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Xmas Solace!

Dr Molly Joseph·December 24, 2021

Xmas Solace! written by: Dr. Molly Joseph O, my December! how you arrive! the cold nip in...

Poetry Christmas English

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This Endless Christmas Eve

Lisa H. Owens·December 21, 2021

This Endless Christmas Eve written by: Lisa H. Owens @LisaHOwens Marty sang along in his resounding bass....

Literature English Christmas

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Cold December Morn’

Michelle Ayon Navajas·December 17, 2021

Cold December Morn’ written by: Michelle Ayon Navajas the rain danced merrily along with the sun. like...

Poetry English Christmas

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On The Top

Dessy Tsvetkova·December 11, 2021

On The Top written by: Dessy Tsvetkova On the top of the world could be lonely, could...

English Poetry

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Baggage

Grendad·December 8, 2021

Baggage written by: Grendad Of course we are afraid. We carry what they tell us now is...

Poetry English

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Ghost of Tsali Comes

Richard Lawson·December 1, 2021

Ghost of Tsali Comes written by: Richard Lawson lost in mist and maze ghost of Tsali in...

Poetry English Haunted Holidays

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Here Yonder

Víctor Monsiváis·November 4, 2021

Here Yonder written by: Victor Monsivais miniscule bits of hesitant light kissing the doors to my dreams...

English Poetry

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The Wet Summer

Carl Parsons·November 2, 2021

The Wet Summer written by: Carl Parsons One summer there was it rained and rained. The blue...

English Carl Parsons Featured Post Poetry

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Eerie

Nnane Ntube·October 28, 2021

Eerie written by: NNANE NTUBE @NnaneNtube Dark night Came, cracking doors With a huge, rough hand Clanging...

English Poetry Halloween

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The Trouble With Cats

Sharon Waller Knutson·September 3, 2021

The Trouble With Cats written by: Sharon Waller Knutson The trouble with cats is you are a...

English Poetry

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Reverie

Imeon504·July 24, 2021

Reverie written by: imeon504 …and so i move my gaze to another place, yet another face …with...

Poetry English

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Rippling Shivers

Rayna More·June 24, 2021

Rippling Shivers written by: Rayna More It was cold. So cold. It felt as though an icy...

Literature English

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Compost

Nancy Elliott·May 27, 2021

Compost written by: Nancy Elliott @willowpondworks Twelve years it took to build that heap. Layer upon layer,...

Literature English

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When Winter Comes

Mogau Ntsoane·May 18, 2021

When Winter Comes written by: Mogau Ntsoane It lurks in the background. During Autumn, Spring, and Summer...

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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