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Prosaic

Anthony John Ward·January 23, 2024

Prosaic written by: Anthony John Ward I find poetry in the most prosaic of things Reading tables...

Poetry English

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Finding Meaning in The Moments

Jennifer Brown Banks·November 28, 2023

Finding Meaning in The Moments… written by: Jennifer Brown Banks To each day There are 1,440 minutes,...

English Poetry

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Finding Faith

J. L. Wells·October 12, 2023

Finding Faith written by: J. L. Wells 2 Days After the End of the World “I was...

Paranormal Witnesses

Kenneth Walford·October 5, 2023

Paranormal Witnesses written by: Kenneth Walford Karen, sighed, opened her eyes and glanced at the clock on...

Finding The Colors Back

Dessy Tsvetkova·June 19, 2023

Finding The Colors Back written by: Dessy Tsvetkova Sometimes it seems as if the molder of the...

English Poetry

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Finding My Voice

Kenneth Vincent Walker·June 12, 2023

Finding My Voice written by: Kenneth Vincent Walker I found my voice soprano High as lovely birds...

Poetry English

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Polar Bear

Ed McConnell·May 8, 2023

Polar Bear written by: Ed McConnell @EdJMcConnell In the gutter where water gurgled and leaves massed slept...

English Literature

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Lamentos

Jose A Gomez·January 9, 2022

Lamentos written by: José A Gómez Como quisiera decirles, las cosas que están en mi pensamiento, tantas...

Poetry Jose A Gomez Spanish

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Mouse’s House

Nina Taylor·September 25, 2021

Mouse’s House written by: Nina Taylor Little brown mouse put his bag on the floor And crept...

English Poetry

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Find Me

Mitch Bensel·August 13, 2021

Find Me written by: Mitch Bensel @MitchRambling I don’t know much, truly.. am simple with needs easy...

English Poetry

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The Girl with Obsidian Eyes

Jason Herrington·March 7, 2021

The Girl with Obsidian Eyes written by: Jason Herrington @jm_herrington Spirits are real; I know that now....

English Literature Featured Post

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Mirror Image

Andrea E. Lodge·January 18, 2021

Mirror Image written by: Andrea E. Lodge When you’re the broken half of your mirror image, who...

English Poetry

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It’s My World

Meenakshi Goswami·January 9, 2021

It’s My World written by: Meenakshi Goswami Do you wish to enter my World? Do you wish...

English Poetry

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How To Find It?

Uzma Afreen·January 6, 2021

How To Find It? written by: Uzma Afreen The dragons of Heaven With chrysanthemum heads Guard the...

Poetry English

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Suman Pokhrel is a Nepali poet, lyricist, playwright, translator, and artist. He debuted in 1999 with a poetry collection and has since published works, including translations of Shakespeare and global poets. His poems are translated into many languages and taught across South Asia. A two-time SAARC Literary Awardee, he also received Asia’s Inspiring Poet Award and was named Author of the Month by Spillwords in June 2023. Beyond literature, he works as a freelance consultant in socio-economic research, rural development, entrepreneurial development and creative writing. He began his career in Nepal’s civil service and later worked with international NGOs. He holds degrees in Science, Law, Business Administration, and Economics.

Condoms by Seán Óg Ó Murchú

They all laughed at me. All the dinner ladies. It started with your one, I’m after forgetting her name now… Smelly Nelly’s ma. A wet little tear trickled toward her tattooed cheekbone. She was roaring red. Her harsh, wheezing laughter sounded like a black taxi tackling the Whiterock Road, her throat destroyed from all the fegs she used to be hoofing into her. She called over the other dinner ladies then, an army of them. Or maybe it was the curiosity of her horrid laughing that brought them over… I can’t remember.
“Tell the girls what you’re only after asking me there ni wee mawn.”
I looked between herself and the girls. Jesus Christ, I said in my own mind, Mental Mick is after stealing all my crayons that I’d been hoarding for myself there before the break...

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