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Find Me

Jack Wolfe Frost·October 2, 2020

Find Me written by: Jack Wolfe Frost @JackWolfeWriter Your eyes shine rainbows of sparks Your hands feel...

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In The Moment

Karima Hoisan·September 30, 2020

In The Moment written by: Karima Hoisan The wind blows the incense in puffs, out the door,...

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Finding The Sun

Bayo Aderoju·September 28, 2020

Finding The Sun written by: Bayo Aderoju The skies, for aeons, was unkind. It denied me all;...

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Finding Love Through The Debris

Karen Hayward·August 24, 2020

Finding Love Through The Debris written by: Karen Hayward @darkblossom666 And then it settled back down, contented....

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Rivers of Gold

CJ Delous·August 15, 2020

Rivers of Gold written by: CJ Delous Fading embers still remember the fire, ...

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I’ll Find A Way

Tanisha Khurana·June 3, 2020

I’ll Find A Way written by: Tanisha Khurana I’m lost but I’ll find a way Like I...

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Through The Mist

Wolfgang H.·May 30, 2020

Through The Mist written by: Wolfgang H. up the rocky road against gusts of head winds thick...

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Autumn Love

Eddie D. Moore·March 13, 2020

Autumn Love written by: Eddie D. Moore Morning light through a frosty windowpane. A delicate white bloom...

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First Sight

Suze.M.Gray·February 26, 2020

First Sight written by: Suze.M.Gray She looked up as she saw him enter the room. In reality,...

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Dealt

Andrea E. Lodge·February 13, 2020

Dealt written by: Andrea E. Lodge The Queen of Spades lays face-down in the semi-muddy half-grass. While...

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Finding ITT

Michael Natt·February 9, 2020

Finding ITT written by: Michael Natt In the movie “City Slickers” Billy Crystal’s character, Mitch, is alone...

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Heart Song

Tanya Rakh·February 8, 2020

Heart Song written by: Godfrey Holy and Tanya Rakh I will shut my eyes I will find...

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HOME

Dragomira·January 10, 2020

HOME written by: Dragomira she in her curiosity finds home among the words...

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I Just Feel So Very Happy

Scott Rainer·November 20, 2019

I Just Feel So Very Happy written by: Scott Rainer I just feel so very happy, Like...

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John Anthony Fingleton: Was born in Cork City, in the Republic of Ireland. Now living in Paraguay. Poems published in journals and anthologies in Ireland, UK, USA, India and France as well as three produced plays. Poems read on Irish and American radio as well in Spanish on South American broadcasts. Has poems published in Spillwords, Alien Bhudda, The Red Door, Piker Press, Super Poetry Highway, The Writers Magazine, Ariel Chart, and numerous national and international journals, blogs, reviews, and anthologies. Published collections 'Poems from the Shadowlands' was published in 2017, 'Words That Found Me' 2019, 'Poems From The Banks' 2020, 'Poems from a Restricted Place' April 2020, 'Secret Fjords' May 2020 and 'A Gathering Of Words' June 2020. All which are available on Amazon.

A Song for Christmas by Steve Carr

I was sixteen. Ma’s upright piano stood against the wall in the dining room where it had been since Ma and Pa were married. It was Grandma’s piano, but she gave it to my Ma as a wedding present. It was made of mahogany and Ma polished it almost every day. I was sitting at it just plucking randomly on the black keys when Ma placed a bright red runner across the top of the piano and, a few minutes later, placed the crèche on the runner. She arranged the figures of Mary and Joseph around the baby Jesus lying in a manger.
“You’re late puttin’ that out this year, Ma,” I said.
“Each year there are more and more boxes of Christmas decorations to sort through,” she said.
I strummed several keys with an unmelodic result and heaved a loud sigh.
“Have you decided yet which song you’re going to do for the Christmas service?” she asked ...

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