Writing Gallery
An Excess Of Zeal
/If Utopia requires…
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…are two inscriptions on the walls of the Temple at Delphi: Know Thyself; and Nothing in Excess. They were inscribed there some twenty-five hundred years ago. These two aphorisms were wise…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreStands A Boxer
/When boxer Liam was…
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…Liam Brodie, boxing was life. There was nothing better than the sport. When he wasn’t training at the boxing gym, he was watching the sport on television or at his local…
By Chris Platt
Read MoreIf I Have Squandered...
/…I have squandered your gifts, O Dear Lord,
and glorified myself with hoarded wealth;
if I have crucified the Lamb and Word,
and planned against my righteous…
By Ngoc Nguyen
Read MoreOil, Always Oil
/…vibrant body of my
grandmother’s homemade sauce
lives in memory, I think
of her kitchen around …
By Melissa Lemay
Read MoreSomething Snapped
/…was feeling good on his Friday night drive home. It was the height of summer and the world seemed a wonderful place. He tapped his fingers on the steering wheel in time with the classical music playing on the car-stereo. It had been a good day in the car…
By Chris Platt
Read MoreLoyal 'Til The End
/Loyalty is as loyalty does.
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…like Love, BFF, and other declarations of commitment have a season. Nothing on this earth is forever, no matter how much we wish it were otherwise. Passions flair, passions fade. The Sun rises, the Sun sets. Change is the only…
By K. L. Shipley
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