smorgishborg

The Battle Hymn of the Republic is the most remarkable bit of poetry I've ever read or heard.

Zachary Taylor. Duh. Nothing like military leaders who get into office, are incredibly inept, and preserve their reputations by dying before they could do more damage! *** Abraham Lincoln was ...

First of all, I need to repeat the plea that you stick to one point of view. "Careful not to slip" and then the next line "Little Turtle..." are particularly ...

See, the problem is that this list is always changing. Currently, I'm trying to write fiction like Raymond Carver, poetry like Billy Collins, and my plays like John Patrick Shanley. ...

Thanks for your nice comments, critiques, glowing appraisals... I've edited this a bit, with some of your suggestions, and a bit of my dissatisfaction with the fourth section. It's a ...

This may not apply to TLG, but if anybody hasn't read Strunk and White (The Elements of Style), it's high time you did. It's a classic for a reason. So ...

This may not apply to TLG, but if anybody hasn't read Strunk and White ( The Elements of Style ), it's high time you did. It's a classic for a ...

He and She I’m staring at the sidewalk, watching the cracks pass below me like an escalator. My feet trudge onward, pushing up little bits of the thin snow cover ...

I am no expert but the first and second lines are identical *** I love Basho, but I regret to say that he is as far as my knowledge regarding ...

"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. ...

Tale of two poems. There's a gaping hole in the center of the poem - a critical disconnect between the first six lines and the remainder. I mean, the beginning ...

Save up the change and donate it to a major charity that works to prevent homelessness. In that way, you have outcome over the result, and you probably do more ...

Courtwise, I'm talking pragmatically. I think that when causes are seen as being propped up by judicial fiat (not my own opinion) I think they lose credibility. The closeness of ...

But the only way the human race has ever moved is forward I guess you spoke too soon Smorgishborg :( Did I? I'm talking in a macro sense here, the ...

...but majority wins. Who will protect the minority against a tyranny of the majority? It's a flaw of democracy. If 51% of Americans voted that all african americans would be ...