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My Heart is an Alien Sparrow

Antonio Blunda·October 6, 2022

Il Mio Cuore è un Passero Alieno written by: Antonio Blunda - Ah il mio cuore, il mio cuore è un passero alieno...

International Italian Poetry English

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Tell Me Tomorrow

Karen Clark·July 26, 2022

Tell Me Tomorrow From The Book ‘Tell Me Tomorrow and Other Stories’ written by: Karen Clark @KarenCl29896539 ...

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No Wine in The House Now

Jim Latham·November 14, 2021

No Wine in The House Now written by: Jim Latham @JimLatham15 Nili hates it when I drink...

English Featured Post Literature

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Rattlin’ Bones

Susan DiPronio·October 22, 2021

Rattlin’ Bones written by: Susan DiPronio @pinkhanger I grew up on a dead-end street. Well, it didn’t...

Literature Featured Post Halloween 13 Days of Halloween English

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Alien

John Anthony Fingleton (Löst Viking)·July 11, 2021

Alien written by: John Anthony Fingleton (Löst Viking) I was never afraid of dying, Still very soon...

An Immigrant’s Dilemma

Mounia Mnouer·June 6, 2021

An Immigrant’s Dilemma: The Alien Between Imagined Lands written by: Mounia Mnouer ‘Who am I?’ – A...

Article English

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The Buried Life

Spillwords·October 11, 2020

The Buried Life a poem by: Matthew Arnold Light flows our war of mocking words, and yet,...

English Literary Greats Poetry

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Heart Song

Tanya Rakh·February 8, 2020

Heart Song written by: Godfrey Holy and Tanya Rakh I will shut my eyes I will find...

Poetry English

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Sunsets on Mars

Doug Stanfield (Hemmingplay)·December 6, 2019

Saying Goodbye Part XV Sunsets on Mars written by: Doug Stanfield (Hemmingplay) @hemmingplay “Oh no, not again,”...

Doug Stanfield Poetry English Saying Goodbye

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Desert Song

Godfrey Holy·November 20, 2019

Desert Song written by: Godfrey Holy and Tanya Rakh when all of these sandstorms are silent and...

English Poetry

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I Feel Like An Alien!

Arpan Christy·November 5, 2019

I Feel Like An Alien! written by: Arpan Christy @ArpanChristy It was all different previously. It wasn’t...

English Poetry

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Host Found

J. Gaither·December 4, 2016

Host Found written by: J. Gaither @Jgaither_Author […Awake. Blurry. Focusing eyes. What am I receiving? Tapping into...

English

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Suman Pokhrel is a Nepali poet, lyricist, playwright, translator, and artist. He debuted in 1999 with a poetry collection and has since published works, including translations of Shakespeare and global poets. His poems are translated into many languages and taught across South Asia. A two-time SAARC Literary Awardee, he also received Asia’s Inspiring Poet Award and was named Author of the Month by Spillwords in June 2023. Beyond literature, he works as a freelance consultant in socio-economic research, rural development, entrepreneurial development and creative writing. He began his career in Nepal’s civil service and later worked with international NGOs. He holds degrees in Science, Law, Business Administration, and Economics.

Condoms by Seán Óg Ó Murchú

They all laughed at me. All the dinner ladies. It started with your one, I’m after forgetting her name now… Smelly Nelly’s ma. A wet little tear trickled toward her tattooed cheekbone. She was roaring red. Her harsh, wheezing laughter sounded like a black taxi tackling the Whiterock Road, her throat destroyed from all the fegs she used to be hoofing into her. She called over the other dinner ladies then, an army of them. Or maybe it was the curiosity of her horrid laughing that brought them over… I can’t remember.
“Tell the girls what you’re only after asking me there ni wee mawn.”
I looked between herself and the girls. Jesus Christ, I said in my own mind, Mental Mick is after stealing all my crayons that I’d been hoarding for myself there before the break...

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