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Shadow-Dwellers

Melissa Ridley Elmes·April 28, 2020

Shadow-Dwellers written by: Melissa Ridley Elmes @MRidleyElmes Remember that the sun brings shadows that in warmest bright...

English Poetry

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Long Path To Home…

Jan Smith·February 12, 2020

Long Path To Home… written by: Jan Smith @JanSmithNL This February breeze chills She lifts the collar...

Poetry English

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Xmas Wish

Pranab Ghosh·December 20, 2019

Xmas Wish written by: Pranab Ghosh @gpranab2012 Carols in churches of the city People thronging fair grounds...

Christmas English Poetry

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Autumn

Robyn MacKinnon·November 10, 2019

Autumn written by: Robyn MacKinnon @art_rat chilly, windy, but leaves are so pretty right now! I turned...

Poetry Robyn Finds Poetry English Robyn MacKinnon

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On Halloween Night

N. K. Hasen·October 31, 2019

On Halloween Night written by: N. K. Hasen @poetrybyhasen On Halloween night they say there is Curses,...

Poetry Halloween English

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Song for After Rain

Judith A. Jones·August 31, 2019

Song for After Rain written by: Judith A. Jones I would walk with my friend Laredo down...

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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