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I Survived

Glynn Sinclare·October 6, 2019

I Survived written by: Glynn Sinclare @chitanclare Dim and Misty, unforgotten days, that swirl in grey luminous...

English Featured Post Poetry

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Magellan

Kushal Poddar·September 21, 2019

Magellan written by: Kushal Poddar @Kushalpoe Mother rolls a flat bread. It expands. It forges a planet....

Poetry English

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Marshmallows

Adam Nelson·September 11, 2019

Marshmallows written by: Adam Nelson @AppleParkFilms Ever since she was a little girl Amelia had wanted to...

Literature English

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Childhood

Welkin Siskin·September 5, 2019

Childhood written by: Welkin Siskin Lives of Childhood bring us all Memories tattooed in our body, And,...

A Certain Perfume

Mary Bone·August 21, 2019

A Certain Perfume written by: Mary Bone I use a certain perfume that takes me back to...

Poetry English

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Blue

Astrid Hirschfeld·August 13, 2019

Blue written by: Astrid Hirschfeld @schwoer At my show on Friday, I saw her at the back...

Literature English

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Eternal Summer

Chasity Gaines·August 8, 2019

Eternal Summer written by: Chasity Gaines @ChasityAnneGai1 Once upon a time Life was easy peasy an adventure...

English Poetry

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Puddles

Janina Osewska·July 28, 2019

Polish English International Poetry

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Our Childhood

Dr Molly Joseph·July 25, 2019

Our Childhood written by: Dr. MOLLY JOSEPH In groups we wandered streaming through the paddy fields that whispered...

English Poetry

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What Do You See?

Henry Bladon·July 22, 2019

What Do You See? written by: Henry Bladon What do you see? I may look staid, with my ribbed...

English Poetry

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Threading Happiness

Fotoula Reynolds·July 12, 2019

Threading Happiness written by: Fotoula Reynolds Take me back again To simpler times When days smiled Upon...

Poetry English

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Baseball Echoes

Roger Turner·July 9, 2019

Baseball Echoes written by: roger turner @titansdad Does anyone remember when Baseball fields were full When you...

Free Flights and Scrapes to Clean

Alexandra Sullivan·June 30, 2019

Free Flights and Scrapes to Clean written by: Alexandra Sullivan I feel the cool touch of the...

Literature English

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My Trashcan Sleep

Andrea E. Lodge·June 19, 2019

My Trashcan Sleep written by: Andrea E. Lodge And my knuckles are always grey I’ll get a...

English Poetry

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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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