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  Richard's Bones

  

  By Weatherby76, Newtown, PA

  If gods lie at the feet of kings, May the filth, the stink of summer air fill my marrows That man's footsteps seal this man in sorry dust (Seas converged, their foam billowed my cape) The tread of a thousand traitors echoes in this early tomb Their venom tethered and lured me to bloodied ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Vnuchka

  

  By Weatherby76, Newtown, PA

  Blue hair, flesh blue, skin blue No muscle, no meat Damaged brain and damaged children A walking skeleton This my grandmother tells me At six-thirty, still in the dark Her wails pool in black puddles Pooling under her eyes One skeleton lives in the closet Coming at night to whisper ...
• Opinion > Current Events / Politics
  Don't Shoot the Messenger

  

  By Weatherby76, Newtown, PA

  In a tragedy that has marred the face of American diplomacy and foreign policy, the death of Ambassador Chris Stevens in Libya begs the question: how can the United States fail to protect its diplomats abroad? As new details emerge surrounding the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, so do crac...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  The Alchemist

  

  By Weatherby76, Newtown, PA

  10:55 AM I am standing in the middle of this field, looking for a flower or a rock or some glory of Nature to ponder about. But the only things here are the weeds that man’s construction left behind. 11:00 AM The path that leads to the meadows is brushed by the lightest cattails and strewn by...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  I Can't Make Art

  

  By Weatherby76, Newtown, PA

  I can’t make art. In fact, when I was younger, I colored so far beyond the lines that my mom made me redo them because she felt embarrassed, for herself. So, my artistic career had a rather inauspicious start. The situation was not any further remediated by my 8th-grade self portrait- an accurate ...
• Opinion > Current Events / Politics
  God Save the Monarchy?

  

  By Weatherby76, Newtown, PA

  The patriotism is palpable in Great Britain, as the nation is hyping up to celebrate its beloved Queen Elizabeth II. The occasion marks her diamond jubilee of sixty years on the throne, a celebration distinguished by proudly flown Union Jacks and tacky souvenirs. But the festivities have also awaken...
• Reviews > Book Reviews
  Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

  

  By Weatherby76, Newtown, PA

  Humiliated and misunderstood for 200 years, our most elusive Founding Father is finally vindicated. In this sweeping biography, Ron Chernow breathes life into the man on the $10 bill, whose untimely death left his reputation subject to the political elements. Almost fairy-tale-like, it is the story ...
• Reviews > Book Reviews
  The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

  

  By Weatherby76, Newtown, PA

  Hidden deep within the works of Leonardo da Vinci is an elaborate code. And with that code lies a truth so powerful that it threatens the very foundations of humanity. And the truth is about to be revealed. Robert Langdon, professor of symbology at Harvard University, has just been called to th...
• Reviews > Book Reviews
  Johnny One-Eye by Jerome Charyn

  

  By Weatherby76, Newtown, PA

  It's safe to say that the American Revolution has never been this fun. It is the tumultous narrative of a spy named John Stocking on the streets of wartime New York. Raised by prostitutes living in the red-light district "Holy Ground", Johnny is thrown into the turmoil of the War for ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Writer's Block

  

  By Weatherby76, Newtown, PA

  I am not a square But I live in a cube It’s called writer’s block And the rent is very high And the landlord very mean. The ceiling leaks sometimes Drops of fractured Sentences and gushes Of misbegotten Nouns and homeless Verbs and occasionally Delusional commas. The floor creaks...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  The Man Who Outshone the Sun King

  

  By Weatherby76, Newtown, PA

  There once lived a man Rather, not once, but many times. Every time he lived, he lived in gold, The sort that floods your room in the morning. His was the brilliant glory that rested in the bottom of Seine et Marne. But two suns cannot compete, especially the rays Which lace the robes of a kin...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Where I'm From

  

  By Weatherby76, Newtown, PA

  I am from the horse On one foot at city hall And the general who cared For nothing less than the king’s head. I am from the lamps that fought monsters And the clock that left the red stains on the wall I am from learning to snap While staring at the ceiling And respecting the whit...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  A Walking Poem

  

  By Weatherby76, Newtown, PA

  Upwards and burning, Bursting from the emerald fields The green top overtakes the red As a wave of yellow cascades down the side They whoop and holler as they chase one another, Crashing through vineyards And slipping along brick walls Nestled in their midst. Bounding across the red clay,...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  Sonnet 126: How to Forget Your Lines and Still Survive

  

  By Weatherby76, Newtown, PA

  “O, my offense is rank, it smells to heaven…” I fidgeted in my seat. “It hath the primal eldest curse upon ‘t…” My knee bounced up and down like the needle on a seismometer. “To be forestalled ere we come to fall…” Fingers bound up in knots, I tried to slow time in vain. ...
• Fiction > All Fiction
  Rain - or - Slumber

  

  By Weatherby76, Newtown, PA

  The hollowness of Nature's tears rings in the depths of bare branches. A pale, endless void draws the laments of creatures below. The footsteps of an escape lead down to the gulleys and bowels of the earth, trailing in dark soil. Somebody is scrubbing at the walls in vain, trying to get rid of ...
• Reviews > Book Reviews
  The Jefferson Key by Steve Berry

  

  By Weatherby76, Newtown, PA

  The Jefferson Key Steve Berry 451 pages Buried deep in the Constitution, Article 1, Section 8, is a clause that most of us don't know about. What if because of this clause, four presidents have been assasinated? History is about to repeat itself when an attempt is made on President...
• Nonfiction > Memoir
  The Nostalgia of a Broken Egg

  

  By Weatherby76, Newtown, PA

  The egg perched himself on the wall, sitting contentedly, until suddenly, that famous vertigo overtook him, the ground rushed towards his face- Splat! Pieces of shell flew off in all directions, and the poor guts and innards of this unsteady fellow congealed into a yellow mass. The egg, you could s...
• Nonfiction > Memoir
  The Mind as a Garden

  

  By Weatherby76, Newtown, PA

  “You just can’t stop talking, can you?” my science-oriented friend asks me. “Um… no, I can’t. There is just too much going on.” I didn’t realize I had just spent the last 30 minutes ranting on about how the Founding Fathers were just so totally awesome, especially Alexander Hamilto...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  Say It With Flowers- or - Angels on Earth

  

  By Weatherby76, Newtown, PA

  The spirit of Earth dances in them. They grow in the glory of the sun- children, decorations, paintings of the dark soil. From whence lie the crumbled fossils of yore, there is hope, for there is life. The world is alight, burning in the effervescence of Mother Nature. Their petals reach to embrace ...
• Nonfiction > Travel & Culture
  Princeton Battlefield (After Dark)

  

  By Weatherby76, Newtown, PA

  Where blood has been shed and lives lost, there is a calmness, a peace that pervades the air. But there is a pulsing energy, that gives the grass a springy touch; the trees an unearthly glow; marble columns, their crumbling pieces and dust dancing like fairies. Souls, ghosts, people, haunt this p...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Winter

  

  By Weatherby76, Newtown, PA

  A bird is delayed in flight south, When suddenly struck to its core, Wings coming to a halt, And now its heart lingers, In a howling silence, crystallized In Nature’s darkest hour. Sealed off from the benefactor Light, The world retreats into the deepest corners Of the soul, Where, thoug...
• Reviews > Book Reviews
  Ladies of Liberty by Cokie Roberts

  

  By Weatherby76, Newtown, PA

  In this historical narrative, author Cokie Roberts brings to life the women that shaped our nation. They were explorers, writers, thinkers, First Ladies, and trail-blazers. They were the confidants of the President, of congressmen, and department heads, and were the ballasts in times of great turmoi...
• Reviews > Book Reviews
  John Adams by David McCullough

  

  By Weatherby76, Newtown, PA

  History was very cruel to John Adams. He is forever in our memory as a fat, bald, toothless, crotchety old man who pales behind the glorious personas of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. But in this thoroughly researched narrative, David McCullough sets out to reverse this notion. McCullou...
• Reviews > Book Reviews
  The First of Men: A Life of George Washington by John E. Ferling

  

  By Weatherby76, Newtown, PA

  You might notice that the title says “A Life of George Washington,” instead of “the life.” This book is not the retelling of this great man’s life like countless others have been- it is the exploration of an entirely new side of the figure we thought we knew. Yes, he was honest, brave, vir...
• Reviews > Book Reviews
  11/22/63 by Stephen King

  

  By Weatherby76, Newtown, PA

  What if the Vietnam War never happened? What if the civil rights movement failed? What if a nuclear winter occurred? What if John F. Kennedy lived? In this fact-paced thriller, an average English teacher, Jake Epping, is caught up in the whirlwind of time travel, as ...