To Be A Pilgrim
Who Would True Valor See – Maddy Prior This song has been playing on loop while I’ve been writing my latest story: a tale of pursuit and faith set in … Continue Reading To Be A Pilgrim
This Week In Wrestling: Alliances Forged, Brutality Displayed, And AEW’s Full Gear PPV
By Gwen Lombard WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW The show began this week with the teams that will be fighting against each other in WarGames come Survivor Series having a face-off … Continue Reading This Week In Wrestling: Alliances Forged, Brutality Displayed, And AEW’s Full Gear PPV
A Land That’s Fair and Bright
Big Rock Candy Mountain – Harry McClintock Since I was a little crawling child, I knew this song. I thought it was one of those tunes that all children hear; … Continue Reading A Land That’s Fair and Bright
This Week In Wrestling: Fraying Threads, Rising Tensions, And The Bad Side Of Friendship
By Gwen Lombard WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW Seth Rollins opened the show this week, recapping his match against Drew from Crown Jewel, and Sami Zayn deflecting Damien Priest’s attempt to … Continue Reading This Week In Wrestling: Fraying Threads, Rising Tensions, And The Bad Side Of Friendship
Poor Old Marat
Marat/Sade – Judy Collins The 70s were, if nothing else, a time of changing ideas. A lot of kids still wanted a revolution, and with the way Washington was being … Continue Reading Poor Old Marat
This Week In Wrestling: Disappointment, Teammates, And WWE’s Crown Jewel PPV
By Gwen Lombard WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW Rhea Ripley, JD McDonagh, and Dominik Mysterio made their way out to start the show with an in-ring promo. Sami Zayn took no … Continue Reading This Week In Wrestling: Disappointment, Teammates, And WWE’s Crown Jewel PPV
Around the Blooming Heather
Wild Mountain Thyme – Liam Clancy Picture, if you will, the mountains. Picture them tall and snow-capped, with grass adorning the crags and spurs of stone, and perhaps a stream … Continue Reading Around the Blooming Heather
It’s Time For A Contest!
The River’s bi-annual contest is back! This time as the Word Challenge contest! This semester, we’re asking you to produce a piece of writing that includes three specific words: Empathic, … Continue Reading It’s Time For A Contest!
This Week In Wrestling: Plotting, Brawling, And The Ever Expanding MJF-verse
By Gwen Lombard WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW The Judgment Day’s Finn Bálor and Damien Priest opened the show this week and were quickly interrupted by Cody Rhodes this time, telling … Continue Reading This Week In Wrestling: Plotting, Brawling, And The Ever Expanding MJF-verse
Tin Soldiers and Nixon’s Coming
Ohio – Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young On May 4th, 1970, the Ohio National Guard fired live ammunition into fleeing student protestors and killed four people. All students. Two of … Continue Reading Tin Soldiers and Nixon’s Coming
This Week In Wrestling: Brutality, Beginnings, And AEW’s Battle of the Belts VIII
By Gwen Lombard WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW The show opened this week with Sami Zayn experiencing mixed emotions about his tag team partner and best friend Kevin Owens being traded … Continue Reading This Week In Wrestling: Brutality, Beginnings, And AEW’s Battle of the Belts VIII
Every Man a King
I apologize for the lateness of this post. My day-to-day work has been hellacious. Kingfish – Randy Newman There once were a hundred thousand Frenchmen in New Orleans. Back when … Continue Reading Every Man a King
This Week In Wrestling: New Challengers To Face And The Constant Struggle Of Maintaining Friendships
By Gwen Lombard WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW Seth Rollins opened this week’s show by assuring that, despite his bad back getting even worse during the Last Man Standing match he … Continue Reading This Week In Wrestling: New Challengers To Face And The Constant Struggle Of Maintaining Friendships
“When Did I Kill A Man?”, “Hate”, “By Any Chance He Freed”, “Mother Never Dies” and “Who Is Truly My Own?”
Written By Basudev Sunani, Translated to English by Pitambar Naik WHEN DID I KILL A MAN? Once I asked a policeman well, you killed that man shooting in the chest … Continue Reading “When Did I Kill A Man?”, “Hate”, “By Any Chance He Freed”, “Mother Never Dies” and “Who Is Truly My Own?”
“Coherence”, “Desirably”, and “Enticed”
By Michael Moreth Coherence Desirably Enticed About the Artist: Michael Moreth is a recovering Chicagoan living in the rural, micropolitan City of Sterling, the Paris of Northwest Illinois.
“Reading with a Pen”, “Awakening”, and “Indifference”
By Jeff Shalom Reading with a Pen I would walk through your poem but your poem is the gray uncertain curtains cloaking each phrase mined on each axis spitting words … Continue Reading “Reading with a Pen”, “Awakening”, and “Indifference”