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Coffee as an Art

Flash·January 24, 2025

Coffee as an Art written by: Flash The greatest chefs in all the land Have lines outside...

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Trickster’s Heart

Robyn MacKinnon·December 1, 2024

Trickster’s Heart written by: Robyn MacKinnon @art_rat does my Trickster’s heart mend a clothing item for and...

Haunted Holidays English Robyn Finds Poetry Robyn MacKinnon Poetry

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The Memory of Land

Jude Neale·November 29, 2024

The Memory of Land written by: Jude Neale how do we endure when the sky grows heavy,...

Poetry English

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Rust and Dust

James Bell·November 27, 2024

Rust and Dust written by: James Bell @bel_avocat The deepest of love and all our infatuaed lust...

Poetry English

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The Landing of the Pilgrims

Spillwords·November 24, 2024

The Landing of the Pilgrims a poem by: Felicia Dorothea Hemans The breaking waves dashed high, On...

English Literary Greats Poetry

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In Warsaw

Spillwords·November 17, 2024

In Warsaw a poem by: Czeslaw Milosz What are you doing here, poet, on the ruins Of...

English Literary Greats Poetry

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Carved Into Me

Gina Carrillo·November 16, 2024

Carved Into Me written by: Gina Carrillo Scars remain carve dark art on my heart trace the...

Poetry English

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Please Come Home

Faiza Sayyad·November 7, 2024

Please Come Home written by: Faiza Sayyad Things are tearing apart As if my heart is trying...

Poetry English

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Rhinestoned

Robyn MacKinnon·November 3, 2024

Rhinestoned written by: Robyn MacKinnon @art_rat is the speed of dark? I saw a rainbow today! ended...

Poetry English Robyn Finds Poetry Robyn MacKinnon

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Whispers in The Night

Alisa Guttadauro·October 31, 2024

Whispers in The Night written by: Alisa Guttadauro Do you hear the whispers on Halloween night? It’s...

English Poetry Halloween

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Malevolent Skies

Tom Simons·October 30, 2024

Malevolent Skies written by: Tom Simons I open my curtains to embrace dawn, and what do I...

English Poetry Halloween

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The Dark Terraces

Stark Hunter·October 28, 2024

The Dark Terraces written by: Stark Hunter latex curtain drooping ripping open in white starless connivances maggot...

Poetry Halloween English

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Scarecrow

Deborah Joan Jones·October 20, 2024

Scarecrow written by: Deborah Joan Jones High upon the hill where the wild winds blow On the...

Poetry English Halloween

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War V

Jeff Flaig·October 4, 2024

War V written by: Jeff Flaig They lay open and bleeding Sinew and bone exposed to the...

Poetry English

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Suman Pokhrel is a Nepali poet, lyricist, playwright, translator, and artist. He debuted in 1999 with a poetry collection and has since published works, including translations of Shakespeare and global poets. His poems are translated into many languages and taught across South Asia. A two-time SAARC Literary Awardee, he also received Asia’s Inspiring Poet Award and was named Author of the Month by Spillwords in June 2023. Beyond literature, he works as a freelance consultant in socio-economic research, rural development, entrepreneurial development and creative writing. He began his career in Nepal’s civil service and later worked with international NGOs. He holds degrees in Science, Law, Business Administration, and Economics.

Condoms by Seán Óg Ó Murchú

They all laughed at me. All the dinner ladies. It started with your one, I’m after forgetting her name now… Smelly Nelly’s ma. A wet little tear trickled toward her tattooed cheekbone. She was roaring red. Her harsh, wheezing laughter sounded like a black taxi tackling the Whiterock Road, her throat destroyed from all the fegs she used to be hoofing into her. She called over the other dinner ladies then, an army of them. Or maybe it was the curiosity of her horrid laughing that brought them over… I can’t remember.
“Tell the girls what you’re only after asking me there ni wee mawn.”
I looked between herself and the girls. Jesus Christ, I said in my own mind, Mental Mick is after stealing all my crayons that I’d been hoarding for myself there before the break...

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