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How To Say No

Jahnavi Gogoi·August 14, 2022

How To Say No written by: Jahnavi Gogoi The tip of my tongue Knocked on the roof...

English Poetry

·1 min read

Alive

Elaine Nadal·August 9, 2022

Alive written by: Elaine Nadal When the fan is on, my bedroom becomes a seaside. My worries...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Soaring

huntersjames·August 5, 2022

Soaring written by: Huntersjames @goatrodeo11 Tomorrow will I soar into the arms of death? Sailing high above...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Out of The Jungle

Kathy Whipple·August 4, 2022

Out of The Jungle written by: Kathy Whipple For weeks, Nana was convinced someone was stealing yams...

Welcome to America

Sue Marie St. Lee·August 3, 2022

Welcome to America written by: Sue Marie St. Lee Her eyes met mine with fear, It recognized...

English Poetry

·1 min read

Dust

Deni Neighbour·August 3, 2022

Dust written by: Deni Neighbour I don’t want to leave you, I really don’t, but one day...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Imprisoned

Vidya Venkataramanan·August 3, 2022

Imprisoned written by: Vidya Venkataramanan We imprison minds In cages of steel, We feel The need to...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Foyer

Jean M Beebe·August 1, 2022

Foyer written by: Jean M Beebe @jmbsquared “You drop bait. You make suggestions, Miss Masterson,” Peg nearly...

Literature English

·3 mins read

Breakthrough

Nope, Not Pam·August 1, 2022

Breakthrough written by: Nope, Not Pam @NopePam You built a barricade around your heart A wall, strong...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Grey Matter

Ann M Struck·July 20, 2022

Grey Matter written by: Ann Marie Struck @My4SenseBlog When you didn’t answer the phone for two days,...

Literature English

·5 mins read

Black Raiders Starter Jackets

Dan Flore III·July 16, 2022

Black Raiders Starter Jackets written by: Dan Flore III You hear them from the back of the...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Badon-napoti

N.T. McQueen·July 14, 2022

Badon-napoti written by: N.T. McQueen @NTMAuthor He did not wear headdresses and dance among the flames in...

Literature English

·19 mins read

The Thread

Mohamed El Houssaini·July 11, 2022

The Thread written by: Mohamed El Houssaini It is so dark and long, that trees engulf and...

Poetry English

·1 min read

They’re Taking Everything

Nick Searles·July 6, 2022

They’re Taking Everything written by: Nick Searles @Nick_Searles Circle, circle, circle up. Listen here, and don’t interrupt...

Poetry English

·1 min read

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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