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A Broken Dream

Eva Anagnostou·June 8, 2021

A Broken Dream written by: Eva Anagnostou @Aria_dni I close my eyes All I see is you...

English Poetry

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Compost

Nancy Elliott·May 27, 2021

Compost written by: Nancy Elliott @willowpondworks Twelve years it took to build that heap. Layer upon layer,...

Literature English

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His Love Swung Low

Kelli J Gavin·May 21, 2021

His Love Swung Low written by: Kelli J Gavin @KelliJGavin His heart was meant for mine It...

English Poetry

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Magical Mystery

Brian Hayes·May 7, 2021

Magical Mystery written by: Brian Hayes I’m entranced by love that magical mystery that ensnares our hearts,...

English Poetry

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Angry Ones

Martina Rimbaldo·March 3, 2021

Angry Ones written by: Martina Rimbaldo @MartinaRimbaldo White corridors hide the secrets once stored in your mind...

Poetry English

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Halloween Blue Moon 2020

Rex Carey Arrasmith·February 10, 2021

Halloween Blue Moon 2020 written by: Rex Carey Arrasmith @wrecks_writes In the night, sleepless I rose to...

Poetry English

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Black Dog Day

Wizz Inasia·January 20, 2021

Black Dog Day written by: Wizz Inasia When you open the curtains and the sun don’t shine,...

Poetry English

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Mirror Image

Andrea E. Lodge·January 18, 2021

Mirror Image written by: Andrea E. Lodge When you’re the broken half of your mirror image, who...

Poetry English

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Mama Liberia will Rise Again

Aloysius S. Harmon Jr·January 6, 2021

Mama Liberia will Rise Again written by: Aloysius S. Harmon Jr Droplets are speechlessly rolling off my...

Poetry English

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Broken Light Switch

John Grochalski·January 4, 2021

Broken Light Switch written by: John Grochalski @JohnGrochalski i try to tell the super about the broken...

Poetry English

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Broken

Benyeakeh Miapeh Jr.·December 2, 2020

Broken written by: Benyeakeh Miapeh Jr. I was wrong, So wrong that it hurts, So wrong that...

Poetry English

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Relentless Love

Joseph M. Butler·November 6, 2020

Relentless Love written by: Joseph M. Butler My life was in shambles, my heart was broken in...

Poetry English

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Reflections of a Doctor-Turned-Patient III

Asad Mian·October 5, 2020

On breaking a leg during a pandemic: Reflections of a doctor-turned-patient Part III – After The Surgery written...

English Literature

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Broken Wings

Bruce Rowe·October 1, 2020

Broken Wings written by: Bruce Rowe Craig sat in a chair with a needle stuck in his...

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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