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It Should Have Been Me

E BarnesMarch 21, 2020

It Should Have Been Me written by: E Barnes I told him to never open my bureau drawers, but he needed money for his first school dance. He wanted to...

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Children of Sankara

Mbizo ChirashaMarch 20, 2020

Children of Sankara written by: Mbizo Chirasha Children of Sankara! Bathing in the river of salt, poetry, and song Beautiful children of a fat revo...

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Those Big Eyes

Nancy Lou HendersonMarch 7, 2020

Those Big Eyes written by: Nancy Lou Henderson @nlhende49 Those big eyes, they sparkle and dance, searching the room with just a glance. Eyes with ...

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Survival Challenge

James H Dobbins, PhDFebruary 27, 2020

Survival Challenge written by: James H Dobbins, PhD They approached the house early next morning. Moving in through the woods surrounding the house ...

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From The Mouths Of Babes

Dianne MoritzFebruary 16, 2020

From The Mouths Of Babes written by: Dianne Moritz Art Linkletter said it first: kids say the darndest things. Take it from me, Art knew what he was...

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Mysterious Fireflies

AidaFebruary 7, 2020

Mysterious Fireflies written by: Aida After dark, the sky lights up, and twinkle with delights... freely hovering to lighten up a blinded paths and...

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Marmalade Cat

Angel EdwardsFebruary 4, 2020

Marmalade Cat written by: Angel Edwards fat old marmalade cat with golden eyes slinks through silky black night hallways fur on his back slowly sta...

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Defining The Miles

Greg MasseyJanuary 25, 2020

Defining The Miles written by: Greg Massey @PoemCrafter You should be here, Wherever here may be. It’s no fault of yours that miles separate our e...

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The House

Carmen BacaJanuary 9, 2020

The House written by: Carmen Baca @carmen_author “Don’t you dare hit me!” “Don’t fight me.” The man and the woman were at it again, the emotion i...

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Coiled

JahArt KushiteDecember 30, 2019

Coiled written by: JahArt Kushite coiled in arms of poverty situations turning into severity the grip is inescapable the pain unimaginable watchin...

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Cry, poetry written by Doug Stanfield at Spillwords.com

Cry

Doug Stanfield (Hemmingplay)December 27, 2019

Saying Goodbye Part XVI Cry written by: Doug Stanfield (Hemmingplay) @hemmingplay Do you remember our babies' crying through the night with col...

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Medusa

Tammy M DarbyDecember 27, 2019

Medusa written by: Tammy M Darby Among the Gorgons that counted three Touched by comeliness being mortal only she Beauty that in awe of the universe...

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Christmas Day Poetry

Marian WoodDecember 25, 2019

Christmas Day Poetry written by: Marian Wood @EyeOfMazz It’s Christmas morning and Santa has been, The children’s faces are a sight to be seen. As ...

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Bad, Bad Granny

Catherine Anne MacKenzieDecember 25, 2019

Bad, Bad Granny written by: Catherine Anne MacKenzie @grannymackenzie I’ll never forget one Christmas when my maternal grandmother, Granny Whiting,...

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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 ...