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Traps of the Mind

Paul Anthony ObeyJanuary 21, 2020

Traps of the Mind written by: Paul Anthony Obey @TheInvisiblePo1 Could you hear them, the angels, as they called out your name? Will they allow what...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

Turtle Race

Ben ParkDecember 12, 2019

Turtle Race written by: Ben Park @benparksounds I saw a friend onstage Playing a song we wrote on that day A few years ago We were both new in tow...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

His Arms Around Her Tightened

Terry BrewerOctober 14, 2019

His Arms Around Her Tightened written by: Terry Brewer @Stories2121 It isn’t about the money. There isn’t any. I blew through my inheritance within...

EnglishLiterature4 min read

MONSTER

TM DiSarroOctober 12, 2019

MONSTER written by: TM DiSarro @tmdisarro In the end it doesn’t even matter* The world’s a stage Still waiting for a show The monster is still cha...

EnglishFeatured PostPoetry2 min read

Words of Freedom

Darrena StrawderOctober 7, 2019

Words of Freedom written by: Darrena Strawder Sad to say this life's not fake Our choices prevail leaving those who love us un-failed. Upon my life,...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

Confessions of an Opium-Eater

Yasmin HemmatAugust 24, 2019

Confessions of an Opium-Eater written by: Yasmin Hemmat The sun was burning my eyes as I was walking in a desert. I felt tired and thirsty, and my m...

EnglishFeatured PostLiterature11 min read

In The Pan

Richard K. OstranderJune 11, 2019

In The Pan written by: Richard K. Ostrander @akaDick Like flash paper smoke sailing up with a brown curl collapsing in on itself turning to...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Dariusz PacakJuly 15, 2018

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD written by: Dariusz Pacak whether does exist more sublime award than the image of light splitting the slavery o...

EnglishInternationalPoetryPolish2 min read

Ousted

Sultana RazaOctober 8, 2017

Ousted written by: Sultana Raza @sultana.raza.7 No perch to hang onto, no nest to stay, Aurum eluded him, or brother took, New graves; most of his ...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

Sheep

Robbie MassoFebruary 16, 2017

Sheep written by: Robbie Masso @robbie.masso Am I not worth your precious time, just because I wrote more than a sentence and it’s not about love? D...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

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“Lock down, lock down. We are now on lock down.” The receptionist’s voice came over the school intercom over the incessant buzzing of the alarm bells located in every hall of every phase of the building. I thanked my lucky stars I wasn’t in my regular classroom with my fourth period of thirty-one freshmen. I was teaching my last class of the day in the computer lab of phase five, one of the more isolated wings of the large oddly-shaped school where I’d been teaching for years. There were only seven students in class that day, it being a Friday afternoon ...