Poetry
Things that Matter
We had just evacuated all the students to the playground, lined them up and done a head count. It wasn't…
Let America Be America Again
Langston Hughes wrote this in 1935. It had meaning and relevance then. It still has. Read it. Let America Be…
That Cursèd Wood
Some strolls have a destination. And so it was on the day we crossed the park by Harlem Meer at…
Ode to Garlic
I don't think I peeled a clove of garlic until I was at least 21. It wasn't because I didn't…
All the hills and vales along
He went to school in Marlborough and loved to take long and sometimes solitary walks across the Wilshire downs. So…
Prospective Immigrants Please Note
Immigration. Immigrants. Emigrants. Refugees. Travelers across borders. Changing countries by choice or by necessity of survival. Moving from one state…
Relativity
Relativity There was a young lady named Bright Whose speed was far faster than light; She set out one…
Richard Aldington and Paul Nash: Images of War
Some authors are blessed with illustrators who enhance their work with the distinction of their own. So it was in…
Forgetfulness
Forgetfulness The name of the author is the first to go followed obediently by the title, the plot, the heartbreaking…
Before The Charge: The Great Push, Loos, September 1915
Before the Charge The night is still and the air is keen, Tense with menace the time crawls by, In…