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  Goodbye Lullaby by Avril Lavigne

  By Ian T., Stockbridge, GA

  Centered around Lavigne's divorce from Deryck Whibley, "Goodbye Lullaby" is full of melancholy and longing. She allows her emotions to flow in order to create some of her most beautiful music since "Under My Skin." The songs "Push," "Everybody Hurts," &...
• Reviews > Book Reviews
  All Quiet on the Western Front: On the Anaylisis of Writing Style

  By Ian T., Stockbridge, GA

  Pick up. All Quiet on the Western Front. Open. Flip one, two, three pages. ONE. “We are at rest five miles behind the front…” This is how my reading of All Quiet on the Western Front began. Immediately, I was mildly surprised at this point that a war novel began with a serene setting, t...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Gone: Theme for a Series of Original Novels

  By Ian T., Stockbridge, GA

  Nightfall. Death. Silent tread. Hurried pattering. Crimson glistening in the moonlight. Lament. Desertion. Daybreak. Life. Eccentric rhythm. Lively beat. Tides washing sins gone astray. Mirth. Collaboration. Misty afternoon. Hope. Tranquil exertion. Graceful strokes on placid ...
• Poetry > Song Lyrics
  Something As Beautiful

  By Ian T., Stockbridge, GA

  Simple hearts bleed empty All my dreams come true When you fill my soul I smile on the inside I could sit with you Under the stars I could stare at you All night long And wonder How something so beautiful got into my life Something as beautiful as you Civil minds die cold with the p...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Lyricist

  By Ian T., Stockbridge, GA

  I wanna be a songwriter With all of the royalties A lyricist can get the checks Without all the casualties The words are more than just note holders They bind the music and fill the soul Those who hum can’t make up words Sometimes they can’t even carry the tune...
• Poetry > All Poetry
  My Goal

  By Ian T., Stockbridge, GA

  Noise. Noise. Noise. Before I was thinking, my burden was light Noise. Noise. Noise. Target in sight Noise. Noise. Noise. And I recall: When was it I first wanted to be on top? They say it’s not possible They say it’s not done Yet I’ll prove that it’s probable And I’ve alr...
• Poetry > Song Lyrics
  Our Island

  By Ian T., Stockbridge, GA

  Watch the ocean Wake in your smile Palms of hands and trees Wave to the sky Footprints in the sand Where we ran Let your mind go Back with the tide A dress sways In the breeze Flowing hair Covering face Open mind Let the nations race And the sea Comes up to your knees So much goi...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Negative Media in a Broken Civilization

  By Ian T., Stockbridge, GA

  Every death is tragic Filled with some voodoo magic Lay beside me And watch the sun set On our broken Civilization All is lost And all this time I spent grasping your love Means nothing to a Carbon footprint Or fallout shadow Every war needs publicity To keep us aware of killings A...
• College
  Guide > College Essays
  Development and Impact of Mesopotamia and the Huang He River Valley

  By Ian T., Stockbridge, GA

  Mesopotamia emulated ancient Chinese society in development, but its impact on future civilization was far greater than the Huang He valley. The early progressions of Tigris and Euphrates river valley societies allowed it to be known as the ‘cradle of civilization’ and build the first large-sca...
• College
  Guide > College Essays
  Development and Spread of Christianity and Buddhism

  By Ian T., Stockbridge, GA

  As they follow different doctrines, it is expected that the development of Christianity and Buddhism were fairly (but not entirely) separate, but their spread was nearly identical by traders and missionaries. The foundations of Christianity are simple, but it would soon become a popular world relig...
• College
  Guide > College Essays
  Causes and Effects of the Decline and Fall of Han China and the Roman Empire

  By Ian T., Stockbridge, GA

  Although very much separated on the eastern hemisphere, degradation of the Roman Empire and Han China came in similar waves; the results of the ruined civilizations, however, varied in impact of future civilization. The decline and fall of a great of empire as the Roman would have to be a result of...