European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 10, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A a Quot a a of inf r s r of h i / for a Naa.  Aii to Cheryl Hill searches for reason in her poetry by de Reavis staff writer. A. A. A Cheryl Harvey Hill struggling poet fits the 1 dictionary definition of someone who displays Bea Uty in thought and word. Her self published collection of poems heart quakes is not Only evid ence of her Strong will and empathy but also of her ability to get that message to the Reader. A to not a deep poet a a Hill said at her apart mint in Griesheim Germany. A you can read my poems quickly and there a no mystery about their  she does admit that readers reaction to her 40-plus poems which she printed and distributed privately has been Strong. ,. A i got a lot of Calls with people telling the How in be struck a chord in their feelings a Hilt said. Her heart quakes will soon be available to a larger. Audience than a tight Circle of friends arid acquaintances a Vantage press and Carlton press have made offers to print my Book in their subsidized publishing program a she said. A that Means id pay a certain amount to have the Book published.�?�. Hill said the reaction to her poems has convinced her the Book will self once on the Market. A a in be even got one Reader willing to finance part of the publishing Bill and she is looking for other fans to pay for the rest. We Hope to have the Book on the Market Early next year at the  j Hill 50, describes herself on her business card As an a experienced shopper Good listener excellent tour guide advice giver sometimes artist struggling poet a she has been writing poetry since she was a Little girl in school 1. She has been published in various journals since 1976, including poetry today the world Treasury of great poems and poetry Magazine she was listed in who s who in american poetry in 1984. In 1989 she won the Golden poet award in the world of poetry contest which was judged by Helen Hayes Bob Hope Tony Randall and Willard Scott. Hill also worked As a writer on motor sports for. Motor cyclist Speedway Star amp news out of Len. Don and Cycle news West and promoted motorcycle races in Orange county Calif. A i did Public relations work in the slates for class a Speedway from 1968 to 1973 and was a correspondent for Speedway Magazine to orca Britain and Australia from 1970_to 1973,�?� she said. Hill has also been entrenched in the military. She was in the women a army corps from 1962 to 65 she joined the army National guard in 1973. She says she was the first woman in history assigned to a National guard combat battalion a the 1st in 144th Field arty in Santa Barbara Calif. In 1974 she was forced to retire from the military because she had cancer. She writes in her poem diagnosis/prognosis1 a cancer. A he said in a whispered voice that was no doubt meant to soften the blow a a in a sorry. A he said and i thought to myself a. Why should he be. He did no to give me the cancer a he Only found it. A had news  he said. Well / have Good news for you Doc i have a child a dream a a lot of dreams and done to intend to leave this Earth until i m. Damn Good and ready with All due respect a i shall leave the Date of my demise up to my lord i believe he knows a utile More about these things than you do. Hill did climb Back. She re entered the National. Yanking the Puppy Side out of men Sisr Kan George Cheryl Hill and pal in Griesheim Germany. Guard in 1982 and worked As a photo journalist until 1988. A i believe in be beaten it now a she said of the. Cancer a a in a not on anything and feeling pretty Good. I m not afraid of death but i am afraid on living with chemotherapy that a  Hill who hails from Warren Ohio is married to a noncommissioned officer stationed in Darmstadt Germany. She definitely has opinions about women in the military. A although i fought for equal rights for women in the military i now believe women arc More effective in support role and that mothers particularly single mothers should be at Home and not in the military a she said. A you can t be a Mother and a Soldier. I find nothing More paradoxical than the term a maternity  i think in be become Wiser with  Hill said the other great event in her life besides her bout with cancer is the Vietnam War trauma that people like her younger brother went through and from which they have never quite recovered a they went off As children and came Back old men a she said. In her poem sacrilege of sacrificed youth she asks Why Are you angry bitter a a Quot doubting Thomas Quot ,. Are we not both children of Faith. A in god America and. All Mankind patriots. With Pride we enlisted in the military. We wanted to serve our country. A to preserve Honor and Freedom. The glory of America. I am sorry Little brother that Vietnam happened then. Sorry that you were Only a seventeen year old Marine and anguished that i a woman in the army could not go instead or at least with you. I can understand your frustration. Fighting with friends dying in a War that Wasny to a War. I too Learned of poll tics of bureaucratic Whitewash and game that generals play with Little toy soldiers on Topographic maps. J of propagandist. Manipulated press. An d mindless Powers the a t sen t Little toy soldiers to be killed by real bullets. But Why Are you angry bitter a a doubting Thomas Quot. Are we not both children of Faith in god America and All Mankind. Patriots. A with Pride. By Jan Hahn Seattle Post intelligencer i rapped inside every one of us arrogant unfeeling selfish and uncommunicative male slobs is a caring feeling sensitive soul searching for ways of freeing an even More captive female aspect of our innermost inner selves. It says so in a new Book by a woman therapist. And women because they come equipped with this sensitivity like factory installed radar detectors now find themselves Teeter tottering Between male bashing and a Post feminist almost evangelistic missionary program of male reconstruction. This seems evident from a plethora of me woman you incomplete Man books by women. These newly published How to and How not to books include therapist Daphne Kingsman a the men we never knew. How to deepen your relationship with the Man you love Condari pres coming from the fam nazi position is How to make your Man behave in 21 Days or less using the secrets of professional dog trainers by Karen Salmansohn Workman publishing. Despite her tossing out an occasional a psychosocial evolution a Kings a could sell me a second layer of aluminium siding. She explains that a it is precisely because men have to be so fierce in the outside word that they need women so much Only at Home can they even begin to be pussycats. Only at Home can they possibly let Down their hair. Only in Contact with women can they be reminded that be Heath the crunch of their Armor lie the softer More elegant aspects of  , with or without hair to let Down Are Happy to shed our Armor after a Day of dragon slaying leveraging buyouts and those other fiercely com. Pet Tive male world activities that prevent us from contacting the softer aspects of ourselves. Secretly we All wish wed remember to put the scat Down. But just As we re about to take off our Armor. Comes along a fun Loving Tongue in Cheeky Salman Sohn with her make your Man behave. Using the secrets of professional dog trainers with what Are supposed  funny illustrations of men with Puppy dog tails she writes a a known trick for keeping a. Dog on his Best behaviour is to just fill his bowl Halfway so he a always yearning for More. Same goes for his appetite for affection. Keep him in constant emotional hunger for you and hell be More attentive and easier to  and a find out what your do go a favorite treats Are. Then Promise him one of these treats if he does a what he a told. Make sure he begs a lot for it first. Note the extra begging wont help train him any better but its fun to  in one Little Quick and dirty Effort characterized by the publisher As a wickedly funny a the author has managed to make a exploitive counterattack that could be mistaken for feminist revenge. This kind of stuff makes armorer out of possible am wrists. Back on the male Friendly Side of the psychosocial revolution Kings a offers a list of the top 10 Sensi live celebrity men including Paul Newman. He must just ooze sensitivity considering what co Star Lolita Davidovich said about their doing a scene in the movie Blaze a a i did the scene and its just two words. But let me Tell you when you can sit at a table and Paul Newman makes an Entrance and kisses you on the naked shoulder and then you look up in those eyes and say very casually a hello governor a that a acting. For a woman that is acting a she was no doubt referring to his. Sensitivity. Scrupps Howard news service Page 24 sunday july 10, 1994