“Sofia” – Alvaro Soler, 2016 “Second Hand News” – Fleetwood Mac, 1977 “Spanish Pipedream” – John Prine, 1971 “Drive Slow” – Kanye West ft. Paul…
Posts published in “Byline: LUCA GREENSPUN”
Christmas Eve
Snake! He yells And betrayal cuts like a knife, stings like bleach in the eyes of a just-now blind man Anger flares like the wings…
A Haiku
when winter was both Tomorrow and yesterday But today sun shined
Most Likely the Haiku of the Month
No one else submits Luca takes home another Haiku of the Month!
Haiku of the Month: 2016
Braggadocious Trump Strong-willed gal tryna make history It’s up to you, chump
I Thought I Found You
I thought I found you Sitting by the chestnut tree Your hair then Longer than it used to be I thought it passed, time…
Our Thoughts on Death
I think maybe it’s black Frank thinks what I say is whack Jenny’s into Buddha and all that jack Frank says to Jenny there’s no…
Journal Entry
Sitting inside this ancient Roman basilica, it’s easy to believe there is a god. The vaulted dome ceiling gives way to a deluge of heavenly…
Peanuts Cartoon
Why Transcendental Nature Writing is Dead and What You Can Do to Bring it Back
To men like Ralph Waldo Emerson and Edward Everett, being overcome with the visceral beauty of nature was as good as popping a Quaalude and…
Teacher Feature: Richard Anderson
Richard Anderson, a long-standing English teacher at IHS, will be retiring after this year. He has a new novel coming out within the next year…
The Many Faces of Weiqing “Skippy” Zhang
The district and those who pull the strings behind our bumbling puppet do much to “educate,” “engage,” and “empower.” However, there is little going on…
The BEST Meal
Breakfast is often heralded as “the most important meal of the day,” and for an avid breakfast guy like me, the claim is certainly true.…
NCAA Preseason Basketball Rankings
Tattler Rankings Associated Press Rankings Kentucky Duke North Carolina Kansas Maryland Virginia Wichita State Michigan State Iowa State Gonzaga Oklahoma Villanova Wisconsin Michigan Arizona…
Student Athletes and Drug Abuse at IHS
Student athletes probably use drugs and alcohol slightly more than non-athlete students and sports-related parties are arguably the grounds in which most alcohol and drug use takes place.
Back to School Playlist
“A Thousand Miles”: Vanessa Carlton Back to school, “faces past … and I miss you”. This song perfectly sums up that back-to-school excitement of seeing…
Top 5 Things to do
in Ithaca this Summer
But in this time of year, when classes are winding down, students are reviewing for finals, and everyone is ready for summer, there lies the eternal question: “What should I do this summer?”