I sat astride a horse, my horse for the week, Jazz, in the shadowy indoor ring. Out the door I could see the paddocks, filled with horses in the distance, a meadow standing in between. I had come to this place, a camp for horse lovers, where you rode and took care of “your” horse. […]
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Ghost Train by Sage Sampson
A familiar breeze meets my face, as I step onto the old train tracks. My bare feet meet dirt. Tall, overgrown grass crawls up my legs. My mind starts to wander, as my dog runs ahead of me. The worn down railroad ties bring me back to the 1800s, when I imagine them […]
Read the rest of this entry »Twenty-One by Calvin Neprud
Golden rays of sunshine filter through green leaves, lazily dancing in the warm spring breeze. Bird chirps suddenly quiet; a sharp crack of a seven shot volley cuts through the otherwise peaceful cemetery. Two more cracks make it twenty-one shots. Another person is being swallowed by this sea of stone and earth I’m sitting […]
Read the rest of this entry »A Journey Through the Cemetery by Porter Moody
Endless headstones stretch out in all directions, names of shadow etched in the pure white. Flawless rows of thousands sit atop freshly cut grass, each with a message. A light breeze passes through, carrying the sound of gunfire twenty-one times. In the distance, a mother breaks into tears, her loss inexplicable. Yet she stands, a […]
Read the rest of this entry »Carving Out Hope by Valentina Micolisin
The sun blinds my eyes, but it feeds the plants that surround me providing strength for them to grow, upward. Martin Luther King, Jr. stands tall carving out the stone piece by piece, providing us with a path, onward. The stones, some white, some grey, build up the magnificent statue, piece by piece, holding […]
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