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A Merry Flower Beyond Your Daily Attire

Walid Boureghda·June 27, 2022

A Merry Flower Beyond Your Daily Attire written by: Walid Boureghda My freedom lies in the plenitude...

Poetry English

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Waiting For The Cheerful Summer

Simona Prilogan·June 1, 2022

Waiting For the Cheerful Summer written by: Simona Prilogan Waiting for the cheerful summer, I knelt at the...

Poetry English

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The Writing of a Madman

Jeff Flaig·May 23, 2022

The Writing of a Madman written by: Jeff Flaig To the morning, I hope to travel, till...

English Poetry

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Desire

Mia Henry·May 12, 2022

Desire written by: Mia Henry There was an old gal from Duluth who craved the excitement of...

English Poetry

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Still I Wait

Shraddha S Sahu·May 5, 2022

Still I Wait… written by: Shraddha S Sahu @Shraddh56141048 Just like a stone Out of your house...

Poetry English

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Il Tacchino

Francesco Abate·May 4, 2022

Il Tacchino written by: Francesco Abate @FrancescoAbate3 Placido cammini, tacchino, forte della stazza t’imponi sulle galline spaventate...

Poetry International Italian

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Desire and Death

Roland E. Williams·April 20, 2022

Desire and Death written by: Roland E. Williams @rolandewilliam3 This thing called desire It is akin to...

Poetry English

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Writers

Kate MacDonald·April 15, 2022

Writers written by: Kate MacDonald @etherealtruth Is there a place somewhere for me, a cosy cave, complete...

Literature English

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The Garden of Flies

Maciej Pająk·April 13, 2022

The Garden of Flies written by: Maciej Pająk (Matthew) One Day My jolly path turned into The...

Poetry English

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Growing Green

Carrie Magness Radna·April 7, 2022

Growing Green written by: Carrie Magness Radna @cmrboxwoodstar1 Why are you so quiet? There are many kinds...

English Poetry

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Eternal Flames

Eva Marie Cagley·April 1, 2022

Eternal Flames written by: Eva Marie Cagley @EvaCagley Emotions electrifying my heart, soul, and mind. Fantasy or...

Poetry English

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Love and Life

Pramod Rastogi·March 16, 2022

Love and Life written by: Pramod Rastogi Love has a stranglehold on life’s glow, Embracing it when...

Poetry English

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Life

Sajid Hussain·March 14, 2022

Life written by: Dr. Sajid Hussain Life visits my threshold, A quench follows her, In her eyes...

English Poetry

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…On Poetry and Fiction Just “One Word” Away (“Fire”)

Phyllis P. Colucci·February 27, 2022

…On Poetry and Fiction Just “One Word” Away (“Fire”) written by: Phyllis P. Colucci @FictionTarot One word...

Editorial English Featured Post Phyllis P. Colucci On Poetry and Fiction

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After a long career tinkering in telecommunications, Jim Bartlett switched to tinkering with writing fiction, both requiring a stretch of the imagination. In the course of putting his fingers to the keyboard, he's been fortunate to have quite a number of his stories featured both in print and online in several wonderful publications, including a story selected for "The Best of Fiction on the Web, 1996 – 2017" anthology. While mentally he strolls along a warm California beach with his wife and golden retriever (shhh, she doesn't know she's a dog), physically they reside on a special little island in the Pacific Northwest.

Reaper by Sharon Frame Gay

As an orphaned son of an orphan, I always see the glass as half empty. I picture the water murky and lukewarm, a waterline etched below the rim. Maybe with an ash or two floating at the bottom, because that’s what I do for a living. I deal with ashes. The remains of the deceased. No matter how those who pass away see their glass, meager or full, they eventually end up in a satchel carried on my shoulder.
My business card reads “Morton Stark Transport.” I’m called upon to disperse the ashes of the dearly departed and honor their final wishes. People hire me to escort the remains throughout the world ...

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