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Woke Up

Doug HawleyFebruary 23, 2020

Woke Up written by: Doug Hawley @dougiamm During the meditation segment an hour into our three hour intimacy ritual before we touched I was distrac...

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A Future To Behold

Bruce LevineFebruary 19, 2020

A Future To Behold written by: Bruce Levine @brucelevine19 Light sits in a closet awaiting revelation And fine wine withholds fermentation from t...

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Motherhood

Sonali MajumdarJanuary 31, 2020

Motherhood written by: Sonali Majumdar Who would I be If not a mother? Even if I hadn’t given birth I would still be a mother. Every girl is a mot...

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Nature Symphony

Claude SeguyJanuary 8, 2020

Nature Symphony written by: Claude Seguy It is a good morning when the sun is shining, When fresh scents fill the air, under a clear blue sky When i...

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Sonnet of The Insect

Daniel HaskinJanuary 3, 2020

Sonnet of The Insect written by: Daniel Haskin Can true love be learned By the way a bug whispers Spilling inside an ear like a worm Singing its in...

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Awakening

Izabella T. KostkaDecember 1, 2019

Awakening written by: Izabella T. Kostka It lights up every dawn like fog lights, restarts neurons disconnected for a night's rest. I move the e...

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A Kingbird Pecks

Sergio A. OrtizOctober 14, 2019

A Kingbird Pecks written by: Sergio A. Ortiz @Saore beyond these shores the noonday sun as harsh as wind on Barrow Island-- a kingbird pecks the ...

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A New Song

Fred MillerAugust 27, 2019

A New Song written by: Fred Miller The music filled his heart as if he were hearing the words for the first time. Yet he knew better. Years ago, thi...

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Dream Chaser

Susan KahilMay 9, 2019

Dream Chaser written by: Susan Kahil My dreams are not just fillers for the empty holes made by time Oh, no they are more, stretching light years int...

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The Intergalactic Burn of Metaphysical Intuition

James Dennis Casey IVApril 26, 2019

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

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When I Awake To The Dunes Of Dawn

Eddie AwusiDecember 27, 2018

When I Awake To The Dunes Of Dawn written by: Eddie Awusi When I awake to the dunes of dawn, and morning's bloom, Stirs with much ado, and I hear t...

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Alive

PragyaDecember 10, 2018

Alive written by: Pragya Breathe. Men come and retreat; memories flow forever. Breathe ’til dark sunders with thy demons. Wander into the conce...

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Fréjus

James BellOctober 16, 2018

Fréjus written by: James Bell @bel_avocat Like an uncoded chime from a distant broken bell I fell hopelessly and forever under your preplanned hypno...

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Reaching Up

Any1markAugust 18, 2018

Reaching Up written by: Any1mark @any1mark66 I touched the sky My trembling hands stretched Clouds danced against fingers My stress fading ever so...

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“Lock down, lock down. We are now on lock down.” The receptionist’s voice came over the school intercom over the incessant buzzing of the alarm bells located in every hall of every phase of the building. I thanked my lucky stars I wasn’t in my regular classroom with my fourth period of thirty-one freshmen. I was teaching my last class of the day in the computer lab of phase five, one of the more isolated wings of the large oddly-shaped school where I’d been teaching for years. There were only seven students in class that day, it being a Friday afternoon ...