THE WRITTEN WORD
The Written Word is a place for local writers to share their articles, stories, and thoughts with News of Davidson readers. Send submissions to [email protected] . Thanks!
“It Was Freedom, and Pure Love of the Game: Chasing Fly Balls in Center Field,” a Poem by William Jackson
NEWS Down in Texas, on October 4, 2022, a figure sculpted from steel let loose with his mighty swing into the night... The whole country saw--or re-played the film--Aaron Judge's sixty-second, in sudden, aerodynamic flight. National élan was re-charged--something...
My Imaginary Thoughts About How God Might Feel About the Recent Pictures from the Webb Space Telescope
NEWS Well, I must admit that even I am impressed with what you have created but to be truthful, which I always am, it is because it helps you be impressed with what I’ve created. You say you are peering back in time at that “time” I clapped my hands and it all...
UNC Charlotte’s SDG Club Based on the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals
NEWS My name is Mackenzie Smart. I am a recent graduate of UNC Charlotte. While undergrad, I created a club called The SDG Club (based on the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals) in March 2021. I had previously participated in the Millennium Fellowship which is...
Channels: A Poem by Nora Hutton Shepard
NEWS When I hold you I want to ask Whyare you named for a river in a landI have never seen? in New Zealand?Your parents named you for what I may never know—but I think I might see that foreign sky in the blueof your eyes, that water dancing its coursewhere...
“Death Hung in the Air” A Poem for Easter
NEWS Death hung heavy inthe airwaiting like a bridefor her groomBut there would be nobringing togetherthis day No, this would be aday of separation-a divine unbinding-A wedge was nowdriven betweenwas never to beparted Darkness was his companionfor three dayswhile...
“Silence in the Clouds” A Poem for Good Friday
NEWS Some thought it thunderfrom heavy dark cloudsBut broken hearts belowheard only silencefrom a heaven thatseemed so empty His broken self hangingso alone with griefcould only cry out asolitary plea,“Why father…so forsaken”No answer would comefor that day there...
“Now What?” A Poem For Holy Thursday
NEWS Peter’s thoughts as Jesus tries to wash his feetJohn 13: 1-17 Wanting me to be a rock-what is this pebble-likegesture of humility?Surprise is his naturebut this is too muchIf his desire was to be a slavehome he should havestayed Forbid him I willNone of this is...
The View from Kyiv: “We Are Going to Fight for Our Land,” a poem by William Jackson
NEWS (Editor's note: Mr. Jackson was moved to write this poem about a couple he saw interviewed on a February 28 news program. He omitted some details about their full names and exact location in Kyiv. Mr. Jackson, his wife, and son visited Kyiv in the last year of...
“Ode to the New York Times” a poem by Bill Jackson
NEWS February 8, 20225:00 a.m. "Good Morning , A. G. Sulzberger," Adolph Ochs, and Arthur Hays—whose reign as publisher began in the year of my birth...Through the glorious years at Columbia University, on Riverside Drive, when the world...
“Why did the Chicken Cross the Road?” A Poem by Nora Hutton Shepard
NEWS The how of how she crosses, the why,require more study. What compels her? Whatlures her? It looks like love. The rising sunhas wobbled up and she will fly againstall advice and warnings of bad examplesand all prescriptions for her safety. Look at this bird,...