Articles for category: Prose

Karla News

A Lonely Dramatic Prose

Loneliness is an odd emotion. Throwing yourself against the back of a couch in front of a screen with seventy-five things to watch at once solves almost every problem except loneliness. One finds no consolation in food and snacks, nor does he care much for the unfamiliar company on that screen. Sleep is unthinkable, and ...

Karla News

Twin Towers Disaster

A woman came to the bus stop and calmly reported that a jumbo jet crashed into the Twin Towers. She must be mistaken, I think. She probably meant one of those small prop jobs. I imagined the buildings, standing resolutely, the shining legs of a metal god, shrugging off the accident like a mosquito bite. ...

Karla News

Astrological Sun Signs: Leo the Lion (July 23-August 22)

Once an obscure and “underground” body of knowledge and practice, astrology has enjoyed a burst in good favor in recent decades, thanks in part to the emerging New Age movement. Though the temptation is present for people to misuse astrology as a kind of shortcut to understanding their particular life’s path – and human interaction ...

Karla News

Happy Mother’s Day Poems

I wish I’d know what I shall do On Mother’s Day, you too? I’d buy some flowers, build new homes, Or better write Mother’s Day poems! She might be happy all the day Reading what I have to say Some words of love, some words of joy, Is everything she will enjoy. I wish her ...

Karla News

Mary Oliver, Poet – Exposing Nature’s Largest Truth

This is not an impartial article about the poet Mary Oliver. I’ve been a fan of her work since the first time I read it almost fifteen years ago. I still often choose one of her many books of poetry on the table next to my comfy chair, encourage the pages to fall open randomly, ...

Karla News

How to Pheasant Hunt Without a Dog

Pheasant hunting over a well trained dog is a thing of beauty. Watching the dog work and scratching his head after he retrieves the fallen pheasant is what most people imagine when they think of pheasant hunting. But the reality is that with more and more people living in urban and suburban areas, the loyal ...

Karla News

Buried Alive!! “LOST”, 3/28

Ding dong! Nikki and Paolo are gone! And buried alive, no less!! I wanted to jump up and dance around when I realized they were being buried alive! Unfortunately, my husband was sitting right next to me rolling his eyes. Being buried alive is not something I’d wish on anyone in real life, but in ...

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The Dark Night of the Soul – a Poem About Curiosity

I am boiled by the rage to know choosing ignorance as my foe. Upon me is the dark night of the soul that hides (and taunts me with) my goal. The agony of things unknown has festered in my brain…and grown. The weeks and months of sleepless nights and deepest thought Have come to naught- ...

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Analyzing of “I, Too, Sing America”

April is National Poetry Month. I have decided to analyze a classic poem. It may not be one that is familiar to most since a lot of poems that are considered classics are written by non-whites. The poem by Langston Hughes is a classic to me. “I, Too, Sing America.” This poem was recited in ...