by Danny Ballan | Feb 20, 2016 | Archive
I have been a human for quite a long time now, and I have read and heard all the stories of heroes and cowards, of kings and beggars, of leaders and soldiers and it shocked me to figure out that in all those stories I heard and read, the heroes die and the cowards...
by Danny Ballan | Feb 19, 2016 | Poetry
Unbreakable—like life unwilling to bend to the wind breaking wings bringing journeys to an end.Unbreakable—a rose would rise not seeing what plans are hidden for tomorrow, but rises anyway;the waves, they know, they break every time, but they know they will always...
by Danny Ballan | Feb 19, 2016 | Poetry
Yesterday I was your friend, but today in the morning you just told me that I was your fiercest and most hated enemies. After the long laugh I gave for thinking you were joking, I realized you were serious about this joke. All I could do was turn around and leave and...
by Danny Ballan | Feb 19, 2016 | Poetry
O CAPTAIN! my Captain! our fearful trip is done;The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won;The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring:But O heart! heart! heart!O the...
by Danny Ballan | Feb 18, 2016 | Archive
Roman Charity is the exemplary story of a woman, Pero, who secretly breastfeeds her father, Cimon after he is incarcerated and sentenced to death by starvation. She is found out by a jailer, but her act of selflessness impresses officials and wins her father’s...
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