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The Old Lady Goes Grocery Shopping

Joan McNerneyJuly 2, 2020

The Old Lady Goes Grocery Shopping written by: Joan McNerney First of all, it is difficult to express how much I hate this crappy store plus facing ...

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Time That Is Gone

Sharmila MitraApril 17, 2020

Time That Is Gone written by: Sharmila Mitra The music of the dance hall is no more. All patrons have become too old to dance. Our favourite taverns...

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Forty

James BellMarch 31, 2020

Forty written by: James Bell @bel_avocat Am I really 40? If so, I’m still entirely naughty 40 will be quite, assuredly, fine! But, everything in...

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Totter and Stumble

Giovanni FruncilloMarch 25, 2020

Totter and Stumble written by: Giovanni Fruncillo Old man tottering across the parking lot, stumbling, losing his balance, lets go of his shopping c...

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Regrets

Carl ParsonsMarch 12, 2020

Regrets written by: Carl Parsons He’d been away a long time. Now he was home again—in the same town where he’d been born decades ago. But why had he...

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How Others May See Me

Warren AlexanderMarch 6, 2020

How Others May See Me written by: Warren Alexander My face looks the same as yesterday but When should I have noticed the changes Maybe the vain not...

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Surreal

Barbara DeraouiMarch 5, 2020

Surreal written by: Barbara Deraoui @brmaxwell Sometimes I feel like my life is surreal That it’s not real When I look back on my life I can’t...

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Life Passed Him By

Paddy MullenFebruary 25, 2020

Life passed him by written by: Paddy Mullen He sits, staring into the dusky haze of the dying day. Coldness creeps in the room as the monotonous tic...

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Hurry Back: For Agnes

Mary Ellen GambuttiFebruary 18, 2020

Hurry Back: For Agnes written by: Mary Ellen Gambutti @melcmg I position my mother’s wheelchair against the heavy table in the corner of her room. ...

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Fast Forward

Patrick DoranFebruary 15, 2020

Fast Forward written by: Patrick Doran Looking at old home movies recorded on tape, everyone is looking healthy and in great shape. Fast forward t...

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All Souls Day

FM TateFebruary 8, 2020

All Souls Day written by: FM Tate The front door closes behind you. Uniform creased to perfection. Hair always shorter than I’d like. Roses. Y...

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If I Had A Field

Lee DunnJanuary 23, 2020

If I Had A Field written by: Lee Dunn @66human If I had a field, I would not ask for much. Just so by so by so… Fences, side on each, but ...

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In The Twilight

Robin McNamaraJanuary 20, 2020

In The Twilight written by: Robin McNamara @thewindingroad1 You come here Maddened by the sands of time Dried skin on bones The flesh weeps for m...

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Growing Old

Judge BurdonDecember 29, 2019

Growing Old written by: Judge Burdon I'm sitting here thinking about my folks. It feels like years since I've been home. I've got a feeling like I...

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Denise D’Souza lives with her husband in Surrey in the UK. After graduating with a BA in English and Religious Studies, she worked for the Salvation Army publishing department. She worked on publications in print and online, writing and editing news items and creating page layouts. When she gave up her job in publishing to become a carer she missed writing and joined an online writing group. She currently works in carer support. Her short stories, articles and poems have been published in e-magazines such as Spillwords and the Inner Circle Writers’ Group anthologies Cadence, Miracle, Blaze, Poetica, Gleam and Lantern.

Spotlight On Writers - Julia R. DeStefano

Julia R. DeStefano is a Red Queen who wears many hats but one crown. A confessional poet, she captures moments and preserves them in the glistening amber of language. She also believes in the penning of Paradise into existence through powerful verse. Julia is a woman driven by love and healed by intimacy who uses imagery to paint vivid pictures of darkness and sensuality. Julia believes that the most challenging things in life are those that ultimately end up being the most worth it; that to be loved well is to have won at life; and that the heart will never, ever lead the head astray. Look for Julia atop her throne of books.