By Ryan Mimna Grains of sand on the beachThoughts of yourselfInnumerable to countBut known in itselfBeautiful are our soulsEven if they can't Continue Reading
Philosophy & Poetry
Darker Sights that Blight the Soul
Truly, it can take its toll Dark sightsRestless nightsForlorn thoughtsBlack and whiteIs beholden to greyNo wrong or rightMight makes rightPlight of Continue Reading
The Fear
I smelled it, the first time.The stink of Fear, underscored by the whites of his eyesIn the dead of night, We Men sent to take him-His children Continue Reading
Holding My Breath Before Knowing
Proud Gold Star Mother of Sgt. First Class Kristoffer Domeij The first casualty of war is not a body. It’s the breath held too long by a parent of Continue Reading
My Body Knew Before My Mind Did
By Ryan Mimna Author’s note: I wrote this while recovering from a broken foot during my first semester at Penn. Around the same time, a Ranger Continue Reading
Pondering Pensive Thoughts
By Ryan Mimna I recently looked up the word pensive, and I feel it describes the type of poetry I write. Truly, no idea is original. What are Continue Reading
It Is Finished: What Jesus Meant in John 19:30
By Darin Gaub In John 19:30, Jesus cried out, “It Is Finished!” Many of us have heard these words, but what do these words really mean? What was Continue Reading
What Does Your Soul Look Like?
By Ryan Mimna I keep asking myself If it's the weather, but I know betterOh, what thoughts are kept subdued?What do silent souls scream?Do they Continue Reading
Action Beats Fear
By Ryan Mimna The secret to handling fear is taking action. In the simplicity of this truth lies duplicity. Fear is paralyzing, as the brain knows Continue Reading
Sacred Bullets
sacred bullets flying through the airsacred bullets flying everywhere wars will come and wars will go,and only time will tell the woes kingdom Continue Reading
Dying of the Light
By Ryan Mimna In the cosmological sense, we are flashes of light in the darkness; our meandering lives meaningless to the machinations of the Continue Reading
Complexity in a False Binary World
The more we learn about the world around us, the more we learn how complex it truly is. The more we figure out and understand, the more there is that Continue Reading