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Down Through The Ages

Susi Bocks·October 20, 2019

Down Through The Ages written by: Susi Bocks @susibocks from the ancient Celtic ritual the festival of...

Poetry English Halloween

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A Thousand Shades of Black

Jerry Langdon·September 18, 2019

A Thousand Shades of Black written by: Jerry Langdon The obsidian sky ripped open, Pouring out a...

Poetry English

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Aun Tenemos Que Vivir Ocultos

Alexander Uslar·August 4, 2019

Aun Tenemos Que Vivir Ocultos written by: Uslariono @Uslariono Aun tenemos que “vivir” ocultos llorando nuestras penas,...

From Red to Black

Dan Leicht·July 25, 2019

From Red to Black written by: Dan Leicht @Deeliopunk There are spiders everywhere In my lungs spinning...

Poetry English

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BLACK DOG NIPPING

Leanne Neill·July 13, 2019

BLACK DOG NIPPING written by: Leanne Neill @LeanneNeill2 Incessant barking slicing the luxury of today’s silence, succumbing...

Poetry English

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Darkness

Glen McKenzie·June 11, 2019

Darkness written by: Glen McKenzie @justabitfurther darkness descends ever so slowly inching, creeping downward like the slowly...

English Featured Post Poetry

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Wherefore “The Blues”?

Mike Turner·June 5, 2019

Wherefore “The Blues”? written by: Mike Turner Why are they called “the blues”? Why is it that...

Poetry English

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SALT AND PEPPER

Dilip Mohapatra·June 4, 2019

SALT AND PEPPER written by: Dilip Mohapatra @dilipmo They surely make a lovely pair the dark and the...

Sparkle and Love

Ali Aryan·May 1, 2019

Sparkle and Love written by: Ali Aryan Her eyes were a sparkle, Mine were black, Her soul...

Poetry English

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Slapstick Blues

DC Diamondopolous·April 28, 2019

Slapstick Blues written by: DC Diamondopolous Booker La Croix liked nothing better than to put on his...

Literature English

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Haunted

Robyn MacKinnon·March 3, 2019

Haunted written by: Robyn MacKinnon @art_rat my house is haunted Everything I bought is black for powering...

Robyn Finds Poetry Robyn MacKinnon Poetry English

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Umas Duas Cervejas E Meia Duzia Depois

Silvana McGuire·December 4, 2018

Umas Duas Cervejas E Meia Duzia Depois written by: Silvana McGuire Aqueles olhinhos verdes, do chao pro ceu...

International Portuguese Poetry

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The Room In Darkness

John Grey·November 22, 2018

The Room In Darkness written by: John Grey Ah, the pleasures of a room in darkness, the mind...

English Poetry

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Bad Luck In Wait

A.M. Torres·October 22, 2018

Bad Luck In Wait written by: A.M. Torres @sonic1170 Black fur, black hair black cat, black snare...

Poetry Halloween English

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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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