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Thursday Night at the Tic-Toc Lounge

Tara Dasso·May 1, 2020

Thursday Night at the Tic-Toc Lounge written by: Tara Dasso Here’s to us staked out in the...

English Poetry

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Blueberry Banter & Blueberry Blues

Fay Marmalich-Vietmeier·March 23, 2020

Blueberry Banter & Blueberry Blues written by: Fay Marmalich-Vietmeier Blueberry beginnings and Blueberry ends, A Valentine verse...

English Poetry

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A Lasting Feeling

Ferris E Jones·February 28, 2020

A Lasting Feeling written by: Ferris E Jones When rockets begin to fall from the sky To...

English Poetry

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Dark Love

Max Carlson·January 29, 2020

Dark Love written by: Max Carlson Winter–that thief of nature, that shoplifter of light– is a slow...

English Poetry

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The Twilight Lounge

Larry D Tyler·June 8, 2019

The Twilight Lounge written by: Larry D Tyler It seems like it was just yesterday when I...

English Literature

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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...

English Poetry

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A Mulberry Spring

Dolonchampa Chakraborty·May 17, 2019

A Mulberry Spring written by: Dolonchampa Chakraborty A woman’s desire to live Is not hers A combined...

English Poetry

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Sounds of Life

Mark Kodama·March 29, 2019

Sounds of Life written by: Mark Kodama If life has you singing the blues Enjoy the music, For...

English Poetry

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Cleaning Plates

DeWayne Moore·February 19, 2019

Cleaning Plates written by: DeWayne Moore @MtZionFund Evil comes in many forms and most will spread it...

English Poetry

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A Blues Lesson

David Luoma·December 30, 2018

A Blues Lesson written by: David Luoma Balance her on your knee like a baby. It’s not...

English Literature

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Blue Note Souls

Ron Kempton·December 2, 2018

Blue Note Souls written by: Ron Kempton I’ve come a long way with the help of God....

English Featured Post Literature

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Funeral Blues

Spillwords·November 25, 2018

Funeral Blues a poem by W. H. Auden Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent...

English Literary Greats Poetry

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Mal De Moi (Chantant)

Antonio Blunda·October 2, 2018

French International Italian Poetry

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Jigsaw Psyche

A.M. Torres·September 11, 2018

Jigsaw Psyche written by: A.M. Torres @sonic1170 On Broad Street, I stood memories scat they overflow the...

English Featured Post 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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