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Candles In Nova Scotia

Robyn MacKinnonMay 3, 2020

Candles In Nova Scotia written by: Robyn MacKinnon @art_rat Our community in Nova Scotia tonight to hold a candle NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: ...

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The Memories We Have Made

Elaine MarieApril 4, 2020

The Memories We Have Made written by: Elaine Marie @ElaineMarieCar1 I don’t remember the moment I knew I was in love with you But I remember the rea...

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The World – A Boat and Moon

BogpanJanuary 23, 2020

The World - A Boat and Moon written by: Bogpan @panbog2 The world - a boat and moon in the bosom of the rains. Left the hand of God the soul - a s...

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Blue Ginger

Cindy MedinaJanuary 17, 2020

Blue Ginger written by: Cindy Medina @Cindy_M65 "Blue Ginger" read the midnight blue neon sign in this weltering humid night glowing in a mellow c...

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Memory of Christmas and Mistletoe

Ken Allan DronsfieldDecember 22, 2019

Memory of Christmas and Mistletoe written by: Ken Allan Dronsfield @KenKadfield Looking at the Christmas tree the jovial songs echo in my mind. Bin...

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Christmas Love

Mir-Yashar SeyedbagheriDecember 14, 2019

Christmas Love written by: Mir-Yashar Seyedbagheri Christmas Eve. Older sister Nancy and I are home alone again. We decide to have our own Christmas...

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From Your Lips to Mine

FM TateNovember 21, 2019

From Your Lips to Mine written by: FM Tate I am the flame. A fragile tethered light, hungrily lapping at the ever-shrinking candle. A soft corona los...

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Dirk The Halloween Sucker

Karen WalkerOctober 23, 2019

Dirk The Halloween Sucker written by: Karen Walker Despite licks from irate husbands, Dirk was a sucker for the ladies —the cheap Halloween kind of...

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Watching Candles Burn

Mark TulinOctober 11, 2019

Watching Candles Burn written by: Mark Tulin @Crow_writer I know my mother’s here by her presence in the white candle that burns on the sink in t...

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Sugie, When You Coming to get that Turkey?

Louis GalloSeptember 25, 2019

Sugie, When You Coming to get that Turkey? written by: Louis Gallo SUGIE, WHEN YOU COMING TO GET THAT TURKEY? I’m in love with the message on my m...

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Relinquished Illusion of Us

Christina CiufoSeptember 3, 2019

Relinquished Illusion of Us written by: Christina Ciufo @ChristinaCiufo Each flicker by the candle’s flame against our faces, we are ghastly phant...

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On The Terrace

Janina OsewskaMay 12, 2019

On The Terrace written by: Janina Osewska translated by: Karol Chojnowski and Desmond Graham twilight between the cracks of the day a candle dro...

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Candlelight

Barbara DeraouiApril 25, 2019

Candlelight written by: Barbara Deraoui @brmaxwell Even in darkness, there will be a lit candle to show the way We just have to believe Its li...

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Candles

Eoghan LyngDecember 19, 2018

Candles written by: Eoghan Lyng @eoghanlyng They died at Christmas. Laid in graves, they fell, Two soldiers who knew no war, For it is what our ge...

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Bridie is just a wife, mother and grandmother who loves to write. She is a retired teacher and is also a busy photographer. She lives with her husband in the countryside in west Limerick. Her late dad was a popular and successful poet and author. She discovered that she had a flair for writing following retirement when life slowed down a little. She was encouraged by family members to develop this hidden gift. As grandchildren arrived she was inspired to write about experiences with them and has had articles and poems published in local newspapers and journals. She is working towards publishing a book of her writings in the near future.

ALBERT CAMUS’S – 'THE PLAGUE' - ITS RELEVANCE TODAY by GS Subbu

How relevant is the ‘The Plague’ to the present scenario we find ourselves in? It is really astounding that when you go through the book you realize that what is happening now is very similar to what has been described in graphic detail decades ago. Whether it is the fear psychosis, the measures taken to prevent the spread of the epidemic, the dedicated and tireless work of groups of individuals in taking care of the afflicted, the resistance to the imposition of stringent regulations by the authorities and lastly the realization that we have to move on but with a changed perspective and living a new life.
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