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Tadpole

Katy SantiffJuly 17, 2019

Tadpole written by: Katy Santiff Tadpole, let me counsel you while you're still sheltered in the womb, while you're losing your long tail...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

Natalia

Magdalena PodobińskaJune 12, 2019

Natalia written by: Magdalena Podobińska One summer morning Still yawning She jumped out of bed Just like a Morning bird and she ran to the m...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

A Child

Miss KanishkaJune 3, 2019

A Child written by: Miss Kanishka I hanker to write I inked many of my opines But still, I don't know why Today I wanted to write about a child. ...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

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...

EnglishInternationalPoetryPolish1 min read

Beneath My Window

Warren AlexanderMarch 21, 2019

Beneath My Window written by: Warren Alexander We lived in a behemoth of an apartment building Recently a potato farm or so my father said. The fron...

EnglishFeatured PostPoetry1 min read

Mother

Nivedita DasMarch 18, 2019

Mother written by: Nivedita Das She is the prism, through which I saw the world, After the detachment of umbilical cord! For aught I know, M...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

Slum Flower’s Not So Elegant Death

R.E HengstermanMarch 17, 2019

Slum Flower's Not So Elegant Death written by: R.E Hengsterman @robhengsterman Even daybreak didn't slow the lot lizards from stalking the tru...

EnglishLiterature8 min read

War By Night

Aurora KastaniasJanuary 1, 2019

War By Night written by: Aurora Kastanias Moon shone a light upon the silence Of a countryside night like many others, People cuddling their belov...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

Remembrance of Tinsel

Ken Allan DronsfieldDecember 25, 2018

Remembrance of Tinsel written by: Ken Allan Dronsfield @KenKadfield Flowing grace, waving in the breeze like crowds at a ball game. Back-lit with co...

ChristmasEnglishPoetry1 min read

An orphan and Christmas

Inam UllahDecember 24, 2018

An orphan and Christmas written by: Inam Ullah The cold breeze of winter, Tries its best to break, The rule of silence, Over a desolated graveyard ...

ChristmasEnglishPoetry1 min read

The Christmas Convoy

Roger TurnerDecember 19, 2018

The Christmas Convoy written by: roger turner @titansdad I was working at the Postal Service Part time, answering letters When one for Santa caught...

12 Days of ChristmasChristmasEnglishFeatured PostPoetry4 min read

The Christmas Doll

Roger TurnerDecember 15, 2018

The Christmas Doll written by: roger turner @titansdad The traditional Christmas Windows of Wonder Were set to be unveiled at five This meant to ...

ChristmasEnglishPoetry2 min read

Columbus Circle

emdonnelly7December 13, 2018

Columbus Circle written by: emdonnelly7 @odetoapoet A child walks the Columbus Circle line Where her mom had given birth. Left her abandoned s...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

The Suicide

Mark KodamaNovember 24, 2018

The Suicide written by: Mark Kodama I still do not understand why he killed himself. It certainly was not my fault. You know there ...

EnglishLiterature2 min read

“Hemmingplay,” is the pen name of Doug Stanfield, who grew up on a family farm in western Ohio, went with his parents for two years in Karachi, Pakistan, in high school and had lived, until recently, in Bellefonte, PA with his late wife, Wilda and their two sons, Ben and John. Doug was a writer, editor and director of internet communications at Penn State for 26 years. He has had a few disreputable occupations, including newspaper reporter and editor, and public relations flak, but is trying to make amends for his sins by writing poetry and fiction. When his sons were safely off making their own mistakes, he turned on the computer one day, stared at the screen, and began to learn the craft anew at age 67. Doug has published three books: "Mermaid Sisters: First Dive", a children's book; "I Came From A Place of Fireflies" and, "Snowflakes & Ashes: Meditations on the Temporary”.