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Colibri

Carmen Frech Oliveri·February 24, 2021

Colibrí written by: Carmen Frech Oliveri Viento sonoro, sabes a metal tendido en pétalos rojos, sobre el...

Spanish Poetry

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Beyond The Abyss

Francisc Edmund Balogh·February 18, 2021

Beyond The Abyss written by: Francisc Edmund Balogh Let’s open the window of this morning and let...

Poetry English

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The Cat’s Meow

T.E. Maltba·December 11, 2020

The Cat’s Meow written by: T.E. Maltba Open-palmed and calloused, Stooped levitation with elastic pouched poison And...

Poetry English

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Maelstrom

L.M.Giannone·September 16, 2020

Maelstrom written by: L.M. Giannone @LISAGNO Looking everywhere searching high and low but it’s so hard to...

English Poetry

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Can I Buy?

Marija Najthefer Popov·August 20, 2020

Can I Buy? written by: Marija Najthefer Popov Can I buy? Peace? Can I buy? Tenderness? How...

Poetry English

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Ranunculus

Andrea E. Lodge·August 17, 2020

Ranunculus written by: Andrea E. Lodge In my endless abyss of essences, I am heliotropic. While Dad...

Poetry English

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Aberration

Megha Sood·July 21, 2020

Aberration written by: Megha Sood @meghasood16 I’m an aberration, An anomaly, A certain twist in the tale...

Poetry English

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A Pinch of Vermillion

Kumar Mithun·July 16, 2020

A Pinch of Vermillion written by: Kumar Mithun The brides creep into the dark labyrinth. To feed...

English Poetry

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Endless Night

Jesse Highsmith·February 27, 2020

Endless Night written by: Jesse Highsmith Down the abyss where no flowers grow, there lights a path...

English Poetry

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Fireflies

Sunita Sahoo·January 21, 2020

Fireflies written by: Sunita Sahoo lost in the dark . . . from a distance, I see fireflies...

Poetry English

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Nothing Ventured

RayFed·January 16, 2020

Nothing Ventured written by: RayFed @MrRayFed People talk about learning to love again.., well I’m not sure...

English Poetry

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Heartsick

Andrée J. Khoury·August 24, 2019

Heartsick written by: Andrée J. Khoury It’s not enough to say you have broken my heart. It betrays...

English Poetry

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My Shameful Secrets

Laura Hughes·July 27, 2019

My Shameful Secrets written by: Laura Hughes @SweetPea_1977 Who do you even turn to, if no one...

English Poetry

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This Savage Land (Your Chaotic Heart)

Jose A. Tovar·May 3, 2019

This Savage Land (Your Chaotic Heart) written by: Jose A. Tovar I have traversed this savage land...

Poetry English

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After a long career tinkering in telecommunications, Jim Bartlett switched to tinkering with writing fiction, both requiring a stretch of the imagination. In the course of putting his fingers to the keyboard, he's been fortunate to have quite a number of his stories featured both in print and online in several wonderful publications, including a story selected for "The Best of Fiction on the Web, 1996 – 2017" anthology. While mentally he strolls along a warm California beach with his wife and golden retriever (shhh, she doesn't know she's a dog), physically they reside on a special little island in the Pacific Northwest.

Reaper by Sharon Frame Gay

As an orphaned son of an orphan, I always see the glass as half empty. I picture the water murky and lukewarm, a waterline etched below the rim. Maybe with an ash or two floating at the bottom, because that’s what I do for a living. I deal with ashes. The remains of the deceased. No matter how those who pass away see their glass, meager or full, they eventually end up in a satchel carried on my shoulder.
My business card reads “Morton Stark Transport.” I’m called upon to disperse the ashes of the dearly departed and honor their final wishes. People hire me to escort the remains throughout the world ...

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