Oh no, the llamas have escaped again! In Alto’s Adventure, players take on the role of Alto snowboarding on snowy hills to catch his runaway llamas. The number of llamas caught translates to points, and coins found along the way serve as both points and currency to buy items that […]
Tag: Poetry
Whisper: or the Still Small Voice
This month’s poem strays from standard poetry because it actually consists of the lyrics to a song. I wrote this song on February 6th, the one-year anniversary of the earthquakes in Turkey. As my old hometown, Malatya, was one of the cities near the earthquake origin, many people and places […]
The First Snow: Girl on a Cloud
The First Snow On a sunset cloud she wandered She saw, she thought, she pondered For all who were below Didn’t seem to know Where to go or what to do Yet they hurried, hurried through On a small and lonely cloud The little girl wondered aloud Why these many […]
Open Mic: Ode to Books by Eliah Reed
Ode to Books At the end of the day When I’m tired and worn You wait for me. When I’ve had a bad day And I’ve sobbed my eyes dry You wait for me. You don’t care what mood I’m in when I open the cover. You […]
Vacation through Verse: Batumi, Georgia
Bordering Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Russia, Georgia is a small country packed with beauty, diverse landscapes, and people. Especially during the summer, or tourist season, many languages float through the warm air. The most common of these are Georgian, Turkish, and Russian. The Georgian language sounds and looks unlike any […]