A Pearl in its Shell

01/05/202001/02/2020 by: Angela Braru

A Pearl in its Shell

Up up up,My eyes can’t see your faceBut in your warm embraceI find my happy place.Your arms hold me inAnd I smile from withinFor you …

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01/05/202001/01/2020 by: David O'Nan

Clearly! (c) David L O’Nan

This piece was written circa 2005 during the Bush administration. I was frustrated as much as I am currently with how the world was circling. …

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01/05/202001/03/2020 by: Stapleton Nash

june 05 2016

i am gathering up a jury of dead things; some you killed and some that died to make room for you. those dead things, they …

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01/05/202001/04/2020 by: Angela Braru

Eve’s Satan

Satan’s spawn goes on and onDid I really want him gone?No, no indeedNot at this time of need.He saw me bleed and bleedBut didn’t take …

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01/04/202001/06/2020 by: Hokis, Senior Editor

BREAKING NEWS! Education 101: Congress Did Approve Thursday’s Air Strike on Iran, Just not this Congress

(NPR’s Radio Lap Episode “60 Words) “In the hours after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, a lawyer sat down in front of a computer and started writing a legal justification for taking action against those responsible. The language that he drafted and that President George W. Bush signed into law – called the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) – has at its heart one single sentence, 60 words long.”

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01/03/202001/10/2020 by: Hokis, Senior Editor

Weekly Feature | Another Day in America, by Courtney LeBlanc

Once a man with a gun tucked into a side holster walked by my table. I was eating brunch, was mid-sip of my mimosa. …

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01/02/202001/02/2020 by: Hokis, Senior Editor

Erasure the Occupant #11 | Speaking Calmly to America, by Michael Edwards

Original text, the current White House Occupant’s six page letter
written to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi after she declared his impeachment. We accept all Erasure the Occupant submissions. Visit our submission page for details.

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01/01/202001/10/2020 by: Hokis, Senior Editor

Erasure the Occupant #10 | Evolution, by Hokis

Text from the page 4 of the Occupant’s letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, after she declared his impeachment. We accept all Erasure the Occupant submissions. Visit our submission page for details.

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