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Ranunculus

Andrea E. Lodge·August 17, 2020

Ranunculus written by: Andrea E. Lodge In my endless abyss of essences, I am heliotropic. While Dad...

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Covid-19

Pravat Kumar Padhy·August 15, 2020

Covid-19 written by: Pravat Kumar Padhy self-quarantine even the shadow shies away last kiss– the gap barricades...

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Outsider

Vandana Kumar·August 10, 2020

Outsider written by: Vandana Kumar Have you ever felt? Strangely distant from yourself From each and every...

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Tender Rose

Leena Auckel·August 10, 2020

Tender Rose written by: Leena Auckel The rose bud, The soft petals, Clad between the sepals Oblivious...

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Seed of Love

Nancy Lou Henderson·June 3, 2020

Seed of Love written and performed by: Nancy Lou Henderson @nlhende49 Darkness does surround, Waiting in the...

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A Few Years Ago

Safdar Bhatti·April 25, 2020

A Few Years Ago written by: Safdar Bhatti A few years hence an angel he met by...

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Smelling Like Flowers

Marta Compagnone·April 14, 2020

Smelling Like Flowers written by: Marta Compagnone @martacompagnone Despite the spring darkness grows to cast shadows of...

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Mother Earth

Debra Sasak Ross·January 25, 2020

Mother Earth written by: Debra Sasak Ross Mother Earth Lend me your ear Sing to me The...

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Life

Spillwords·January 19, 2020

Life a poem by: George Herbert I made a posie, while the day ran by: Here will...

English Literary Greats Poetry

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Blue Ginger

Cindy Medina·January 17, 2020

Blue Ginger written by: Cindy Medina @Cindy_M65 “Blue Ginger” read the midnight blue neon sign in this...

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Reflections

Darrena Strawder·January 6, 2020

Reflections written by: Darrena Strawder My reflections full of gloom, your presence brings happiness so soon. Sitting...

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Sonnet of The Insect

Daniel Haskin·January 3, 2020

Sonnet of The Insect written by: Daniel Haskin Can true love be learned By the way a...

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Poem for Ophelia

Martina Rimbaldo·December 9, 2019

Poem for Ophelia written by: Martina Rimbaldo Ophelia dreams of the restless streams Cover for the body...

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Hernia

Alan Britt·December 7, 2019

Hernia written by: Alan Britt Love had a hernia, & what a love affair it was. Razor...

English Poetry

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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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