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Lay Under This Rock

Lucy·June 12, 2020

Lay Under This Rock written by: Lucy Lay under this rock let us drown the Arcadia cold...

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Always

Maria Dulce Leitao Reis·May 22, 2020

Always written by: Maria Dulce Leitão Reis If I were a she wolf And had found A...

English Poetry

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Perchance To Dream

Michael Danese·May 5, 2020

Perchance To Dream written by: Michael Danese @danesemc The warm early morning light was streaming through a...

The Hopeful Mind

Mark Tulin·May 1, 2020

The Hopeful Mind written by: Mark Tulin @Crow_writer It’s the hopeful mind I’m trying to find, the...

English Poetry

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Pandemonium

Fotoula Reynolds·April 10, 2020

Pandemonium written by: Fotoula Reynolds In this hurry-scurry world I keep a seed in my right hand...

English Poetry

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Sleep

Jill Sharon Kimmelman·March 23, 2020

Sleep written by: Jill Sharon Kimmelman This night i slept beautifully…deeply…oblivious to all no new poems were...

English Poetry

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Danny’s Orbit at 47

John Grey·March 16, 2020

Danny’s Orbit at 47 written by: John Grey Ignoring the evidence of his birth-certificate, he was a...

Poetry English

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Phoenix

Wolfgang H.·March 12, 2020

Phoenix written by: Wolfgang H. in love we trust and love we lost for reasons hard to...

English Poetry

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Alone

Christina Strigas·March 9, 2020

Alone written by: Christina Strigas @christinastriga sometimes i think about all the poets who came before me...

Poetry English

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When The Angels Cry

Laura Hughes·March 4, 2020

When The Angels Cry written by: Laura Hughes @SweetPea_1977 You may never believe that angels do exist,...

English Poetry

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Creativity

Glynn Sinclare·January 15, 2020

Creativity written by: Glynn Sinclare @chitanclare I strike my flint, until the sparks they fly. My thoughts...

English Poetry

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When I First Saw You

Edward Taylor·December 31, 2019

When I First Saw You written by: Edward Taylor When I first saw you my eyes lit...

Poetry English

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Christmas Eve

Elizabeth Barton·December 24, 2019

Christmas Eve written by: Elizabeth Barton @DestinyAngel25 The town empties and looks abandoned, I have the whole place...

Poetry English Christmas

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Christmas Movies

Roger Turner·December 20, 2019

Christmas Movies written by: Roger Turner @titansdad I love to sit in comfort At home watching TV...

Christmas English Poetry

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Gabriella Balcom writes fantasy, horror, romance, sci-fi, and more, and has had 551 works accepted for publication. She was nominated for the Washington Science Fiction Association's Small Press Award, and Clarendon House Publications awarded her a publishing contract after one of her stories was voted best in a novel; her multi-genre anthology, On the Wings of Ideas, was then released. Gabriella won second place in JayZoMon/Dark Myth Company's 2020 Open Contract Challenge, and they published her romance, Worth Waiting For. Black Hare Press put out her sci-fi novella, The Return, and Dark Myth Publicating released her horror anthology, Down with the Sickness and Other Chilling Tales. She also self-published a novelette.

A Christmas Heckler by John Christopher

“With your vote tomorrow—” The Governor raised his hands to quell thunderous applause. “With your vote, we can end this foreign invasion once and for all. America for Americans!”

This wasn’t just a slogan for Governor Bishop DeCulpat. It was a life’s crusade. In his border state, it was his family, his neighbors who’d borne the brunt of the social costs of the flow of migrants across the border. They’d been pushed to a boiling point. Now, it was time for action.

Hearing the signature catchphrase of the campaign, the audience erupted once again, the ovation magnified by the white marble column of the Statehouse rising at the Governor’s back, drowning out The Vince Guaraldi Trio’s Christmas is Coming blaring from the speakers...

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