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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Immigration: 3 of 16

Remember: we weren't all born with dreams like yours. Back home, when I walked down the street, I had to keep watch for baseball bats and shrapnel daggers out of the corners of my eyes. And when I got home, I ate bread crumbs and peanut butter and went to bed empty and scared. And in the morning I went to look for work, but ...
Creative Writing > Songs Songs: Hope: 21 of 49

"Ready to Sing" Is it silly to think Is it stupid to dream That everything will work out alright? Are we growing too old Are we growing too old To let ourselves believe That life is a gift? They say it's a joke And so we scream this on the streets But I don't wanna destroy I don't wanna destroy All your hopes, all your dream...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Deafness: 9 of 18

Can you hear the people sing? Well, pretend you can't. Pretend someone tore out your eardrums and cut out your tongue. A day in the life is staring at flapping lips and angry eyes, watching hands day after day proclaim: LEARN THEIR LANGUAGE LEARN THEIR LANGUAGE YOU HAVE NO TONGUE BUT YOU MUST SING Wouldn't you get tired? Wou...
Entertainment > Album Reviews Album reviews: Heretic Pride, by The Mountain Goats: 1 of 1

First things first: John Darnielle is probably my favorite songwriter. I generally hesitate to use the word 'favorite' in the literal sense ("This is my favorite song!" or "This is the greatest song ever written!" usually means "I am loving this song so much at this exact moment!" or "This is pretty neat!" or "This is better...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Concerts: 4 of 7

There are lights in the darkness shimmering back and forth, blurring, like liquid butterflies. Tones like earth-dirt and others like space-stuff and some like vocal cords snapping red blood boiling. And a voice that is louder than the others louder, but not above within. A beat that propels us together into the dark.