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Bogpan·December 24, 2019

Christmas written by: Bogpan @panbog2 The night is short like a breath and long like a cry...

English Poetry Christmas

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Christmas Eve, 1945

Dan Wilcox·December 24, 2019

Christmas Eve, 1945 written by: Dan Wilcox @Dwclx How I love your round belly, heavy like a...

Poetry Christmas English

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A Christmas Tree Wish

Franci Eugenia Hoffman·December 24, 2019

A Christmas Tree Wish written by: Franci Eugenia Hoffman @FranceH45083335 I am a Christmas Tree how I...

Poetry Christmas English

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I WANT A BABY ELEPHANT FOR CHRISTMAS

Dianne Moritz·December 23, 2019

I WANT A BABY ELEPHANT FOR CHRISTMAS written by: Dianne Moritz I want a baby elephant for Christmas....

English Poetry Christmas

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Possessed by Christmas

Phyllis P. Colucci·December 23, 2019

Possessed by Christmas written by: Phyllis P. Colucci @FictionTarot Christmas carols, holly bells Angels’ breath and blissful...

12 Days of Christmas English Poetry Christmas Phyllis P. Colucci Featured Post

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Ghost Writer From The Sky

Doug Hawley·December 23, 2019

Ghost Writer From The Sky smart car 17 written by: Doug Hawley @dougiamm Sheila told Duke, “Hurry...

Literature Christmas English

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A Cuckoo Clock Christmas

Lee Dunn·December 23, 2019

A Cuckoo Clock Christmas written by: Lee Dunn @66human I brought you a present ‘Twas an old...

Poetry Christmas English

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Christmas

Mitch Bensel·December 23, 2019

Christmas written by: Mitch Bensel @MitchRambling Christmas… cookies with toys and family with babies… presents that crinkle...

Poetry Christmas English

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Unhappy Santa

Dawn DeBraal·December 22, 2019

Unhappy Santa written by: Dawn DeBraal The night before Christmas. At Waldman-Coast’s store, Santa had had it....

Poetry Christmas English

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Memory of Christmas and Mistletoe

Ken Allan Dronsfield·December 22, 2019

Memory of Christmas and Mistletoe written by: Ken Allan Dronsfield @KenKadfield Looking at the Christmas tree the...

12 Days of Christmas English Poetry Christmas Featured Post

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Squint

Elizabeth Garcia·December 22, 2019

Squint written by: Elizabeth Garcia I think, perhaps, there is something inherently magical, maybe almost unreal sometimes,...

Article English Christmas

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Christmas Dinner

Richard Prime·December 22, 2019

Christmas Dinner written by: Richard Prime After twenty five years of life in London, Paul and his...

Literature Christmas English

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Christmas

Bozena Helena Mazur-Nowak·December 22, 2019

Christmas written by: Bozena Helena Mazur-Nowak beautiful spruce at neighbor’s window so proud and foster in hundred...

Poetry Christmas English

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Ring Out, Wild Bells

Spillwords·December 22, 2019

Ring Out, Wild Bells a poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson Ring out, wild bells, to the wild...

Literary Greats 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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