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Age of Aquarius

Leila Ziari·July 22, 2020

Age of Aquarius written by: Leila Ziari A global pandemic or apocalyptic blessing? No, I don’t mean...

English Poetry

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Morning Has Woken

Glynn Sinclare·July 8, 2020

Morning Has Woken written by: Glynn Sinclare @chitanclare I rose with the sun and lazed about in...

English Poetry

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Life

Vidya Venkataramanan·July 6, 2020

Life written by: Vidya Venkataramanan The morning was bitterly cold The water frozen, A nip in the...

English Poetry

·1 min read

Night To Dawn

S. Mitra·June 30, 2020

Night to Dawn written by: S. Mitra The descending night brings the lullaby-lingering…… Setting to the serene...

English Poetry

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Woke Up

Doug Hawley·February 23, 2020

Woke Up written by: Doug Hawley @dougiamm During the meditation segment an hour into our three hour...

English Literature

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A Future To Behold

Bruce Levine·February 19, 2020

A Future To Behold written by: Bruce Levine @brucelevine19 Light sits in a closet awaiting revelation And...

English Poetry

·1 min read

Motherhood

Sonali Majumdar·January 31, 2020

Motherhood written by: Sonali Majumdar Who would I be If not a mother? Even if I hadn’t...

English Poetry

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Nature Symphony

Claude Seguy·January 8, 2020

Nature Symphony written by: Claude Seguy It is a good morning when the sun is shining, When...

English Poetry

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Sonnet of The Insect

Daniel Haskin·January 3, 2020

Sonnet of The Insect written by: Daniel Haskin Can true love be learned By the way a...

English Poetry

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Awakening

Izabella T. Kostka·December 1, 2019

Awakening written by: Izabella T. Kostka It lights up every dawn like fog lights, restarts neurons disconnected...

English Featured Post Poetry

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A Kingbird Pecks

Sergio A. Ortiz·October 14, 2019

A Kingbird Pecks written by: Sergio A. Ortiz @Saore beyond these shores the noonday sun as harsh...

English Poetry

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A New Song

Fred Miller·August 27, 2019

A New Song written by: Fred Miller The music filled his heart as if he were hearing...

English Featured Post Literature

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Dream Chaser

Susan Kahil·May 9, 2019

Dream Chaser written by: Susan Kahil My dreams are not just fillers for the empty holes made...

English Poetry

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The Intergalactic Burn of Metaphysical Intuition

James Dennis Casey IV·April 26, 2019

The Intergalactic Burn of Metaphysical Intuition written by: James Dennis Casey IV @LouisianaJames crystal visions fill the...

English Poetry

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Robin McNamara is an Irish poet from Waterford City. He has over 148 poems published worldwide in America, Canada, Ireland and in the UK with Beir Bua Journal, Dreich, Versification, Pink Plastic House, Daily Drunk, Full House Literary Magazine, Dream Journal, Second Chance Lit, Literary Heist, Dwelling Literary & Impspired. A regular contributor to Spillwords since 2018 where he has been nominated a number of times for publication of the month. Robin is also involved in the Poetry Ireland and Black Bough Poetry poetry prompts. Robin’s forthcoming debut chapbook was written during the lockdown in Ireland. Under A Mind’s Staircase, is published by Hedgehog Poetry Press, UK and is available to purchase now.

Generational Fragility by Lynsey Fyfe

Raising children can be a daunting task; it takes skill, determination and a great sense of humour. Raising them properly is a seemingly impossible task. Parenting has evolved so much over the years, it can be hard to keep up with current advice, but have babies changed? It’s hard to imagine babies are different enough now, to warrant such a drastic change in our parenting techniques in the last few decades.

Back in the not so distant past, almost every mother stayed at home, raising the children and keeping the house, while the father went to work. Times were different.
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