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Letter Of Retrospect

SMiles·April 27, 2019

Letter Of Retrospect written by: SMiles @stephenmiles2 Sweating the smalls has slipped eating junk, whilst living without...

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Once Known

SMiles·March 31, 2019

Once Known written by: SMiles @stephenmiles2 The magnitude of chaos depth by which the earth shudders the...

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Nirvana

SMiles·March 5, 2019

Nirvana written by: SMiles @stephenmiles2 Trapped beneath the weight of my expectation I gasp for eluding breath...

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Indifference

SMiles·February 4, 2019

Indifference written by: SMiles @stephenmiles2 Vulnerability grew naked a cold meat dish exposed to scrutiny the way...

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Failed

SMiles·December 27, 2017

Failed written by: SMiles @stephenmiles2 Victories are few beyond the endeavour striving to aspire for perceptions of...

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Psycho Carnivorous

SMiles·December 1, 2017

Psycho Carnivorous written by: SMiles @stephenmiles2 The cerebrum non active, ambling passed dormant conjuring pleasant surroundings, a...

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You Can Win This Fight

Laura Hughes·September 9, 2017

You Can Win This Fight written by: Laura Hughes @Ri_Ri1977 In life, we never know which battles...

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Dancing On Chairs

Krystal Adams Pezzulo·November 9, 2016

Dancing on Chairs written by: Krystal Adams Pezzulo @KrystalPezzulo Everybody on the floor No room to move...

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John Anthony Fingleton: Was born in Cork City, in the Republic of Ireland. Now living in Paraguay. Poems published in journals and anthologies in Ireland, UK, USA, India and France as well as three produced plays. Poems read on Irish and American radio as well in Spanish on South American broadcasts. Has poems published in Spillwords, Alien Bhudda, The Red Door, Piker Press, Super Poetry Highway, The Writers Magazine, Ariel Chart, and numerous national and international journals, blogs, reviews, and anthologies. Published collections 'Poems from the Shadowlands' was published in 2017, 'Words That Found Me' 2019, 'Poems From The Banks' 2020, 'Poems from a Restricted Place' April 2020, 'Secret Fjords' May 2020 and 'A Gathering Of Words' June 2020. All which are available on Amazon.

A Song for Christmas by Steve Carr

I was sixteen. Ma’s upright piano stood against the wall in the dining room where it had been since Ma and Pa were married. It was Grandma’s piano, but she gave it to my Ma as a wedding present. It was made of mahogany and Ma polished it almost every day. I was sitting at it just plucking randomly on the black keys when Ma placed a bright red runner across the top of the piano and, a few minutes later, placed the crèche on the runner. She arranged the figures of Mary and Joseph around the baby Jesus lying in a manger.
“You’re late puttin’ that out this year, Ma,” I said.
“Each year there are more and more boxes of Christmas decorations to sort through,” she said.
I strummed several keys with an unmelodic result and heaved a loud sigh.
“Have you decided yet which song you’re going to do for the Christmas service?” she asked ...

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