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Contemplating Clouds

Charlie BottleOctober 12, 2019

Contemplating Clouds written by: Charlie Bottle @CharlieBottle I watch calm clouds, eiderdowns of the skies, borrow hues from the rising sun, and...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

DISTRESSED DENIMS

Dilip MohapatraFebruary 27, 2019

DISTRESSED DENIMS written by: Dilip Mohapatra @dilipmo The display board at the Arrivals announces the flight to be on time and as we wait fo...

EnglishPoetry2 min read

Let The Gallows

Renwick BerchildOctober 28, 2018

Let The Gallows written by: Renwick Berchild Let the gallows tilt at me in my petal thin gown, let hammers fall, and nail me down, let the vipers’ f...

EnglishHalloweenPoetry1 min read

WHENEVER

mdtaslimJuly 4, 2018

WHENEVER written by: mdtaslim Whenever I try to paint you I always find New colour in you Rhythm of your movements Grace of your walk Changes every time ...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

Fall Forward

Sona WilaeNovember 25, 2017

Fall Forward written by: Sona Wilae @sonawilae Fall arcane drops of burnt hawthorn, refashion chestnut beauty as enticing odes of jovial amber...

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“Lock down, lock down. We are now on lock down.” The receptionist’s voice came over the school intercom over the incessant buzzing of the alarm bells located in every hall of every phase of the building. I thanked my lucky stars I wasn’t in my regular classroom with my fourth period of thirty-one freshmen. I was teaching my last class of the day in the computer lab of phase five, one of the more isolated wings of the large oddly-shaped school where I’d been teaching for years. There were only seven students in class that day, it being a Friday afternoon ...