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Not Just For A Day

Stanley Wilkin·March 17, 2018

Not Just For A Day written by: Stanley Wilkin @catalhuyuk the scream of night mingling in the...

Poetry English

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The Star-less Night

Dr Santosh Bakaya·March 15, 2018

The star-less night written by: Dr Santosh Bakaya The star-less night I am in a corridor, on...

English Poetry

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NUCLEO D’ACCIAIO

Francesco Abate·March 11, 2018

NUCLEO D’ACCIAIO written by: Francesco Abate @FrancescoAbate3 Inchiodato nel gelo di una pagina bianca paralizzato dalle minacce...

Poetry International Italian

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Now I Know

Norbert Gora·March 4, 2018

Now I Know written by: Norbert Gora now I know that life is breaking through the dark...

Poetry English

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Wishing For Light

Linda M. Crate·February 28, 2018

wishing for light written by: Linda M. Crate @thysilverdoe today’s a bad day dizzying i don’t feel...

English Poetry

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The Witches Chant

Rimli Bhattacharya·February 23, 2018

The Witches Chant written by: Rimli Bhattacharya @rimli76 The grisly woman Who, me? No the witches; You...

English Poetry

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You Are My Escape

Khalid Belkhalfi·February 23, 2018

You Are My Escape written by: Khalid Belkhalfi When times are hard, and when noises are smacking...

English Poetry

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Darkness And Light

hedgehog·February 16, 2018

Darkness and Light written by: hedgehog She stood there lost weeping uncontrollably He had gently slipped away...

Poetry English

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Unfinished

Lipika Ghosh·January 12, 2018

Unfinished written by: Lipika Ghosh Waiting for long Sitting on a lonely chair Noisy wave of town...

English Poetry

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Icarus And The Ugarit Eclipse

Irtika Kazi·January 4, 2018

Icarus And The Ugarit Eclipse written by: Irtika Kazi Icarus was warned by Daedalus of Complacency and...

Poetry English

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Lost

Edward Ponce·December 15, 2017

Lost written by: Edward Ponce When can you say that you are lost When you have given...

English Poetry

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WINTER STORM

Mike Washburn·December 8, 2017

WINTER STORM written by: Mike Washburn i now stand staring off into the distance which is slowing...

English Poetry

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Visions of November

TM Arko·November 29, 2017

Visions of November written by: TM Arko South flying Snow Geese Silhouette against the squalid sky Fiery...

English Poetry

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Tick Tock

Genie Nakano·November 19, 2017

tick tock written by: Genie Nakano @genieyogini a storm knocked out all lights sitting in darkness the...

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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