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Elegy For A Young Poet

Catherine Gigante-Brown·May 4, 2019

Elegy For A Young Poet written by: Catherine Gigante-Brown @BklynCatwoman In memory of Noah, who took his...

English Poetry

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The Visit

David Wagoner·April 20, 2019

The Visit written by: David Wagoner Somehow his tall body looked all wrong in a wheelchair. Even at...

Literature English

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Footnote at A Sanitarium

James Gabriel·February 11, 2019

Footnote at A Sanitarium written by: James Gabriel @James_Gabriel1 once dried out now drunk he fell into...

English Poetry

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Talking To The Water

Angie Brocker·January 23, 2017

Talking to the Water written by: Angie Brocker @angie_brocker Cowards don’t commit suicide Courage lies deep within...

English Featured Post 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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