Finalist Willa Granger The Voice Box I’ve been learning how With age, The voice box (Membrane pish posh, Cartilage riff raff) Will cave, Eventually. I chose science To say That the owls have favored tonight And that means nothing. To say That my brother’s stutter Was merely his mind Setting, Resetting, And my retracted-sound mantra Was an offering. A woman told me That her medication Made her thirsty And I could hear Her vocal folds shudder, Wind burned after 80 Some years. Save books, Save hours, I’d no answer. 2007 _ ___ _ Table of Contents _ Allison Joseph _ Maureen Tolman Flannery _ Carissa DiGiovanni _ Dion N. Farquhar _ Willa Granger _ Sandra Soli _ Gerald R. Wheeler _ Michele Battiste _ Radames Ortiz _ Brady Rhoades _ Jennifer Weathers _ Helen Wickes _ Allen Gee _ Michelle Panik O'Neill _ Susana Chavez-Silverman _ Susana Chavez-Silverman _ Liz Dolan _ Author Bios