Reefs of mushrooms in the moss Yellow cabbage butterflies Matchstick trees, flamed and fallen Black against the pale sky Glassy waters. Glassy eyes. With so much beauty and so much death, my boots smash ants, damp brown with blood, the wonder lingers on the breeze like breaths through slightly parted lips, dark the storm clouds,…
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To M.L., his boots stretched on the fireplace
“No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart.” – F. Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby [To M.L., his boots stretched on the fireplace] From the shadows we watch his face in the blue half-light of the fire. Hear the draft beneath the door and the fire’s dying…
Chicago Admissions Essays
I’ve attached PDF’s of the essays I used in my application to the University of Chicago. I didn’t get in, so I don’t know how appropriate they were, but feel free to read them for ideas. Question 1 (Required): How does the University of Chicago, as you know it now, satisfy your desire for a…
Roman Catholicism and Arguments of Insecurity
God is outside of time, yet active in it, the Creator of the universe, and the origin of good. Moreover, he is kind, merciful, and loving. Instead of taking a leap of faith and accepting the power of God’s love, Catholicism takes a faltering step onto the bridge of man-made traditions. By instituting an atonement sacrifice once…