Nightshade

Here's an article that does a fairly good job of looking at the current reserves for oil, natural gas and coal. It's definitely worth checking out: Peak Uncertainty, When Will ...

our blood was burnt in a pot on the stove the rats turned their noses from us we broke vases on their heads and we stirred our blood when it ...

Lad dear, that's nearly offensive in the light of the Arab Spring. Life sucks and then you die, but don't expect any pity from me when you have a couple ...

I consider OWS to be the most inspiring political act I've seen in my lifetime. I remember reading Slaughterhouse Five and coming across this section: "America is the wealthiest nation ...

I spent hours staring at the limit as x approached infinity, tried to grasp between two fingers something untouchable by a million a billion a trillion. I calculated the area ...

Hi GoaGreena, I liked this. In poetry there is the concept and the delivery. The best poets combine both to create something deeply effective for the reader, but for most ...

Hello there, This is a nice piece you have. It's one of my favorites I've read in a while, actually. As a result, I don't have quite as much to ...

The third link is broken. Here's an alternate: Florence + the Machine - Spectrum

Sometimes, fired by cable news and online discussion boards, I imagine a war, where everyone is dead. And everyone else is starved and soon to be dead. And I know ...

Your lips are tight at the corners, pursed with silver coins and prepositions. "I love the way you touch between," you say. "Between what?" I ask. But you don't answer. ...

Hello eastarcher, I'm going to echo Mustard's first point and suggest that you never lead with a disclaimer like that. The first thing I saw when looking at this poem ...

Hello there, Lumisir. I'm going to get the unpleasantries out of the way first, ok? Each time I read this, I like it less. Now that I've read it 5 ...

An interesting little bit. It held my interest throughout, which is pretty rare, although it didn't give me a whole lot to remember it for either. It feels like a ...

Some language On the balcony, I asked the moon how much time I had left, and it looked at me and said, "I'm the moon. What do I care about ...

Impressions: - A whole lot of active 1st person for a poem where the speaker is voiceless and passive - "God", "I", and "nature" all so separate? why? - Everything ...