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Caresses

Dr Santosh Bakaya·January 25, 2018

Caresses written by: Dr Santosh Bakaya Last night, scary silhouettes sat on my shoulders Smirking, sneering, scowling,...

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Ascencio

Ethan Lesley·December 20, 2017

Ascencio written by: Ethan Lesley @ethananarchy Let me go, lover Let me go Life is full of...

English Poetry

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Restless Reflections

Nara Hodge·November 1, 2017

Restless Reflections written by: Nara Hodge @Nara_Hodge The quiet whispers of the night, A caressing touch, a...

Poetry English

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Happy

Alyssa Brocker·September 27, 2017

happy written by: Alyssa Brocker @Atelgy it’s like a constant little headache...

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Yellow

Robbie Masso·August 4, 2017

Yellow written by: Robbie Masso @robbie.masso Premonitions of premonitions, fears of fears – he lives miserably in...

English Poetry

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High Above This Tethered Earth

Catherine MacMillan Sihoe·July 26, 2017

High Above This Tethered Earth written by: Catherine MacMillan Sihoe @onspiritswings Before a massive wall of rock...

English Poetry

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Old Order

rajnishmishravns·July 25, 2017

Old Order written by: rajnishmishravns @rajnishmishravn All old order is subject to decay, they say, and when...

English Poetry

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Unsaid

Vansika Pareek·June 26, 2017

Unsaid written by: Vansika Pareek @vansika.pareek.1 Usual or less traveled by; mere choices for few or infinite,...

Poetry English

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Only My Fears

Kara Jackman·June 21, 2017

Only My Fears written by: Kara Jackman @KaraJ1979 Don’t want anymore problems Don’t want anymore pain. Just...

Poetry English

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BRAVE

The Quiet Quill·April 17, 2017

BRAVE written by: The Quiet Quill @TheQuietQuill My sweet, on your shoulders you’ve carried Great pain, for...

English Poetry

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Dive & Run

Iban·February 6, 2017

Dive & Run written by: Ibán Shall we dive in the night or we run away from...

English Poetry

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Prism

Sian Brighal·October 26, 2016

Prism written by: Sian Brighal @sian_ink Pride keeps them hidden Those coalesced fears and dreams Sundered by...

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If Only They Knew… Of Each Other

Lyle Hutchinson·September 11, 2016

If Only They Knew… Of Each Other written by: Lyle Hutchinson @hutch3713 Her tears Reveal Her worries...

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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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