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A New World

Albert Russo·August 23, 2022

A New World written by: Albert Russo @AlbertRusso1 Something snaps inside of me, all sensations suddenly get...

Literature Featured Post English

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Welcome to America

Sue Marie St. Lee·August 3, 2022

Welcome to America written by: Sue Marie St. Lee Her eyes met mine with fear, It recognized...

English Poetry

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America

Spillwords·July 3, 2022

America a poem by Claude McKay Although she feeds me bread of bitterness, And sinks into my...

English Poetry Literary Greats

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Clementine Calamity, Towntamer

Rand Hill·March 1, 2021

Clementine Calamity, Towntamer written by: Rand Hill Once upon a time in America’s Wild West, there was...

Literature English

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Thoughts of Thanksgiving

Spillwords·November 22, 2020

Thoughts of Thanksgiving a poem by Charles Frederick White Thanksgiving day is coming soon, That long remembered...

Literary Greats English Poetry

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America Is Dying

Peggy Gerber·October 15, 2020

America Is Dying written by: Peggy Gerber America is burning from sea to shining sea. The ocean...

Poetry English

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The Book of The Dead

Spillwords·August 30, 2020

The Book of The Dead a poem by: Muriel Rukeyser These roads will take you into your...

English Literary Greats Poetry

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From Main Street To Walmart

John Grey·May 12, 2020

From Main Street To Walmart written by: John Grey The movie house marquee is devoid of coming...

English Featured Post Poetry

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World Pandemic

Kim Willoughby·April 29, 2020

World Pandemic written by: Kim Willoughby Media in a frenzy Political agendas abound Conspiracy theories all around...

English Poetry

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Just Another Quiet Sunday Morning In America

R.M. Engelhardt·April 21, 2020

Just Another Quiet Sunday Morning In America written by: R.M. Engelhardt @rmengelhardt I hear The churchbells Ringing...

Poetry English

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Contemporary Casual Conversation

Ronald Allen Bell·October 4, 2019

Contemporary Casual Conversation written by: Ronald Allen Bell @rhymescribe Come into my garden, baby. Have a sip...

Poetry English

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Argentina

Kenneth Vincent Walker·September 7, 2019

Argentina written by: Kenneth Vincent Walker Beneath the Argentinean sensual breeze An ominous cloud looms on the...

English Poetry

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I Hear America Singing

Spillwords·July 4, 2019

I Hear America Singing written by: Walt Whitman I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,...

Literary Greats Poetry English

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The Birds That Don’t Sing

Daniel Brooks·July 2, 2019

The Birds That Don’t Sing written by: Daniel Brooks I fear incarceration Like the living fear Death...

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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