Writing

Rome & Julie

A Book by Bailey Drake

Harvard Square Gentlemen

A Poem by Armana D'Uscaret

Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts. I find Harvard Square bathed in crimson red by its cobblestoned streets and rather pre..

Winter’s Rome

A Poem by Armana D'Uscaret

This winter Rome's streets are filled: people, potted trees, dried wreaths--all On Sale.

of Rome Haiku I

A Poem by Armana D'Uscaret

Taking my glassesoff, I can see Rome at once,beautiful and fragile.

of Rome Haiku II

A Poem by Armana D'Uscaret

Sunlight dances on the blades of grass pushing through-- Mind the cobblestones!

of Rome Haiku III

A Poem by Armana D'Uscaret

My breath visible, even the magnolia leaves shudder in the wind.

Standing within

A Poem by Armana D'Uscaret

Buildings surround me and the magnolia trees in Trastevere.

On Via dei Pettinari

A Poem by Armana D'Uscaret

This winter is warm. A large brown dog sleeps soundly on cobblestoned grass.

Surviving history

A Poem by Armana D'Uscaret

Ashes of the past buried amongst flowerbeds, frostless roots that feed.

Crossing the bridge

A Poem by Armana D'Uscaret

Strips of cold plastic bags grace the dead trees below the Ponte Sisto.

To take time

A Poem by Armana D'Uscaret

Travelling by train: Rome--Florence, spring wind is still. Eyes captures nothing.

The Water

A Story by Armana D'Uscaret

She tries not to wonder anymore whether or not the color of the water will ever change. For today it is decidedly a murky green. Murky, she think..

Campo

A Poem by Armana D'Uscaret

Midday, a short walk across the Ponte Sisto to the place known as Field of Flowers. Couples mill about, point at things, then purchase ..

Before, after midday in Garbatella

A Poem by Armana D'Uscaret

Rain falls unheard, caw of bird, cold, beyond window-- Garbatella wakes Mussolini’s war, still echoing in winter’s ..

Between Them

A Story by Armana D'Uscaret

The conversation had started long before the solitary lamp-post began to cast the familiar amber light, prompting both shadows and people to eme..

Rome

A Poem by Armana D'Uscaret

Do not look for it in cobblestoned roads, nor in the beauty of the decay that even stone structures must face, nor in the gra..

Trippin' Laurels

A Book by Theodore Grant

Kaspar and Simon: 2 college students/marijuana enthusiasts who happen to wake up one day in a mythological land. Can they overcome the Minotaur, the U..

Act 2 Chapter 3

A Chapter by Austin H.

Longish chapter. I'll be breaking down the rest of this act into four different perspectives, with two per chapter. Valencia and Cassius get this chap..