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Mid Week

Roy Eisenstein·June 7, 2023

Mid Week written by: Roy Eisenstein @eyezenmedia Middle of the week stop sign blues Everything delicate and...

English Poetry

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Life Revisited

Joseph Amendolare·May 28, 2023

Life Revisited written by: Joseph Amendolare Coffee from Wawa, two packs of Marlboros and 83.50 in my...

English Literature

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Toots and Circles

Lauren Scott·May 24, 2023

Toots and Circles written by: Lauren Scott Perhaps he was a Western Screech Owl that I heard...

Poetry English

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Mother’s Kiss

Joseph L.M. Sturm·May 14, 2023

Mother’s Kiss written by: Joseph L.M. Sturm @jlmsturm Sometimes a mother is a wife and a daughter;...

Poetry English

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Coffee Contemplation

Robyn MacKinnon·May 14, 2023

Coffee Contemplation written by: Robyn MacKinnon @art_rat I ran my well dry And I’m drinking my coffee...

Poetry English Robyn Finds Poetry Robyn MacKinnon

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Wakeful Words

Ashley Marilynne Wong·April 29, 2023

Wakeful Words written by: Ashley Marilynne Wong Wake. Just wake. Be just to your sole self’s sauna....

English Poetry

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Getting a Cup of Joe

Joan McNerney·March 10, 2023

Getting a Cup of Joe written by: Joan McNerney It is 13 degrees above zero. There is...

Poetry English

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Cigarettes

Sean O'Leary·February 5, 2023

Cigarettes written by: Sean O’Leary @SeanOl777 ‘This guy I used to go to uni with, Mick Costa,...

Literature Featured Post English

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Calla Lillies

PR Hebert·January 24, 2023

Calla Lillies written by: PR Hebert An early morning walk Down the steep cobble stone road The...

English Poetry

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Days of Red and Gold

David Estringel·January 7, 2023

Days of Red and Gold written by: David Estringel @The_Booky_Man Sittin’ at the kitchen table— cup of...

Christmas 1958: Promise You Will Come Home

Larry D Tyler·December 22, 2022

Christmas 1958: Promise You Will Come Home written by: Larry D Tyler It was a cold bitter...

English Literature Christmas

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A Cowboy in Bethlehem

Gregory Matthews·December 22, 2022

A Cowboy in Bethlehem written by: Gregory Matthews I’ll bet there was a cowboy in Bethlehem that...

Christmas Poetry English

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Death of a Poet (Steven L Carr)

David L Painter·December 4, 2022

Death of a Poet (Steven L Carr) written by: David L Painter A poet passed away yesterday...

Poetry English Featured Post

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Hallow’s Eve Morning

Leta Hawk·October 31, 2022

Hallow’s Eve Morning written by: Leta Hawk @LetaHawk Outside Looks like winter. Slate gray clouds hang Low,...

English Poetry Halloween

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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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