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The Clock

Magdalena PodobińskaFebruary 27, 2019

The Clock written by: Magdalena Podobińska The clock is tick tocking lonely hours Not Ours Time's not my friend now Tears On the very sad fa...

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The Eyes Of A Stranger

Tracy GregoryJanuary 20, 2019

The Eyes Of A Stranger written by: Tracy Gregory @TracyLGregory In the beginning, I received his letters regularly. As time passed, however, t...

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Grandfather’s Clock

Bruce RoweDecember 6, 2018

Grandfather's Clock written by: Bruce Rowe The date on the back of the German-built grandfather clock read 1872 ˗ ironically the same year that gran...

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Sex

Partha ChatterjeeAugust 28, 2018

Sex written by: Partha Chatterjee Twelve o'clock. minute_hand Hugs hour_hand. How cyclic and momentary the Supreme moment is! Soul tries Penetrat...

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Goodbye Old Tick Tock

Elizabeth MontagueAugust 9, 2018

Goodbye Old Tick Tock written by: Elizabeth Montague @LizzyMontWrites She's five the first time she notices it. Before it had been a thing to pass,...

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Brass Clock

Trevor GrahamJune 23, 2018

Brass Clock written by: Trevor Graham headlines cried: time will stop so, we sought sumless division in the apparent wisdom of clocks scientis...

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Tick Tock

Genie NakanoNovember 19, 2017

tick tock written by: Genie Nakano @genieyogini a storm knocked out all lights sitting in darkness the soothing sound of a clock ticking...

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Atomic Clock

Mazena MackoitOctober 13, 2017

Atomic Clock written by: Mazena Mackoit @MazenaMackoitS I hit my chest three times, I knelt down, kissed the wall And hugged the cat. The atomic c...

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9:01pm

Alyssa TrivettSeptember 27, 2017

9:01pm written by: Alyssa Trivett @alyssalovestowrite The lights flickered again, I heard a few chimes exit stage left. Clock ticks simultaneously ...

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A Clock Ticking

Annalia FioreSeptember 26, 2017

A Clock Ticking written by: Annalia Fiore At times I glanced up from my phone and looked at my surroundings. Yet they bored me, and I turned back to...

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Tick-Tock

Anne GJune 28, 2016

Tick-Tock Collaborating Minds Anne G & J.M.G. Tick-Tock - I'm wide awake Tick-Tock - You can't escape Tick-Tock - Was I to blame? Tick-Tock - ...

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Gabriela M. was born in Europe and presently lives in the United States where she is a university professor. She published three novels in her native language. In 2017 she started writing poetry in English. Since then her poetry has been published in various journals and newspapers. Her favorite poets are the symbolists and the surrealists, and her favorite novelist is Lawrence Durrell. She is a fluent speaker of three languages. She spends her time teaching, researching, leading a university-wide organization, working on her novel, and writing poetry. She mostly spends her vacations in Miami, Southern California, and Southern Europe.
Christina Schwarz, the author of the New York Times bestseller Drowning Ruth, after reading Gabriela M’s poetry manuscript stated:
“With lush language and lavish imagery, Gabriela M. evokes a fantastic world ripe with emotion.”

Anatomy of A Heartbreak by Henna Johansdotter

February: He’s left you a wishbone on your pillow. You’re not sure what to do with it so you stick it between your ribs, feeling the sharp end shift with every move, scraping against the aorta. You hold your breath while sleeping and do not stir as the dreams pass by like headlights, colliding into the mist.

May: You pull out your teeth as not to hurt him anymore. He says your silence is ugly and suggests you keep your mouth open.
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