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Forgetting

Richard Rebel·April 28, 2020

Forgetting written by: Richard Rebel At the corner Nicholas got off the 452, ducking over the road...

English Literature

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We Walk Alone

Lucy·April 21, 2020

We Walk Alone written by: Lucy Blue fog, derived from the morning, Dancing alone in an orchard...

English Poetry

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There, She Is…

Hema Ravi·April 6, 2020

There, She Is… written by: Hema Ravi ‘Sky has eaten the moon’ said my toddler; we were out...

English Poetry

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Through The Darkness

Sue Marie St. Lee·March 8, 2020

Through The Darkness written by: Sue Marie St. Lee The road looked like spilled ink, black and...

English Literature

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The Mist

Brad Osborne·December 2, 2019

The Mist written by: Brad Osborne Is it cloud that falls so gently When mountain top is...

English Poetry

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The Sapling

Steve Colori·November 20, 2019

The Sapling written by: Steve Colori The neutral tans and browns of the unit were becoming etched...

English Literature

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Lonely Loneliness

Irena Ewa Idzikowska·November 10, 2019

English International Poetry Polish

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Night, City

Dah·November 6, 2019

Night, City written by: Dah @dahlusion An imposing fog comes with its damp body flapping like wet...

English Poetry

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Mischief on Hallow’s Eve

ReBecca DeFazio·October 31, 2019

Mischief on Hallow’s Eve written by: ReBecca DeFazio @MisplacedPetals We’re not afraid of the dark, of ghosts...

English Halloween Poetry

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The Merman’s Rhyme

Iulia Halatz·October 10, 2019

The Merman’s Rhyme written by: Iulia Halatz He has no love but music and cold whispering trees...

English Poetry

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ECHO

Kevin D Parish·September 26, 2019

ECHO written by: Kevin D Parish I followed the echo Not knowing its source. Was it pain...

English Featured Post Poetry

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GAUGES

G.R. Melvin·September 12, 2019

GAUGES written by: G.R. MELVIN “Life is short, and Art long; the crisis fleeting; experience perilous, and...

English Poetry

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Forgotten

Jack Wolfe Frost·June 22, 2019

Forgotten written by: Jack Wolfe Frost @JackWolfeWriter Fog, It rules my mind, erasing my thought, Slowing removing...

English Poetry

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Another Day

A.M. Torres·June 22, 2019

Another Day written by: A.M. Torres @sonic1170 Another day comes my brain in a fog my soul...

English Poetry

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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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