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111th. Top Story - December 2023.
A few weeks ago I began thinking about what I wanted to write for my 100th piece, which at the time felt really far off. I had a number of ideas come to me, and much inspiration from reading many of your 100th pieces. Little did I know that the big 100 would come and go without me even realizing it. When that Senryu challenge hit I couldn’t stop myself, and before I knew it, my milestone piece was 17 syllables about texting my granny a bad word, which did later become a runner-up in the Snafu Senryu challenge, making it totally worth it! I am so tickled (speaking of granny, that was a phrase she used) that my 100th piece placed in a challenge. What a cool gift.
By Kristen Balyeat2 years ago in Writers
The Merchantile Ship
I remember the Merchantile Ship as my father told me. Well it was my grandfather that went on that ship in the 1600's. They promised that Blacks would be treated the same as Whites. Even though they divided them, they were equal. In the Americas, they would be all treated as indentured servants. It was where Blacks could live on new hopes and terms with White people. My father told me that at first only Whites could row the ship but there was many storms on the Atlantic Ocean. They were so terrible that they made everybody work together. That's when the bond was created that Blacks and Whites need each other and should stick together. And that there were death on the ships especially among Natives and poor. The Merchantile Ship was the chance for greatness. It was the chance to make the New World work for everybody. And everybody was needed in the Americas, they promised jobs when grandfather was in England. They promised land and they promised plenty of opportunity. The sail took six months and sixty days. And everybody was sick of the sea and so happy to reach shore. Everybody rush off the ship after spending most of their lives within the months on the ship. There grew friendships as well as adversity. Some people were plotting to take the best of the land. Some were making deals on what they would do with the land. And they hope the Natives that did not die from the overseas' travel would help them create new friendships with the Natives in the land hoping that they speak their language and understand their custom.
By Distinguished Honorary Alumni Dr. Matthew Primous2 years ago in Writers
"Americans Glimpse Jimmy Carter's Frailty and Resolve: Former President Battles Urinary Tract Infection at 98"
As former President Jimmy Carter, at the age of 98, battles a urinary tract infection in a Georgia hospital, Americans are getting a glimpse into both his frailty and his resolve. Carter, who served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981, has been a prominent figure in American politics and humanitarian efforts for decades. His hospitalization has sparked an outpouring of support and well wishes from people across the political spectrum.
By Ali Hashmi2 years ago in Writers
