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Apples and Oranges

Jim BartlettApril 9, 2020

Apples and Oranges written by: Jim Bartlett Old habits die hard. The saying sticks in my gullet as I stare down the fence at the last of the new str...

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It Comes

R. BremnerApril 9, 2020

It Comes written by: R. Bremner It comes. It comes every day, every morning, afternoon, and night. It doesn’t bother to knock at our door, It sli...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

Covid-19 Top Ten Bucket List

Peggy GerberApril 9, 2020

Covid-19 Top Ten Bucket List written by: Peggy Gerber 1. Survive 2. Come out of isolation 3. Visit my adult ch...

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Poetess

Sheri M. StewartApril 9, 2020

Poetess written by: Sheri M. Stewart You take in my picture as notions soar like birds settle on my smile, my eyes yet She breathes in my words. I...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

All But Love…

Mitch BenselApril 9, 2020

All But Love... written by: Mitch Bensel @MitchRambling blissfully dying inside time is killing me as of late the sun covers me slow the breeze tells me ...

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Blue

KL MerchantApril 9, 2020

Blue written by: KL Merchant The aftermath of the fireball that hit all of mankind creating a crust layer that ripped through the entire system, Ca...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

Alpha Male

R.C. MorganApril 8, 2020

Alpha Male written by: R.C. Morgan “Are you ready for breakfast? Toast, cereal…?” Pete’s voice called. My ears pricked up. I was always hungry. But...

EnglishLiterature2 min read

Pandemic

Robin McNamaraApril 8, 2020

Pandemic written by: Robin McNamara @thewindingroad1 The old woman walked slowly past, “I’m going for some fresh air before it’s all gone!” she s...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

Corona

Mike TurnerApril 8, 2020

Corona written by: Mike Turner @SchoonerSkipper In the third decade of the 21st Century Earth was in peril Her skies clouded with emissions Her w...

EnglishPoetry2 min read

A Vintage Memory

PallaviApril 8, 2020

A Vintage Memory written by: Pallavi Her swiftly failing vintage memory compels her to ask "Who are you?" Unsolicited emotions carefully buried i...

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Lost

Deogratias S. KagaliApril 8, 2020

Lost written by: Deogratias S. Kagali East is north, west is east, The compass' direction lost, Earth's magnetic field frost, Lost is mankind. T...

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Blankets

Ricky HawthorneApril 7, 2020

Blankets written by: Ricky Hawthorne @searsjames Love has left these pitiless threads, these pillow-less Discarded piles, slumped into corners, coma...

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Interview With Myself

Frank GeigerApril 7, 2020

Interview With Myself written by: Frank Geiger INTERVIEWER: Are you ready for this? AUTHOR: &nbs...

EnglishLiterature11 min read

A Day Like This

Wolfgang H.April 7, 2020

A Day Like This written by: Wolfgang H. Living in the fast lane. But ever so slowly. Daily press announcements somersault. There is a lot to report t...

ArticleEnglish1 min read

“Lock down, lock down. We are now on lock down.” The receptionist’s voice came over the school intercom over the incessant buzzing of the alarm bells located in every hall of every phase of the building. I thanked my lucky stars I wasn’t in my regular classroom with my fourth period of thirty-one freshmen. I was teaching my last class of the day in the computer lab of phase five, one of the more isolated wings of the large oddly-shaped school where I’d been teaching for years. There were only seven students in class that day, it being a Friday afternoon ...