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East vs West: An Essay on Cultural Differences

by Yuan Changming During the great flood Noah hid himself in the ark                                While Dayu tried to contain it                                With his bare hands    Prometheus stole fire  From Olympian gods                               While Sui Ren got it                               By drilling wood hard  Smart Daedalus crafted wings  To fly away from his prison-tower                                While Old Fool removed the whole                                Mountain blocking his way …

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The Message

by Shaun O. Ceallaigh Albert Clark shuffled along the empty church’s central aisle, countering the weight of the oxygen tank on his back with his walking stick. He stopped beside a pew and placed another printout of the Miracle Prayer on the bench.  Once he had distributed all ten copies…

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How to Tell You’re Somewhere Else

by Sarah Carleton A single hummingbird measures the crash and pull of waves beneath a wide sky. No green shimmer and near-invisible flight—the sprite holds still,black as a quarter note. Palms twice the girth  of the ones back home rise into the clouds.Royal palms, they’re called, a name that tastes British, like…

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Photo by Mat Brown: https://www.pexels.com/photo/silhouette-of-wind-vane-552600/

East vs West: An Essay on Cultural Differences

by Yuan Changming During the great flood Noah hid himself in the ark                                While Dayu tried to contain it                                With his bare hands    Prometheus stole fire  From Olympian gods                               While Sui Ren got it                               By drilling wood hard  Smart Daedalus crafted wings  To fly away from his prison-tower                                While Old Fool removed the whole                                Mountain blocking his way …

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Image by Pexels from Pixabay

The Message

by Shaun O. Ceallaigh Albert Clark shuffled along the empty church’s central aisle, countering the weight of the oxygen tank on his back with his walking stick. He stopped beside a pew and placed another printout of the Miracle Prayer on the bench.  Once he had distributed all ten copies…

read more...

Image by Pexels from Pixabay

How to Tell You’re Somewhere Else

by Sarah Carleton A single hummingbird measures the crash and pull of waves beneath a wide sky. No green shimmer and near-invisible flight—the sprite holds still,black as a quarter note. Palms twice the girth  of the ones back home rise into the clouds.Royal palms, they’re called, a name that tastes British, like…

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