The Gates of Nothingness

by Ben Hawkins

Poem


Dwell in Hope

by Ben Hawkins

Poem


Answer to Our Youth

by Dennis O’Brien

Poem


What a Beauty

by Jack Tompkins

Sketch


The Turret Guard

by Jack Tompkins

Sketch


Retail Blues

by Lynn Norton

Poem


WW II AND BEYOND

By Jay Albrecht, Army

Writing Type: Poem

Depression years, then the war.
We toughed it out, got patriotic,
enlisted, meshed into the flurry,
ranged in rigid rows, obeyed.
Smashed our way to V-Day.
Now what? Slid into civilian.
Drafted machinery, wrote ads,
avoided closeness and dissent.
"Look- just let us earn some,
save some, run away to beaches,
ignore who's shot, hungry tots,
while making forty thou."
Let's watch comedians who prance,
game shows, ballroom dancing to
tinkly tunes ... forget inner peace,
God, love that gives us meaning.
Must we fight again to remember?

Answer to Our Youth

by Dennis O’Brien

Poem


Waves of Life

by Michele Johnson

Poem


A 1984 Exception

by Katherine Iwatiw

Prose


Stones River

by StevenMiller Miller

Prose


"Eternity "

by Russell Nelson

Painting


Purple Heart

by John Swainston

Poem