10:1 Now I’ll give an account on these plates of my reign and ministry; to do that, I must first talk about my father and brothers. 10:2 After sharing his dream, my father Lehi spoke concerning the eventual fate of… Read More »(AMM) 1st Nephi Chapter 10
Bartleby, The Law Clerk A Modern Adaptation of the Short Story Bartleby, The Scrivener. By Herman Melville. This contemporary retelling of Melville’s short story centers around an unnamed narrator, a lawyer who takes interest in a new legal clerk he… Read More »Bartleby, the Law Clerk (A Short Story)
9:1 My father saw, heard and spoke these things as we lived in a tent, in the valley of Lemuel. There is more, a great deal more that cannot be written on these plates. 9:2 As I stated before, these… Read More »(AMM) 1st Nephi Chapter 9
A Dream Within a Dream Take this kiss upon the brow!And, in parting from you now,Thus much let me avow —You are not wrong, who deemThat my days have been a dream; Yet if hope has flown awayIn a night,… Read More »A formula to defeat a superiority complex: Comparing Psalms 90:10 and Poe’s “A Dream Within a Dream”
Herman Melville created a legend, a life philosophy, an epic tale in Moby Dick. Unfortunately, the language of the original story is so digressive and complex, that it is difficult to finish, or even start.He Called Me Ishmael is the story… Read More »He Called Me Ishmael: A Short Story of Moby Dick and the Lone Survivor of the Pequod
Cowboy Pat was born to a 16-year-old maid and a father he never met or knew. His early years were marked by uncertainty. However, he was eventually adopted into a bustling household of 11 siblings, where his engaging and attractive… Read More »A Cowboy’s thoughts on LDS President Nelson’s charge to “Think Celestial”
The Tyger BY WILLIAM BLAKE Tyger Tyger, burning bright, In the forests of the night; What immortal hand or eye, Could frame thy fearful symmetry? In what distant deeps or skies. Burnt the fire of thine eyes?On what wings dare he aspire?What the hand, dare… Read More »Ezekiel’s Supernatural God vs. Blake’s Ambiguous Creator
One bleak midnight dark and dreary, as I sat there weak and weary, pondering over my library of dusty books; forgotten lore, I was nodding off, nearly napping, when I suddenly heard knocking – a gentle tapping at my bedroom’s… Read More »A modern rendition of The Raven, by Edgar Allan Poe
8:1 We started gathering all sorts of seeds, grains, and fruit seeds. 8:2 And while we were living in the wilderness, our father shared a divinely inspired dream, a vision. 8:3 And because of the things which I have seen,… Read More »(AMM) 1st Nephi Chapter 8
7:1 After prophesying about our posterity, the Lord inspired my father that his sons should marry and raise families in the promised land. 7:2 God instructed my father that I, along with my brothers, must return to Jerusalem to bring… Read More »(AMM) 1st Nephi Chapter 7