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
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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
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
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?”
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.
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”
By Charlie Brice On Mother’s Day a Facebook friend asked, “What memory first comes to mind about your grandmother?” I wish I would have remembered the lilac fragrance that perfumed … Continue Reading Grandma
By John Paul Caponigro Duck Transported aerially the cockatrice’s egg arrived x-rayed. What was laid on a racehorse farm in Kentucky was brooded by a little river, nestled at the … Continue Reading “Duck” and “Quiet”
Spring comes with its promise of squalls,
and an old man, son of a son of a Kiowa,
stands on a starlit mesa—listens
for a muffled lament in deep gorges.
Down in the Mall – Warren Zevon I’m going to make a holiday shopping list. What to buy, what to buy… I need to get a new jacket. For me. … Continue Reading Buying Some Of That
By Gwen Lombard WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW The show opened with Shayna Baszler making her entrance, on her way to have a match against Nia Jax. However, Nia attacked her … Continue Reading This Week In Wrestling: Tense Alliances, Wasted Friendships, And WWE’s Fastlane PPV
Oh Death – Dock Boggs There is a wooly bear lying flattened in the dirt of the driveway. The poor little caterpillar is completely pancaked by some errant driver, some … Continue Reading Could You Call Some Other Day?
By Gwen Lombard WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW The show opened this week with Cody Rhodes addressing the crowd, and much like the last several weeks, the Judgment Day came down … Continue Reading This Week In Wrestling: New Challengers, Old Friends, And AEW’s WrestleDream PPV
Telegraph Road – Dire Straits (14 minutes; I love my long songs) The current price of gas, average it out, carry the ten, is somewhere in the neighborhood of 3.50 … Continue Reading Three Lanes Moving Slow
By Gwen Lombard WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW The show opened with Cody Rhodes about to speak to the crowd but was quickly interrupted by Dominik Mysterio. Dom announced that he … Continue Reading This Week In Wrestling: Championships, Redemptions, And Approaching Dreams
Foggy Mountain Breakdown – Earl Scruggs A banjo is not a guitar. A banjo is not a guitar as a bat is not a bird. What’s the exact point of … Continue Reading Forward Roll
By Gwen Lombard WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW This week once again opened with Jey Uso addressing the crowd, but was very quickly interrupted by Kevin Owens who informed him that … Continue Reading This Week In Wrestling: Triumphant Returns, Tested Friendships, And Rising Tensions