Author, Evan Eisenberg has proposed an exam for those seeking their poetic license. Here are a couple of examples:
According to Code, spaces between stanzas must be
no greater than two inches
no less than one yawp
provided with a vermin-proof cap
filled with fine sand
Enjambment is permitted when
space does not allow installation of a fixture on one line
a long-sweep [...]
Nearly two months ago Kenneth Cummings Jr disappeared outside of Cypress, TX. His burnt remains were discovered recently on property linked to Terry Mark Mangum, who had used Mr. Cummings credit cards on the night of the disappearance. Mr Mangum was arrested and confessed to murder:Mangum, who described himself as “definitely not a [...]
Twenty five years ago, growing up in a dying industrial city of the Midwest, I found myself involved with a group of homeless veterans, most of whom had served in Viet Nam. I cannot say that I befriended any of these soldiers – as they didn’t make friends, and barely tolerated one another [...]
There are days when I wonder if I have stumbled into some poorly written parody of reality. In assessing the greatest threats that law enforcement will face in the future, Australian Federal Police Commissioner, Mick Keelty announced this week that the greatest future threat we face is . . . wait for it . [...]
The last few days have wreaked a veritable theo-paluzza of christian supremacist essays. It seems, based on these, that conservative christians have moved beyond simply preaching that there’s is the best interpretation to christianity – or any relationship with the divine – to actively stating that no belief other then their’s is christian, let alone [...]
SK
Address: XXXXXXXX
Evanston, IL XXXX
Message:
Dear Representative Schakowsky,
Today I read Mr. Koppel’s very disturbing essay in the Denver Post, and I learned of Mr. Gonzales’ further duplicity in his testimony to Congress.
Rep. Schakowsky it is time that we reaffirm the founding principle of our republic: that we are a nation of laws, and not men. As [...]
It seems a group of atheist students at the University of Texas, San Antonio, have set up an interesting program to trade pornography for bibles — not vice versa, however. I am not sure that the two, bibles and porn, are mutually exclusive though, that one would have to give up the latter for [...]
