Nothing New Under the Sun

Click on the cover below to purchase your copy today! Eric Nunnally's first book of poetry is unconventional, unashamedly lengthy, and explores a kaleidoscope of issues spanning over a decade of thought. Thematically addressing love, race, gender, social, and religious issues, Blaming Eve is bold and intense. Though there is nothing new under the sun, one cannot help but sense the freshness of tone and perspective offered within this ...

by Ina Hughes We pray for children Who put chocolate fingers everywhere, Who like to be tickled, Who stomp in puddles and ruin their new pants, Who sneak Popsicles before supper, Who erase holes in math workbooks, Who can never find their shoes. And we pray for those Who stare at photographers from behind barbed wire, Who can't bound down the street in new sneakers, Who never "counted potatoes," Who are born in places we wouldn't be caught dead ...

written by Unknown Author 'Twas the night before Jesus came and all through the house Not a creature was praying, not one in the house. Their Bibles were lain on the shelf without care In hopes that Jesus would not come there. The children were dressing to crawl into bed. Not once ever kneeling or bowing a head. And Mom in her rocker with baby on her lap Was watching the Late Show while I took ...

Tell the children Being an adult isn't all it's cracked up to be Enjoy your innocence while you've got it You have enough time to lose it Once its gone, it's gone Live long enough and you'll regret it So don't be so quick to squander it Thinking it's yours It is One of the most precious things in the world If you don't believe me Look at how desperately the world tries To buy it, corrupt it, and destroy ...

Legal tender A pound of flesh Selling bodies Reaping souls Money’s counterfeit Buying into the game Gambling your name Looking out Looking in Who made that window pane? Given freedom to choose With the sky as the limit You hesitate and look back Needing someone to give it It was already yours But you did not believe it So you hired a master Gave him power to lease it Shylock Loan shark Bank’s got the lease Life costs too much Too little No peace Stick up Shake down Lean on garnish or tax Filling pockets ...

It is quite understandable that people are drawn to the flower Not so quickly discovering its roots Let alone examining the seed from whence it sprang Likewise they tackle personal issues Oftentimes dissuaded from the chore of turning over the soil of their discontent By the untidy prospect of getting their hands dirty In the event that one should inherit a garden of woes Waking from a sleepwalking state during which they neglected themselves Only semi-conscious ...

Something so sweet lives in me - has been in me And now as I live to live to give life light It oozes out of me Like water from rivers unseen From banks of mighty waters Where life’s lines ripple above, over and against its motion I stand and I kneel somewhere amidst stately carved mountains Purposefully uneven in its carvings and hollowed in the ...