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Lunch Interrupted

Joe CushnanJuly 22, 2020

Lunch Interrupted written by: Joe Cushnan @JoeCushnan The patio was a mess of sandwiches, Victoria sponge wedges, sausage rolls, potato crisps, broke...

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Autumn

Pritika BhattJune 19, 2020

Autumn written by: Pritika Bhatt It is the season of fall It kills the flowers along with buds so small There is extreme silence Not a trace of v...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

Twisted

Ricky HawthorneJune 2, 2020

Twisted written by: Ricky Hawthorne @searsjames When I saw him trip and fall, I stalled, Gawping at his efforts to raise himself, smashed, Straddle...

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Life Is Brief

Nancy Lou HendersonApril 16, 2020

Life Is Brief written by: Nancy Lou Henderson @nlhende49 Budding and growing in early Spring, shaping, then becoming colors of green. Rustling and ...

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Totter and Stumble

Giovanni FruncilloMarch 25, 2020

Totter and Stumble written by: Giovanni Fruncillo Old man tottering across the parking lot, stumbling, losing his balance, lets go of his shopping c...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

White Cloak

GabrielMarch 2, 2020

White Cloak written by: Gabriel My summer smells like deadlines, for lifelines kill themselves sometime near spring, with the serrated rust of mis...

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Abandonment

EugeniaNovember 28, 2019

Abandonment written by: Franci Eugenia Hoffman @riccikeeper leaves fall to and fro with spirited adventure and nowhere to go...

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Farewell

Ian RichardsonNovember 26, 2019

Farewell written by: Ian Richardson Then there was the day when I saw the leaf fall and I said But it doesn’t matter what I said Is it time then?...

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Changing of Seasons

Glen McKenzieNovember 18, 2019

Changing of Seasons written by: Glen McKenzie @justabitfurther leaves colourful painted canvas scenery fall brings intense change...

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Autumn

Robyn MacKinnonNovember 10, 2019

Autumn written by: Robyn MacKinnon @art_rat chilly, windy, but leaves are so pretty right now! I turned the heat on ...

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Fall Evening

Robbie PruittOctober 11, 2019

Fall Evening written by: Robbie Pruitt @robbiepruitt The breeze gently shifts in the evening air crisp and cool softly and silently whispering t...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

Too Much Wine

Mickey KulpJune 7, 2019

Too Much Wine written by: Mickey Kulp @mickey_kulp I had a dream last night. Maybe too much wine At my daughter's wedding. I fell down a deep hole...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

Tree

Bene KusendilaMay 23, 2019

Tree written by: Bene Kusendila All her colours shown. The wind shrugs them off, naked. Awe-inspiring fall....

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A Frozen Sea

JeanmbbMarch 30, 2019

A Frozen Sea written by: Jeanmbb @jmbsquared a frozen sea yet tides rise & fall underneath still we need not speak of any of it ic...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

Bridie is just a wife, mother and grandmother who loves to write. She is a retired teacher and is also a busy photographer. She lives with her husband in the countryside in west Limerick. Her late dad was a popular and successful poet and author. She discovered that she had a flair for writing following retirement when life slowed down a little. She was encouraged by family members to develop this hidden gift. As grandchildren arrived she was inspired to write about experiences with them and has had articles and poems published in local newspapers and journals. She is working towards publishing a book of her writings in the near future.

ALBERT CAMUS’S – 'THE PLAGUE' - ITS RELEVANCE TODAY by GS Subbu

How relevant is the ‘The Plague’ to the present scenario we find ourselves in? It is really astounding that when you go through the book you realize that what is happening now is very similar to what has been described in graphic detail decades ago. Whether it is the fear psychosis, the measures taken to prevent the spread of the epidemic, the dedicated and tireless work of groups of individuals in taking care of the afflicted, the resistance to the imposition of stringent regulations by the authorities and lastly the realization that we have to move on but with a changed perspective and living a new life.
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