by alan | Jul 31, 2016 | Clarion Rock, Summer 2016
A Poison Tree BY WILLIAM BLAKE I was angry with my friend; I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow. And I waterd it in fears, Night & morning with my tears: And I sunned it with smiles, And with soft...
by alan | Jul 29, 2016 | Clarion Causes, Summer 2016
BY EDGAR ALLEN POE January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849 Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore— While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently...
by alan | Jul 24, 2016 | Clarion Rock, Summer 2016
Jazz got into poet Michael C. Ford’s blood at an early age and it’s been flowing there ever since. The 43-year-old Chicago native recalls listening to singer June Christy on the radio at age 9, and standing outside Zardi’s at 12, hearing “brass...
by alan | Jul 20, 2016 | Clarion Rock, Summer 2016
If you’ve ever been driving along the M57 and noticed ‘The Pies The Pies’ written on a motorway bridge, you were probably a bit confused (and hungry. ) But 30 years after their name first started appearing on motorway bridges all around the north...
by alan | Jul 16, 2016 | Clarion Rock, Summer 2016, Uncategorized
A Play in three acts’ Act 1. Scene One. The deck of an American world war two aircraft carrier The Bon Homme Richard (Bonnie Dick). The heavily decorated ships Captain stands alone looking out at a tempest tossed ocean as the wind, rain, and lightening...
