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The Oceans Shall Give Back What Is Ours

SmithaV·August 7, 2019

The Oceans Shall Give Back What Is Ours written by: SmithaV @SmithaVishwana4 The rains lash the city...

English Poetry

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Despair

hedgehog·August 1, 2019

Despair written by: hedgehog Winter was all but over with Snow melting, trees with icicles hanging Like...

Poetry English

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Golden and Transparent

Hongri Yuan·July 31, 2019

Poetry Chinese English International

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Traffic Snarl

Vandana Kumar·July 22, 2019

Traffic Snarl written by: VANDANA KUMAR There are things Not meant to be done at leisure In...

English Poetry

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Zazous and The Rats

Nick Gerrard·July 4, 2019

Zazous and The Rats written by: Nick Gerrard The black windowless vans pulled up down the street....

Literature English

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The City of Angel’s Smile

Hongri Yuan·June 23, 2019

International Poetry Chinese English

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Rodina-mat Zavyot!

Olja Dobric·June 18, 2019

Rodina-mat Zavyot! written by: Olja Dobric Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump-thump-thump. Misha was desperately attempting to normalise his...

Literature English

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Change at Charing Cross

Valerie Valentine·June 10, 2019

Change at Charing Cross written by: Valerie Valentine Like paint squeezed across a canvas, Is the map...

Poetry English

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Boston

Spillwords·June 2, 2019

Boston a poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson The rocky nook with hill-tops three Looked eastward from the...

English Literary Greats Poetry

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Versailles

Rich·May 11, 2019

Versailles written by: Rich @H3Richard Meet me in The Amber room where Once stood The Great Voltaire...

English Poetry

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A Love Poem To Tokyo

Cindy Medina·May 9, 2019

A Love Poem To Tokyo written by: Cindy Medina @Cindy_M65 I dreamed Tomorrow yesterday or rather –...

Poetry English

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City of Angels

huntersjames·April 25, 2019

City of Angels written by: huntersjames @huntersjames We arrived in the North With benefit of an X...

Graffitied City

Rebecca Ruth Gould·April 22, 2019

Graffitied City written by: Rebecca Ruth Gould @rrgould The S-Bahn wraps around Tiergarten then sails over the...

Poetry English

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PARIS IN A VASE

Bene Kusendila·April 22, 2019

PARIS IN A VASE written by: Bene Kusendila While the memories like Japonicas in a jar, while...

English Poetry

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After a long career tinkering in telecommunications, Jim Bartlett switched to tinkering with writing fiction, both requiring a stretch of the imagination. In the course of putting his fingers to the keyboard, he's been fortunate to have quite a number of his stories featured both in print and online in several wonderful publications, including a story selected for "The Best of Fiction on the Web, 1996 – 2017" anthology. While mentally he strolls along a warm California beach with his wife and golden retriever (shhh, she doesn't know she's a dog), physically they reside on a special little island in the Pacific Northwest.

Reaper by Sharon Frame Gay

As an orphaned son of an orphan, I always see the glass as half empty. I picture the water murky and lukewarm, a waterline etched below the rim. Maybe with an ash or two floating at the bottom, because that’s what I do for a living. I deal with ashes. The remains of the deceased. No matter how those who pass away see their glass, meager or full, they eventually end up in a satchel carried on my shoulder.
My business card reads “Morton Stark Transport.” I’m called upon to disperse the ashes of the dearly departed and honor their final wishes. People hire me to escort the remains throughout the world ...

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