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Fun Pacing

Sarra Culleno·July 9, 2021

Fun Pacing written by: Sarra Culleno @sarra1978 That book you love, it will forever bookmark midway. Each...

Poetry English

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The Shadow Of Longing

Umid Najjari·October 12, 2020

The Shadow of Longing written by: Umid Najjari (Ümid Nəccari) @UNajjari The shadow of longing enters us,...

Poetry English

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Tequila

Robyn MacKinnon·June 9, 2019

Tequila written by: Robyn MacKinnon @art_rat shot of tequila anxiety and fatigue looking for a laugh...

Robyn Finds Poetry Robyn MacKinnon 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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Wardle Stuebner and the School Ma’am

An Unexpected Connection

The Wheels on the Bus

Interviews

Spotlight On Writers – Kellasandra Ferrara

Spotlight On Writers – Pramod Rastogi

Interview Q&A With Jim Wilson-Storey

Lost Dreams

Arched Smile

I Am Not Superstitious

Life’s a Riot, Somehow

Delayed

Concrete

Angel or Saint

Reawakening The Feminine

fatigue

Fun Pacing

The Shadow Of Longing

Tequila

An Unexpected Connection

The Wheels on the Bus

The Keys

Ode To My Headphones

Before The Final March

Lost Dreams

Spotlight On Writers – Kellasandra Ferrara

Wardle Stuebner and the School Ma’am

Crocodile Poetry

Resurrection

I Am Not Superstitious

Invisibility Cloak