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Hieros Gamos: Syzygies

Anna Canić·March 21, 2021

Hieros Gamos: Syzygies written by: Anna Canić - I see you in my sleep beside a falling star...

International Poetry Polish English

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African Woman

Ndilika Oluebube·March 8, 2021

African Woman written by: Ndilika Oluebube African woman! Mother earth’s precious gift Creator of mankind Nature’s source...

English Poetry

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Exposed

Eva Marie Cagley·February 1, 2021

Exposed written by: Eva Marie Cagley @EvaCagley Standing here naked before you Seducing you with the melody...

Poetry English

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Christmas Magic

Phyllis P. Colucci·December 23, 2020

Christmas Magic written by: Phyllis P. Colucci @FictionTarot Snowflakes falling; friends are calling Ol’ Man Winter has...

Christmas Phyllis P. Colucci Featured Post 12 Days of Christmas English Poetry

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Vegetating

Bruce Levine·October 8, 2020

Vegetating written by: Bruce Levine @brucelevine19 Vegetating A specialty of mine Not asleep Not awake A semi-comatose...

English Poetry

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Serendipity

Arwenium·September 22, 2020

Serendipity written by: Arwenium “Inside of me lives a civil war between me and me. It...

Ranunculus

Andrea E. Lodge·August 17, 2020

Ranunculus written by: Andrea E. Lodge In my endless abyss of essences, I am heliotropic. While Dad...

Poetry English

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Love

Paula Puolakka·August 4, 2020

Love written by: Paula Puolakka Love: I do not comprehend. People are walking into the rooms without...

English Poetry

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Song of Life

Mike Turner·July 27, 2020

Song of Life written by: Mike Turner @SchoonerSkipper A single note Can time recall A silent pause...

Poetry English

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Seek Me

Aurora Kastanias·June 16, 2020

Seek Me written by: Aurora Kastanias Let go of me do not hold me in, exhale, let...

English Poetry

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Essence of The Blues

Mike Turner·June 1, 2020

Essence of The Blues written by: Mike Turner @SchoonerSkipper To have words But no voice Lyric But...

Poetry English

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Pollen Prance

Baidha Fercoq·May 2, 2020

Pollen Prance written by: Baidha Fercoq Gather pollen’s powdery dew take a breath, flutter & fly forest...

English Poetry

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I Am In Awe Of You…

Anabela Loureiro·March 12, 2020

I Am In Awe Of You… written by: Anabela Loureiro I am in awe of you… The...

English Poetry

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OUT OF CHAOS

Rochishmon·March 9, 2020

OUT OF CHAOS written by: Rochishmon @Rochishmon The dawn is at mind And light is on tongue...

Poetry English

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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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