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Circles Everywhere

Michael Ball·April 19, 2024

Circles Everywhere written by: Michael Ball @whirred Circles abound on this solar eclipse, Our moon is a...

Poetry English

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Commodity

Mahbuba Shama·April 18, 2024

Commodity written by: Mahbuba Shama I am a commodity When my parents cannot feed me I am...

English Poetry

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My Darkest Ocean

Ivor Steven·April 10, 2024

My Darkest Ocean written by: Ivor Steven @ivors20 I am not asleep Nor am I awake I...

Poetry English

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Mama Called it The Blues

Celia In Underland·April 8, 2024

Mama Called it The Blues written by: Celia In Underland The sunlight mocked her. Its dancing spirals...

English Literature

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Fear in The Moonlight

Eileen Clark·March 29, 2024

Fear in The Moonlight written by: Eileen Clark @DiixieLove The night is very dark with a slight...

Poetry English

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A Haunting Waltz

Edward Wraith·March 21, 2024

A Haunting Waltz written by: Edward Wraith As I recline, wearied, on this eve so dark and...

Poetry Featured Post English

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Weed World

Craig E Harms·March 20, 2024

Weed World written by: Craig E Harms Many of us will go the way of weeds, anyway,...

Someday

Joyce Mary J·March 16, 2024

Someday written by: Joyce Mary J Lying in the dark, Clenching my fist making it mark, I...

English Poetry

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Light and Life

Pranab Ghosh·March 12, 2024

Light and Life written by: Pranab Ghosh @gpranab2012 In the dark alleys of my mind I found her...

Literature English

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The Never-ending Sunset in Vermont

Nancy Lazar·March 11, 2024

The Never-ending Sunset in Vermont written by: Nancy Lazar @Nanzarpoet In the morning in Vermont After Thanksgiving,...

Poetry English

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I Am In Itself Poetry In The Dark

Michelle Ayon Navajas·March 8, 2024

I Am In Itself Poetry In The Dark written by: Michelle Ayon Navajas @poetrybymich i breathe life...

English Poetry

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Broken, Yet Still Beating, Heart

Ana Silva·February 24, 2024

Broken, Yet Still Beating, Heart written by: Ana Silva @AnaaRitaa At the dead of the night, I...

Poetry English

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Birth Dance

SR Inciardi·February 20, 2024

Birth Dance written by: SR Inciardi The potency comes to remain— for a time, permeating the deep...

English Featured Post Poetry

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Blue Moon Medicine

Dusk Butterfly·February 18, 2024

Blue Moon Medicine After Louise Erdrich, “Love Medicine” written by: Dusk Butterfly The ache in my chest...

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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