencia 88
Justin Brown
Cotton Candy Skies 93
Angela Moore
The Road to Heaven or The Strip Mine 95
Kopana Terry
Hive Mind 97
Corey Terry
Annuet & Sushi 99
Crystal Boggs
Fred 100
Beth Reynolds
Indulgence 103
Renee Anderson
Praise Him 107
Kopana Terry
Our Music 109
Kopana Terry
Forty Winks 114
Crystal Boggs
Goodbye Brother 118
Kopana Terry
Portal 134
Jason Brashear
The views and opinions expressed in this publications are those of the authors and artists and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of Hindman Settlement School or any affiliated individuals or entities.
Cover photography by Sarah Josephine Pennington
MELISSA HELTON
Editor
WILL ANDERSON
Executive Director
JOSH MULLINS
Development & Operations
JUSTIN BROWN
Art Direction & Design
COREY TERRY
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