The Whispers

food. "No...I'm not hungry", Berwyn mumbles as he turns down the food. "Come on Berwyn, you always use to eat your food, what do I have to do to make you eat?", the nurse says, looking at Berwyn concerned. Berwyn tears up. "I want friends back", he whispers. The nurse smiles. "But you have friends", she answers. "No, friends I did had...Mick and Carlson. Why did they leave?", Berwyn asks. The nurse looked at Berwyn and hugged him. "I'm so...sorry...I will see what I can do", she says. Berwyn…

In “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”, the Mariner fails to see the beauty of nature, people, and God, and his broken relationships with each results in his feelings of unhappiness and emptiness. The Mariner shoots the Albatross, a bird that has kind intentions of befriending the Mariner and his crew. His rationalizes for himself and his crewmates that the Albatross brought fog to the ship and it would have been difficult to continue on their voyage. Truthfully, the Mariner is unthinking and does…

“I am intrigued. Carry on.” Leon and Elyan shifted on their tree stumps to face Percival. “I was walking in the Darkling Woods one night,” said Percival. “It was bitter cold, and the ground was frozen as solid as rock. I heard a groan, then a whisper…beneath my feet.” Something made the short hairs on the back of Gwaine’s neck stand up. Percival’s was not prone to hyperbole nor tall tales.…

of their question is not only completely reggae-esque, but it brings a warm sort of urgency into what would otherwise be a relaxing rhythm. It ends the same way it began, suggesting that their van and their vibe will keep on rolling. The Wicked Whispers…

Tubman had changed the mentality and mindset of enslaved Africans, by sparking hope that they could reach freedom. As a young man, Thomas Garrett “successfully intervened in the unlawful kidnapping of a free black women who worked for his family” (Whispers of Angels). Because of this incident, he became inspired to participate in the rescinding of slavery, and would assist any runaway slave that needed his help in reaching the Southern states. For example, when Harriet Tubman was low on…

“The greater the obstacle, the more glory of overcoming it.”, said by Moliere relates to The Help solely because it is based on obstacles that are put upon the characters in the book. The Help by Kathryn Stockett, is mainly about three women who are trying to overcome the racism of their time by writing a book, all while telling their stories. Ms. Celia's treatment towards Minny compelled Minny to believe she should be treated as a person. Minny is the new maid to Celia Foote, and once Minny…

Robert Frost is a poet who is well known for making the meanings to his poems ambiguous. The same holds true for his poem “Mowing.” The poem itself appears to be simply a story about a man cutting hay, but Frost uses a large number of literary devices to separate his work from the field. In this poem in particular, Frost’s devices range from metaphor to diction, and each use of device brings its own unique meaning to the poem. In one example, Frost uses extended metaphor. The extended metaphor…

luminous shadows i. ways to fade fears in your tears chaos in the wind moonless shadowless soul ii. the complexity of perplexity drifting as a butterfly eggshells O2 iii. as whispers merge with silence presence in the absence father forming contentment as light watches the shadow i. ways to fade fears in your tears What are thoughts?…

The room was flooded in darkness, but not all was still. A baby was giggling amidst indecipherable whispers. Suddenly, as the whispers stopped, the baby cried. Immediately, footsteps began pacing across the floor. With the new sound of shrill anxious breathing, the baby screamed. A match was stuck, illuminating a hand gripping a blood stained butcher knife. A candle was lit, placed in a candle holder hanging from the ceiling, flickering as it swung back and forth. The light pushed back the…

Controlling and dancing with spirit in a way that felt safe enough to make me feel supported and connected enough to hear the whispers, but not enough to dare to enter the unknown territory of in void. The void was holding pain, anger and frustration, not from past trauma and the agony of my past haunting me, but pain of the present. … The pain of not being where I want to be…