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Jan Smith·March 27, 2017

Breathe written by: Jan Smith @JanSmithNL Breathe Fill your lungs with self love Let your inner essence...

English Poetry

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Reasons To Breathe

Rebecca Bales·January 20, 2017

Reasons to Breathe written by: Rebecca Bales @ladyraven1111 Exquisite in all you do, The many reasons to...

English Poetry

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Breathe With Me

TJ Brooks·October 16, 2016

Breathe with me written by: TJ Brooks @TJBrooks121 Breathe with me I know your heart is heavy...

English

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Breathe Briefly

Doug Stanfield (Hemmingplay)·September 10, 2016

Breathe Briefly written by: Hemmingplay @hemmingplay We breathe so briefly of Life, Of spring days and summer...

English Poetry Doug Stanfield

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Surrender

Valentyna Holloway·August 10, 2016

Surrender written by: Valentyna Holloway @valentynedreams Inhale. Exhale. (touch me with quivering fingers) Inhale. Exhale. (kiss me...

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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