ON (Thursday, October 27th) EVENT magazine hosted an evening of prose and poetry, showcasing the work of four indigenous writers.
Writing
Both the pen and keyboard are pretty mighty.
In a Time of Chaos and Confusion, Martha Allott comes thru!
I have never been a Bible guy, there was always a Bible in the house, somewhere. I knew the big things, as chosen by modern media, Hollywood epics on Easter weekends. 10 Commandments, Jesus, the Lords Prayer. I guess you could call it the highlight reel but I have...
Kate Tempest – London Rappers and The Future of Europe
Kate Tempest. Wow. Powerful Voice https://soundcloud.com/katetempest We went back and found poets of anther generation, for comparison, let's be honest, and hey Ms. Tempest deserves to be here. Fantastic work, I've been listening all morning, enveloped in language......
The True Born Englishman
BY DANIEL DEFOE 1700 Thus from a mixture of all kinds began, That het’rogeneous thing, an Englishman: In eager rapes, and furious lust begot, Betwixt a painted Britain and a Scot. Whose gend’ring off-spring quickly learn’d to bow, And yoke their heifers to the Roman...
Deep Woods to Civilization “The Way Opens” 5
These were my father s new views, and in this radical change of life he had persuaded a few other families to join him. They formed a little colony at Flandreau, on the Big Sioux River. To be sure, his beginnings in civilization had not been attended with all...
Deep Woods to Civilization “The Way Opens” 4
After a variety of adventures, we arrived at the canvas city of Jamestown, then the terminal point of the Northern Pacific rail road. I was out watering the ponies when a terrific peal of thunder burst from a spotless blue sky, and indeed seemed to me to be running...
Odyssey of A Liberal – Freda Utley – Working For the Party!
Chapter 13 In Moscow for a week or two on my way home to England in the fall of 1929, I became aware of the shadows of terror which were already closing in on Russia. Nevertheless, back in London I threw myself into the work of the British Communist party, and tried...
High Flight John Gillespie Magee Jr.
In 1941, a 19 year old Spitfire pilot, John Gillespie Magee Jr. wrote High Flight. A few months later he was killed. Take a few moments to remember. High Flight Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered...
WORK
Two quotes on work to inspire you today.
Chastity: Shakespeare’s Suggestion
ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL It is not politic in the commonwealth of nature to preserve virginity. Loss of virginity is rational increase, and there was never virgin got till virginity was first lost. That you were made of is metal to make virgins. Virginity by...
Emerging Opportunity: Kenneth Branagh Award
An excellent opportunity for amateur playwrights trying to move a script to production, with a guaranteed spot at the 2016 Windsor Fringe!