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Isolation

prikcab (Ian Perlman)April 5, 2020

Isolation written by: Ian Perlman (prikcab) as distances lay immeasurable as silence sounds deafening turn down the noise that muffles the feel ou...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

Panic

Eliza SegietApril 1, 2020

Panic written by: Eliza Segiet translated by: Ula de B Even the bravest are beginning to respect. Especially, since the plague is crowned, de...

EnglishInternationalPoetryPolish1 min read

The Flower and The Sun

Grace McHaleMarch 31, 2020

The Flower and The Sun written by: Grace McHale A daisy stood beside the sea. It looked out across the water and met the sun. “Good morning,” the dai...

EnglishLiterature2 min read

Everyday I Turn On The News

Jake Cosmos AllerMarch 26, 2020

Everyday I Turn On The News written by: Jake Cosmos Aller @Jakecaller every day I turn on the news nothing but news about the virus the virus ...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

Quicksand

Julia R. DeStefanoMarch 24, 2020

Quicksand written by: Julia R. DeStefano @J_DeStefano From breakfast to lunch through nightmare, I trudge along - here I sleep, here I cry in a barr...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

Lock Down

Carmen BacaMarch 22, 2020

Lock Down written by: Carmen Baca @carmen_author “Lock down, lock down. We are now on lock down.” The receptionist’s voice came over the school int...

EnglishFeatured PostLiterature9 min read

Block Party USA

John GrochalskiMarch 14, 2020

Block Party USA written by: John Grochalski overheard the sky is gray as the deluge comes like the television weather forecaster in the mini s...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

Starin’ At The Bottle

Will ThomasMarch 6, 2020

Starin' At The Bottle written by: Will Thomas I’m starin' at this bottle. My thoughts are filled with fear. Teardrops land upon my glass. Wishin' y...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

Awakening

Jazmyn BenjaminMarch 2, 2020

Awakening written by: Jazmyn Benjamin Being with you was reality so new, but I didn't even have a clue. I ignored the signs but only if I would have...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

A Moment of Definition

Elaine MarieMarch 1, 2020

A Moment of Definition written by: Elaine Marie @ElaineMarieCar1 Some things we are born with. They are inherently as much a part of us as our next b...

ArticleEnglish7 min read

Unmatched Dominance

Sheila HenryFebruary 29, 2020

Unmatched Dominance written by: Sheila Henry He left no visible marks no evidence to show a crime took place here yet a constant pounding to her t...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

The Cedar Chest

Nancy Lou HendersonJanuary 30, 2020

The Cedar Chest written by: Nancy Lou Henderson @nlhende49 I am a unique, cedar chest. My purpose is to keep priceless treasures safe and secure. A...

EnglishLiterature6 min read

Defining The Miles

Greg MasseyJanuary 25, 2020

Defining The Miles written by: Greg Massey @PoemCrafter You should be here, Wherever here may be. It’s no fault of yours that miles separate our e...

EnglishFeatured PostPoetry1 min read

In Your Eyes

Luzviminda G. RiveraJanuary 25, 2020

In Your Eyes written by: LUZVIMINDA G. RIVERA I still remember when I first gazed upon your eyes So afraid I would see the Reasons of the existence...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

“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 ...