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I Wish I Met My Father As A Man

Mickey Mason·March 30, 2021

I wish I met my father as a man written by: Mickey Mason your father shouldn’t be...

English Poetry

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Margins of My Mind

James Walmsley·February 21, 2021

Margins of My Mind written by: James Walmsley As I walk down this worried path, where many...

English Featured Post Poetry

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My Father’s Hand is Resting

Clive Grewcock·February 18, 2021

My Father’s Hand is Resting written by: Clive Grewcock My father’s hand is resting there As the...

English Featured Post Poetry

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The Apartment

Nikhil Kurien·February 18, 2021

The Apartment written by: Nikhil Kurien @nikhilmkurien Sudhir was elated when the broker said it was the...

English Literature

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1932

DC Diamondopolous·February 11, 2021

1932 written by: DC Diamondopolous Pa decided to join the Bonus Expeditionary Force. After dropping Ma and...

English Featured Post Literature

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On Father Turning Eighty in November

Sally Delancy·January 14, 2021

On Father Turning Eighty in November written by: Sally Delancy I A late October drizzle blankets the...

English Poetry

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Last Words

Lisa Reynolds·January 13, 2021

Last Words written by: Lisa Reynolds Before she left he told her he couldn’t forget what she’d...

English Poetry

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Christmas 1950

Phyllis Souza·December 25, 2020

Christmas 1950 written by: Phyllis Souza I’m ten-years-old and it’s not easy waiting for my mother to...

Christmas English Literature

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‘Twas The Night Before Christmas

Jim Bates·December 24, 2020

‘Twas The Night Before Christmas written by: Jim Bates With five-year-old Stacy and three-year-old Dale nestled snug...

12 Days of Christmas Christmas English Featured Post Literature

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Fake Santa

Meg Dunn·December 16, 2020

Fake Santa written by: Meg Dunn Under duress and too many beers I agree to stand in...

Christmas English Literature

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Father Christmas

Mary Daurio·December 15, 2020

Father Christmas written by: Mary Daurio Anna stared through the chain-link fence; her slender white fingers threaded...

12 Days of Christmas Christmas English Featured Post Literature

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Ursula (no. 58 of Women’s names sensual series)

Carrie Magness Radna·December 7, 2020

Ursula (no. 58 of Women’s names sensual series) written by: Carrie Magness Radna @cmrboxwoodstar1 Your mother named...

English Haunted Holidays Poetry

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So This Is 90

Nina Taylor·December 6, 2020

So This Is 90 written by: Nina Taylor So life when you’re old is reduced to one...

Article English

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Na Wieczność I Na Zawsze

Katarzyna Dominik·December 1, 2020

Na wieczność i na zawsze written by: Katarzyna Dominik Dzień zamknięty w ciszy roni łzy, blask świętego...

Featured Post International Poetry Polish

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Robin McNamara is an Irish poet from Waterford City. He has over 148 poems published worldwide in America, Canada, Ireland and in the UK with Beir Bua Journal, Dreich, Versification, Pink Plastic House, Daily Drunk, Full House Literary Magazine, Dream Journal, Second Chance Lit, Literary Heist, Dwelling Literary & Impspired. A regular contributor to Spillwords since 2018 where he has been nominated a number of times for publication of the month. Robin is also involved in the Poetry Ireland and Black Bough Poetry poetry prompts. Robin’s forthcoming debut chapbook was written during the lockdown in Ireland. Under A Mind’s Staircase, is published by Hedgehog Poetry Press, UK and is available to purchase now.

Generational Fragility by Lynsey Fyfe

Raising children can be a daunting task; it takes skill, determination and a great sense of humour. Raising them properly is a seemingly impossible task. Parenting has evolved so much over the years, it can be hard to keep up with current advice, but have babies changed? It’s hard to imagine babies are different enough now, to warrant such a drastic change in our parenting techniques in the last few decades.

Back in the not so distant past, almost every mother stayed at home, raising the children and keeping the house, while the father went to work. Times were different.
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