Beat the Drum Slowly, Arch Patton’s Generosity?
Apr03

Beat the Drum Slowly, Arch Patton’s Generosity?

BEAT THE DRUM SLOWLY Short Story By J. Strauss.   Zurich, part of the social igloo called Schweiz (the Germanic third of Switzerland), lay spread before him. Arch Patton stood on the roof of the Hotel St. Gotthard, the only hotel less than half a kilometer from the train station.  It was cold, but then Zurich is cold to foreigners even when it’s ninety degrees, which is seldom.  He blew the smoke from one last puff of the last...

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Merchant Marine, a Poem by James Strauss
Oct31

Merchant Marine, a Poem by James Strauss

Taconite moving atop the waves, Lackawanna bound with iron ore pellets, Marble sphere strewn heaving decks.Guantanamara plays lost revolution…..

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