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Isolation Spring

Caroline Gauld·July 27, 2020

Isolation Spring written by: Caroline Gauld Winter is letting go its grip Spring not quite ready to...

English Poetry

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Awakening of Soul

Saarthak Haldar·July 27, 2020

Awakening of Soul written by: Saarthak Haldar @haldar_saarthak Abstruse entity spread in air Everything altered like a...

Poetry English

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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...

Poetry English

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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...

Poetry English

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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

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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...

Literature English

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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...

Poetry English

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Motherhood

Sonali Majumdar·January 31, 2020

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

Poetry English

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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...

Poetry English

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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...

Poetry English

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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...

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...

Poetry English

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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...

I was born and raised in Yorkshire, England. At fifteen I left school without the skills or maturity to appreciate the wider world. At nineteen I packed a bag and wandered through Europe and North Africa, learning from the road. At twenty‑five I earned the qualifications for university, eventually becoming a high school teacher and later an education manager. Now I live with my amazing wife on an island north of Seattle. After retiring and with encouragement from Spillwords and the Clever Park Writers Group, I traded reports for storytelling. And that's where the fiction began...

Cast Off by Niall Crowley

The two computer screens tighten their grip. Tom pivots between them, tracking one while he works on the other. Careful discipline from early morning to close of business. Number crunching, he would have termed it before. Now it’s data management and verification, his task to model and tabulate clients’ financial situations and options. Bookkeeping, he would admit to, in more candid moments. He’s tethered firmly to the task, though, and has been since he started here, nearly two years now. Bound in the rigour the work requires, as if life itself depends on it. Top floor, dormer window ...

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