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Just Like Me

Jenny Thomas·June 2, 2020

Just Like Me written by: Jenny Thomas @authorjcthomas In the morning light sleepers lie And the tracks...

Poetry English

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Lamenting Truths

Emma L Flint·May 18, 2020

Lamenting Truths written by: Emma L Flint @LiterateElf Isolated Alone Forgotten and afraid A life of confinement...

English Poetry

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You Have My Word

Rakind Kaur·May 12, 2020

You Have My Word written by: Rakind Kaur @khwabgah Slowly, as the plastic engulfs my planet as fossil fuels...

English Poetry

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Normal

Sheri M. Stewart·May 11, 2020

Normal written by: Sheri M. Stewart Sometimes it creeps around the back stairs. Yet it sits at...

English Poetry

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These Words Unfurled

Jenny Thomas·April 4, 2020

These Words Unfurled written by: Jenny Thomas @authorjcthomas However green the past might seem, It matters not,...

Poetry English

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Coronavirus

Lali Tsipi Michaeli·March 26, 2020

Coronavirus written by: Lali Tsipi Michaeli translated by: Maayan Eitan Chaos allows for a new social order...

English Poetry

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OUT OF CHAOS

Rochishmon·March 9, 2020

OUT OF CHAOS written by: Rochishmon @Rochishmon The dawn is at mind And light is on tongue...

Poetry English

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The Hell

Jyoti Kalita·March 6, 2020

The Hell written by: Jyoti Kalita @inkandpoesy Darkest hour of night Profanity spits on addiction For the...

English Poetry

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Gold Mind

Nancy J. Silfort·February 6, 2020

Gold Mind written by: Illustrious Da Poet Dig through the abysmal you will find something unique You’ll...

English Poetry

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Goodbye Over The Rainbows

Madhumita Sinha·January 25, 2020

Goodbye Over The Rainbows written by: Madhumita Sinha @madhu_723 In this noisy world All I look for...

English Poetry

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The Body Count Is Rising

Tamsen Grace·January 9, 2020

The Body Count Is Rising written by: Tamsen Grace Public service announcement… we are living in a...

English Poetry

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I Fell Asleep Under The Borrachero Tree

Nick Gerrard·January 4, 2020

I Fell Asleep Under The Borrachero Tree written by: Nick Gerrard The boat builder finished up for...

Literature English

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House of Ill Repute

Nivedita Roy·November 30, 2019

House of Ill Repute written by: Nivedita Roy @Roynivi3 They enter as traitors in this lupanar, this bordello,...

Poetry English

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Cracked Concrete Can Still Grow Weeds

Kerri Caldwell·November 26, 2019

Cracked Concrete Can Still Grow Weeds written by: Kerri Caldwell @KerriCaldwell19 This is who we are now...

Poetry 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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