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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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A Child

Miss Kanishka·June 3, 2019

A Child written by: Miss Kanishka I hanker to write I inked many of my opines But...

Poetry English

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Float

R.E Hengsterman·May 28, 2019

Float written by: R.E Hengsterman @robhengsterman With a flick of his fingernail, he decapitates the honeybee, pinching its...

Broken

Tissy Taylor·May 8, 2019

Broken written by: Tissy Taylor @raisingtissy Lullaby In our broken we hold hope Like stones thrown out...

English Poetry

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Miss Cluny Remembers

P.A. O'Neil·May 4, 2019

Miss Cluny Remembers written by: P.A. O’Neil “Now you sit comfortable-like, Miss Cluny, and talk into this microphone...

English Literature

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Games, Then and Now

Paul Anthony Obey·April 15, 2019

Games, Then and Now written by: Paul Anthony Obey @TheInvisiblePo1 A healthy new craze, Anyone can aspire,...

Poetry English

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A Game of Two Halves

Tim Gardiner·April 6, 2019

A Game of Two Halves written by: Tim Gardiner @timgardiner3 Match day arrives, 12 November 1988, Norwich...

Poetry English

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Growing Into It

Lee Dunn·April 5, 2019

Growing Into It written by: Lee Dunn So, I saw you many days when I was but a...

English Poetry

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On Atara Street

TM Arko·April 2, 2019

On Atara Street written by: TM Arko Summer days were Eternal As we played Through the magic...

English Poetry

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Rainy Days

Michal Reibenbach·March 31, 2019

Rainy Days written by: Michal Reibenbach Bryony is an old, hobbling woman. To some people with avid...

English Literature

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An Apple Orchard

Janina Osewska·March 31, 2019

International Poetry Polish English

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Winters Long Ago

Ruth Owens·February 25, 2019

Winters Long Ago written by: Ruth Owens In winters long ago we played out in the snow....

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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