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Lancelot Left Home

Sue Marie St. Lee·September 7, 2020

Lancelot Left Home written by: Sue Marie St. Lee Lancelot left home today, tomorrow he’ll be found...

Poetry English

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Covid-19

Pravat Kumar Padhy·August 15, 2020

Covid-19 written by: Pravat Kumar Padhy self-quarantine even the shadow shies away last kiss– the gap barricades...

English Poetry

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Running Into The Sunrise

JPK·August 13, 2020

Running Into The Sunrise written by: JPK It’s cold in the hour before dawn. Morning mist is...

The Bark of The Black Dog

Patrick Doran·August 10, 2020

The Bark of The Black Dog written by: Patrick Doran Let the black dog bark it may...

English Poetry

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Running Together!

Ger White·April 21, 2020

Running Together! written by: Ger White She raced her dog across the bogs Past mountainous tufts and...

English Featured Post Poetry

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Filling Station

Spillwords·March 29, 2020

Filling Station a poem by: Elizabeth Bishop Oh, but it is dirty! –this little filling station, oil-soaked,...

English Literary Greats Poetry

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Block Party USA

John Grochalski·March 14, 2020

Block Party USA written by: John Grochalski overheard the sky is gray as the deluge comes like...

Poetry English

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Losing You

Alan Britt·January 10, 2020

Losing You written by: Alan Britt For Daphne Rose This charley horse in my throat, you...

Poetry English

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The Party

Barbara Avon·January 3, 2020

The Party written by: Barbara Avon @barb_avon Raucous rock tunes drifted down to their apartment. The party...

English Literature

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The Dog She Was

JPK·November 12, 2019

The Dog She Was written by: JPK She’s not the dog she was ten years ago, When...

Poetry English

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Puppy Whimpers

James Dennis Casey IV·October 31, 2019

Puppy Whimpers written by: James Dennis Casey IV @LouisianaJames Little Billy’s mother always told him to never...

English Poetry Halloween

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Dog’s Take on Halloween

N. K. Hasen·October 23, 2019

Dog’s Take on Halloween written by: N. K. Hasen @poetrybyhasen What’s up with weird costumes you wear...

Poetry Halloween English

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The Milker

Phyllis Souza·October 8, 2019

The Milker written by: Phyllis Souza The year was 1936. Frank stood on the wide-sweeping porch of...

Literature English

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GAUGES

G.R. Melvin·September 12, 2019

GAUGES written by: G.R. MELVIN “Life is short, and Art long; the crisis fleeting; experience perilous, and...

English Poetry

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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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