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MASK

Shariaja·December 28, 2024

MASK written by: Shariaja Just a drop poured into her skin A silent hesitation flew in the...

Poetry English

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Persistence

Grace Y. Estevez·December 11, 2024

Persistence written by: Grace Y. Estevez @GraceoftheSun1 Regret can choke till hopes are dead. Ego will poke...

Poetry English

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This Country

Tina Cathleen MacNaughton·October 12, 2024

This Country written by: Tina Cathleen MacNaughton This country is a mess It’s in distress, a crying...

Poetry English

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Fearless

Elisha Alladina·August 1, 2024

Fearless written & performed by: Elisha Alladina Who I am It ain’t a scam Just trying to...

English Poetry

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Broken

Hend Hamed Ezzeldin·May 29, 2023

Broken written by: Hend Hamed Ezzeldin @hendhamed84 I dwell in darkness, In the broken debris Of my...

English Poetry

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Departure

J M E Bell·April 27, 2023

Departure written by: J M E Bell @jmebellauthor Taking a departure from driving to work, Melody walked...

Literature Featured Post English

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Refusal

Satabdi Saha·March 4, 2023

Refusal written by: Satabdi Saha He stared at the drops pityingly Yet her soul scrambled Through nightmares...

Poetry English

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Llorona

Robert Walton·October 27, 2021

Llorona written by: Robert Walton Joaquin Murrieta pushed open the Gem Saloon’s door and stepped into cool,...

Literature Halloween English

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A Fool’s Paradise

Nazam Riar·August 13, 2021

A Fool’s Paradise written by: Nazam Riar lunatic by day sane in night minds distressed moonlit visages...

English Poetry

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Again and Again

Nivedita Roy·June 19, 2021

Again and Again written by: Nivedita Roy @Roynivi3 This dull wetness of nulling breeze This gloomy brightness of...

English Poetry

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Memory Lanes & Playground Games

Kayleigh Merchant·June 13, 2020

Memory Lanes & Playground Games written by: KL Merchant Memories scatter like leaves across the hopscotch paths,...

Poetry English

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The Ledger

Fallen Engel·June 18, 2019

The Ledger written by: Fallen Engel @BlackEngel3 Who made you keeper of the Ledger To tell us...

English Poetry

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Born in southern California, P.A. O'Neil experienced what might be considered culture shock when her family moved to a small town in Washington State. The year was 1970, and the community at the time was not culturally diverse. Proud of her Mexican and Irish heritage, or "Smoked Irish" according to her father, she learned what it meant to be simultaneously in the minority and the majority. P.A. O'Neil's stories have been featured in over sixty anthologies, journals, and magazines. She and her husband reside in Western Washington. Her books, Witness Testimony and Other Tales, as well as Sherlock Holmes's Two Sides of the Same Coin, and In For A Penny, are available on Amazon.

Dusty by Darryl B

I guess there’s a million reasons why I’m sitting on the porch of this cabin with a bottle in my lap. I took enough friggin pain pills to kill a horse, and things are beginning to get hazy around the edges.

I better get this out while I still can....
I was 16 when the Beatles were on Ed Sullivan, that was right after Kennedy got shot, and the whole damn country was crying. I remember I was down the street at Kenny Statler’s house because we were trying to start a band, and we wanted to be like them, plus I liked his sister Dusty, that was her nickname, she was 15. Their parents weren’t home, and we knew they kept their booze behind the records in the Hi-Fi, how stupid did they think we were? ...

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