Tag: Community

  • Between Heaven and Earth

    Between Heaven and Earth

    A poem by Tyler Golec There is a place between Heaven and Earth Where man was not born to be On the wings of artificial Angels We have learned to be free I can feel divinity here, on mountain tops Cresting above clouds, the sun light seen, Rivers cutting, wide, long, vast, organic Fields of…

  • Night Markets in Taiwan

    Night Markets in Taiwan

    Taiwan is a small Asian nation full of many wonders, but the one that makes it stand out compared to its counter parts are its night markets. They serve as both a hub of nightlife and tourism, but also a hub for the expression of this nation’s deep culture. Long before westerner, Japanese, or Korean…

  • Their Battle For, Part I: A Bloody Beginning

    Their Battle For, Part I: A Bloody Beginning

    It was a beautiful day, he lamented. He felt something like grief fill him – melancholy. There had been and would be thousands and thousands more deaths today; his only desire was to watch the dunes in the fading light.

  • Class Notes

    Class Notes

    Tyler Golec   He wants a brewery, Time to write and, Time to live   She wants to one day Go to her student’s book signings   I want her to go to My book signing   A couple years later now Looking through notes   I think I had something right then About preppers…

  • And We Howl

    And We Howl

    Tyler Golec   I’ve seen the brightest among us tossed Mangled, bodies strewn on train tracks Spirits now, riding the rails to Cyberus To raise a glass with Hemingway And adventure with Hunter S. Thompson Far away from this here bat country Where shiny vampires sell novels And Bram Stoker rolls in his grave  …

  • Don’t Fear the Rain

    Don’t Fear the Rain

    Tyler Golec   I hear thunder on the horizon Rain is falling The wind is in my face but I am no autumn leaf Clinging to a tree lost in cement and grease smoke   The thunder rolls, in deep, deafening, tremors It calls me arrogant, Because I will not yield to it Because I…

  • Eighteen

    Eighteen

    Tyler Golec   Smoke clouds Youth with new freedom Children, but trying for something more Living now on their own terms   Unsteady steps are common here Eyes glazed or red They are not lost But not found   Who are they? Who will they become? What will they create? What evils will they commit?…

  • America the Beautiful

    America the Beautiful

    Tyler Golec   America the brave America the so far from perfect But that’s alright with me You have scars that run deep Deep as lashes on slaves backs Your breasts are not so lush You have been suckled so long But you are still trying Still nourishing   Corruption and sloth are your cancers…

  • Dearly To Soon

    Dearly To Soon

    Dearly too soon departed