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Mask

Sonali MajumdarJuly 26, 2019

Mask written by: Sonali Majumdar Do we ever wonder What would happen If we tell the truth? Or, if we don’t tell the truth? Sometimes, we know th...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

He Had Something

Judge BurdonMay 12, 2019

He Had Something written by: Judge Burdon The phone is ringing, I look at the clock and it's 2:50 a.m. or close to it. I crawl toward the sound in a...

EnglishLiterature8 min read

Sailors Only

George Gad EconomouApril 6, 2019

Sailors Only! written by: George Gad Economou Another merchant ship had just sailed into the port; I observed solemnly, and with faint melancholy, t...

EnglishLiterature19 min read

talk

James GabrielApril 1, 2019

talk written by: James Gabriel @James_Gabriel1 I haven’t seen it rain so hard when it’s warm like this she said standing in her nightgown I h...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

Medusa Tempts Eve

Henna JohansdotterMarch 14, 2019

Medusa Tempts Eve written by: Henna Johansdotter @HjdPoetry Darling you know he only loves the part of you that’s him You know he only wants you t...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

I’d Never Forget You

Linda M. CrateMarch 6, 2019

i'd never forget you written by: Linda M. Crate @thysilverdoe you said i never told you, i did; but i hate repeating myself— i am a woman of f...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

Alien Invasion

Jonel AbellanosaFebruary 23, 2019

Alien Invasion written by: Jonel Abellanosa “Immediately after President Mariano won the presidency, Section 51 noticed an unusual spike of UFO acti...

EnglishLiterature5 min read

Star Martyr

Trevor GrahamFebruary 1, 2019

Star Martyr written by: Trevor Graham I Just beyond the orbit of Jupiter’s 149th moon Boon when I began the final burn “Rock_NJO00027” concussed t...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

Insomniac’s Dream – If Photos Could Talk

Asad MianJanuary 14, 2019

Insomniac's Dream If Photos Could Talk written by: Asad Mian @amian74 Today heralds the beginning of an era Not of interest to meaningless minds ...

EnglishPoetry2 min read

Blind Love

Pradip ChattopadhyayDecember 30, 2018

Blind Love written by: Pradip Chattopadhyay I can hear them mom, says the son yes my child, hundreds of them, says she, neath the blue sky within t...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

In Passing

Pete AbleDecember 7, 2018

In Passing written by: Pete Able It was my final year of school and I was at a coffee shop just off campus. I was reading at a table outside when I ...

EnglishLiterature14 min read

My Mother

Mark KodamaOctober 15, 2018

My Mother written by: Mark Kodama Ring. Ring. It’s someone on my cell. It is my mother; I can tell. Excuse me. I must take this call. To ign...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

Kibbles

Grant GuyOctober 11, 2018

Kibbles written by: Grant Guy I was talking to my dog last week I was telling I believed my literary career has come to an end I told him he would...

EnglishFeatured PostPoetry1 min read

The Conversation

Sadhana SubramanianSeptember 27, 2018

The Conversation written by: Sadhana Subramanian Hey! Tonight I want to talk About the wind in my hair That entangles often but never breaks, No ma...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

“Hemmingplay,” is the pen name of Doug Stanfield, who grew up on a family farm in western Ohio, went with his parents for two years in Karachi, Pakistan, in high school and had lived, until recently, in Bellefonte, PA with his late wife, Wilda and their two sons, Ben and John. Doug was a writer, editor and director of internet communications at Penn State for 26 years. He has had a few disreputable occupations, including newspaper reporter and editor, and public relations flak, but is trying to make amends for his sins by writing poetry and fiction. When his sons were safely off making their own mistakes, he turned on the computer one day, stared at the screen, and began to learn the craft anew at age 67. Doug has published three books: "Mermaid Sisters: First Dive", a children's book; "I Came From A Place of Fireflies" and, "Snowflakes & Ashes: Meditations on the Temporary”.