Bob Shell: Letters From Prison #21 . Letters by Bob Shell, Copyright 2018 . WE ALL STEAL IDEAS . I’ve talked about Richard Lovelace and his famous Althea poem. There’s another poem from the same era that you have probably heard without realizing it. It begins: Once there was a way to get … Read more
A.H. Scott: The Devil and the Catholic Church . Copyright 2018 . Passing the plate of gold coin and paper in a solemn aria While passing around the pubescent in a Luciferian bacchanalia On our knees we pray On your knees we prey Your innocence we take with four points of blessing … Read more
Bob Shell: Letters From Prison #20 . Letters by Bob Shell, Copyright 2018 . AMERICAN JUSTICE SYSTEM . In 1923 the great American journalist H. L. Mencken wrote: You will find as many intelligent and honest men in the average prison as you will find in the average club, and when it comes to … Read more
Bob Shell: Letters From Prison #20 . Letters by Bob Shell, Copyright 2018 . STRANGE SIGNS . In my travels I always kept an eye open for interesting things to photograph. Sometimes it was people, sometimes animals, sometimes street scenes, and so on. One thing I saw almost everywhere was signs, sometimes official, … Read more
Poetry by Racquel Ward, Copyright 2018 . Poor me, home alone and nuttin’ to do…. . Mmm today is one of them lucky days The luckiest day of the month Nobody is home I got the house to myself So I’m gon’ do what I want Am I feeling like munchin’? Puffin’ or a drink? … Read more