Archive for October, 2011

“An Immigrant’s Tale” by Shelby Burford, Kansas

“An Immigrant’s Tale” by Shelby Burford, Kansas

topic: NEW FRONTIERS medium: TEXT “Success is to be measured not so much by the position one has reached in life, as by the obstacles which have been overcome while trying to succeed.” –Booker T. Washington “Freedom is more than crossing a border; freedom is a journey of the heart.” […]

“White Feather” by Tracie Pascoe, Australia

“White Feather” by Tracie Pascoe, Australia

topic: BORDERS medium: TEXT I’m not going to send you a white feather, Because this could go on and on, forever. This isn’t Gods war This is a man’s war What are we fighting for? No reason at all. This is not our war; this is man’s war. I’m not […]

“9/11” by Dave Lewis, Wales

topic: 9/11 medium: TEXT as submitted for the “9/11” Open Call 11 / 9 Where I come from the month comes after the day so when I see, hear or read 9/11 anywhere it makes me sad that America, the most insular country in the world, has such far reaching […]

“9/11” by Ashleen O’Gaea, Tuscon, Arizona

topic: 9/11 medium: TEXT as submitted for the “9/11” Open Call I was just waking up when the phone rang. A friend’s daughter was breathless on the other end of the line. Her parents had left for work moments earlier, and she was almost out the door for the school […]

“9/11” by Maril Crabtree, Mission, Kansas

“9/11” by Maril Crabtree, Mission, Kansas

topic: 9/11 medium: TEXT as submitted for the “9/11” Open Call Journal Entry – September 14, 2001 I drove to Mailboxes, Etc. to send my contracts back by FedEx yesterday morning and was reminded that we live in a different world now. “Ma’am, you might as well save your money. […]

“9/11” by Jeremie Guy, Bowie, Maryland

“9/11” by Jeremie Guy, Bowie, Maryland

topic: 9/11 medium: TEXT as submitted for the “9/11” Open Call The day terrorism crashed into the minds of Americans is still vivid in my head. I was in middle school at the time, and we received an announcement that a tragedy had occurred. We were herded to the auditorium […]

“9/11” Sarah Evans, Welwyn Garden City, UK

“9/11” Sarah Evans, Welwyn Garden City, UK

topic: 9/11 medium: TEXT as submitted for the “9/11” Open Call New York to London It was just a normal office day, eating a sandwich at my desk ahead of a busy afternoon. ‘You seen this?’ Justin asked. I turned towards my colleague. ‘What?’ He had BBC News up on […]

“This New Dawning” by Mark Scheel, Shawnee Mission, KS

“This New Dawning” by Mark Scheel, Shawnee Mission, KS

topic: 9/11 medium: TEXT as submitted for the “9/11” Open Call   New York September 2001 And what do we now know? That “Godzilla movies” after all possessed a dark, portentous truth? That candlelight, acapella voices and a breeze lofting the flag can make you cry? That wrestling ghosts is […]

“Explosive Reverberations” by Chris Shaw, Queensland, Australia

topic: 9/11 medium: TEXT as submitted for the “9/11” Open Call Supporting her around the waist, I helped my Rebecca to the hotel toilet. A plastered, broken foot was the reason for her incapacity, the result of misaligned floorboards in a Tudor period hotel. While sober! My locum pharmacy work […]