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A Thousand Shades of Black

Jerry LangdonSeptember 18, 2019

A Thousand Shades of Black written by: Jerry Langdon The obsidian sky ripped open, Pouring out a rain of crows; Bleeding darkness upon my soul. Sum...

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Wicked Some

RayFedSeptember 18, 2019

Wicked Some written by: RayFed @MrRayFed Of choice and chance, where thought has danced, across the darkening sky, streaked beams of lightened hope...

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2212

Bayley KellySeptember 17, 2019

2212 written by: Bayley Kelly World War IV Sergeant Jackson in the war English army Sent to France French are taking over Europe Already they...

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Death

Jack Wolfe FrostSeptember 16, 2019

Death written by: Jack Wolfe Frost @JackWolfeWriter Steely moves the slitted glare The eyes that burn and demons dare Of deathly nights and gutted ...

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Papa Ben’s Last Laugh

Emilia PaulSeptember 12, 2019

Papa Ben's Last Laugh written by: Emilia Paul Sometimes funny things happen at the most unlikely moments. Benjamin’s, or Papa Ben as we called him, ...

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Lost and Afraid

Linda R. AlvarezSeptember 11, 2019

Lost and Afraid written by: Linda R. Alvarez I'm so tired Of merely surviving on things I do not know I'm lost and wired to a bomb Trading love f...

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Tigger

Phyllis SouzaSeptember 10, 2019

Tigger written by: Phyllis Souza Tigger, an alley cat, lapped milk, hunted mice and leaped through open car windows to nap. One day he picked the wr...

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Wounded Bird

MountassirSeptember 10, 2019

Wounded Bird written by: Mountassir Aziz translated by: Nassira Nezzar A wounded bird as a deserted silence He takes breaths On his way to sil...

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Argentina

Kenneth Vincent WalkerSeptember 7, 2019

Argentina written by: Kenneth Vincent Walker Beneath the Argentinean sensual breeze An ominous cloud looms on the horizon. Almost too incredulous to...

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Kill Your Darlings

Mike KannerSeptember 1, 2019

Kill Your Darlings written by: Mike Kanner @MDKanner “Baroness, PLEASE!” It was not the first time that the man had this argument with the elegantl...

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The Coming of The End of Times

P. J. QuirindongoAugust 31, 2019

The Coming of The End of Times written by: P.J. Quirindongo September 20, 2017 The month of September is filled with calamities. A favorite of de...

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Thanksgiving, 1974: Thomas Merkle, June 21, 1946 – May 3, 1986

Rex Carey ArrasmithAugust 28, 2019

Thanksgiving, 1974: Thomas Merkle June 21, 1946 – May 3, 1986 written by: Rex Carey Arrasmith @wrecks_writes Early, I wait at the door, l...

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Confessions of an Opium-Eater

Yasmin HemmatAugust 24, 2019

Confessions of an Opium-Eater written by: Yasmin Hemmat The sun was burning my eyes as I was walking in a desert. I felt tired and thirsty, and my m...

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I wish you the best day of your life

Paula PuolakkaAugust 22, 2019

I wish you the best day of your life written by: Paula Puolakka In 150 years’ time, the world as we know it is going to come to an end. Yet, peo...

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Ken Allan Dronsfield is a 65 year old disabled veteran, prize winning poet and author from New Hampshire, now residing in Oklahoma. A proud member of the Poetry Society of New Hampshire, he has three poetry collections to date; "The Cellaring", 80 poems of light horror. "A Taint of Pity", 52 Life Poems Written with a Cracked Inflection. Ken's third poetry collection, "Zephyr's Whisper", 64 Poems and Parables of a Seasonal Pretense. He's been nominated three times for the Pushcart Prize and six times for the Best of the Net, 2016-2018. Ken loves writing, hiking, thunderstorms, and spending time with his cats Willa and Yumpy.