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Rex Carey Arrasmith·October 22, 2019

Daisy Writes Home written by: Rex Carey Arrasmith @Wrecks_Writes Happy Birthday Tracker, I am so sorry I...

Literature Halloween English

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Inferno

Shyamal Mukhopadhyay·May 23, 2019

Inferno written by: Shyamal Mukhopadhyay Devil’s Inferno at Notre Dame swinging bell atop the cathedral Arousing the...

Poetry Spilled History English

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Versailles

Rich·May 11, 2019

Versailles written by: Rich @H3Richard Meet me in The Amber room where Once stood The Great Voltaire...

English Poetry

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Paris

Mehreen Ahmed·December 9, 2018

Paris written by: Mehreen Ahmed @MehreenAhmed2 The city’s spirit is summed up, by none other than Gil,...

Article English

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The Floor Just Hit Me

Robyn MacKinnon·October 22, 2017

The Floor Just Hit Me found poetry written by: Robyn MacKinnon @art_rat our last night in France...

English Robyn Finds Poetry Robyn MacKinnon Poetry

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Lorena’s Last Lace

hedgehog·September 11, 2017

Lorena’s Last Lace written by: hedgehog Lorena sat content on her doorstep Happy and free as she...

English Poetry Spilled History

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October

Kirstin Maguire·March 30, 2017

October written by: Kirstin Maguire Next, the Refugee Camp in Calais “The Jungle” was dismantled and its...

Kirstin Maguire Poetry Press: This Was 2016 Poetry English

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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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