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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...

English Poetry

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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...

Poetry English

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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,...

Poetry English

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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...

English Poetry

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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...

English Poetry Christmas

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Loved

Josie Dee·October 16, 2019

Loved written by: Josie Dee @Josi3_dee I can feel her hands rest calmly on my shaking shoulders...

Poetry English

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Reflections on Vicarious Existence

Noah Smith·August 15, 2019

Reflections on Vicarious Existence written by: Noah Smith As so few now live in such a state...

English Literature

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Working The Crisis Hotline

Dianne Moritz·May 30, 2019

Working The Crisis Hotline written by: Dianne Moritz Down by the river in cramped quarters, telephones ring...

English Poetry

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Restless Believer

Ron Kempton·May 10, 2019

Restless Believer written by: Ron Kempton Winter found me saving starlight Vague collection for the night Roll...

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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