Watermarks
Lee Mothes print
Wreaths

1. Each day the tide withdraws; chills us; pastes
The sand with dead gulls, oranges, dead men.
Uttering love, that outlasts or outwastes
Time's attrition, exiles appear again,
But faintly altered in eyes and skin.

2. Into what understanding all have grown!
(Setting aside a few things, the still faces,
Climbing the phosphorous tide, that none will own)
What paradises and watering-places,
What hurts appeased by the sea's handsomeness!

Geoffrey Hill, 1956, from Voices, an Anthology of Poems and Pictures, 6th Book. Ed. Geoffrey Summerfield. Chicago, IL: Rand McNally, 1969. 107.

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buttonUpper Level 2000, 3000, and 5000 English

  • First Place--Eric Verhine--"Neither Believer nor Infidel"
  • Second Place--Lauren C. Mason--"The Importance of Not Knowing: Examining Memory and Knowledge in Edgar Allan Poe's 'Ligeia'"
  • Third Place--Melissa Hill--"Darkly through a Looking Glass: Gates and Anchors in Poe's 'Ligeia'"
  • Honorable Mention--Ashley Wexler--"An Emerald and a Fox: An Analysis of Daniel Defoe's Moll Flanders"
  • Honorable Mention--Stephen Moore--"The Human Body Version 3.01"

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  • First Place--Jonathan Parker--"Get Ready or Keep on Keepin' On: Rituals in Everyman and Endgame"
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  • First Place--Randy Ritchie--"The Name Game"
  • Second Place--Destiny Heidemann--"O'Connor's Bitter-Wise Humor"
  • Third Place--Timothy Nicholson--"Gaining Meaning from Poetry"
  • Honorable Mention--Julie Anne Daniel--"Diagnosing 'Paul's Case'"
  • Honorable Mention--Stephen A. Mosca--"Examining Interrelationship Expectations and Tensions"

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  • First Place--Jesse Bushkar--"The Inner Workings of My Dream"
  • Second Place--Lynda Trinh--"Flower Fields and Fleeting Changes"
  • Third Place--Jason Breneman--"Like a Rock"
  • Honorable Mention--Bil Leidersdorf--"Freedom to Dance"
  • Honorable Mention--Nathan Brown--"The Brothers' Struggle"

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    Watermarks is an online journal of student-authored academic essays supported by the Core Curriculum Committee and the Writing Center of the Languages, Literature, and Philosophy Department at Armstrong Atlantic State University. Selections are chosen through an Annual Essay Contest. The judges of the 2002 Contest were Dr. Carol Andrews, Dr. Christopher Baker, Dr. Elizabeth Howells, Dr. Carol P. Jamison, Dr. Deborah H. Reese, Professor Edwin G. Richardson, Dr. James M. Smith, Jr., and Dr. Joseph G. Weaver. Student writers of winning essays were recognized at an Awards Ceremony held on campus in Gamble Hall in late Spring. The Department congratulates these student writers who express their creative minds and hearts so well.

    Go to the Languages, Literature, and Philosophy Department's homepage.

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    Go to the 2000-2001 online version of Watermarks.

    Go to the 1999-2000 online version of Watermarks.

    Go to the 1998-1999 online version of Watermarks.

    Watermarks site last updated for WWW compliance by Deborah H. Reese, 1 April 2003.

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