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Driving and Biking: Beach Glory

Amanda Eifert·June 20, 2020

Driving and Biking: Beach Glory written by: Amanda Eifert @mandibelle16 Speak vibrant to me of fast cars,...

Poetry English

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Seek Me

Aurora Kastanias·June 16, 2020

Seek Me written by: Aurora Kastanias Let go of me do not hold me in, exhale, let...

English Poetry

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Cage

Eliza Segiet·June 10, 2020

International Poetry Polish English

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The Pasha

Mehmet Akgönül·June 8, 2020

The Pasha written by: Mehmet Akgönül @AkgonulMehmet A hero passed through these lands Even the peaks smell...

Poetry English

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3.21.18

Bennett Perry·June 2, 2020

3.21.18 written by: Bennett Perry With burgeoning fingers, I type new words on new keys Hoping for...

English Poetry

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Opening The Space

Cheyenne Marcelus·May 21, 2020

Opening The Space written by: Cheyenne Marcelus I bruised my shins and scraped my elbows trying to...

English Poetry

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An Aria

Kathryn Sadakierski·May 19, 2020

An Aria written by: Kathryn Sadakierski A nation priding itself on freedom no longer feels so liberated....

Article English

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You Have My Word

Rakind Kaur·May 12, 2020

You Have My Word written by: Rakind Kaur @khwabgah Slowly, as the plastic engulfs my planet as fossil fuels...

Poetry English

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Is This What It’s To Come?

Jack Wolfe Frost·April 30, 2020

Is This What It’s To Come? written by: Jack Wolfe Frost @JackWolfeWriter Is this what it’s come...

English Featured Post Poetry

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Running Together!

Ger White·April 21, 2020

Running Together! written by: Ger White She raced her dog across the bogs Past mountainous tufts and...

English Featured Post Poetry

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Life In Times of Corona

Rana Preet Gill·April 5, 2020

Life In Times of Corona written by: Rana Preet Gill @DrRanaPreetGill The air is glum. It reeks...

Article English

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DIPTYCH ON FUEL

Izabella T. Kostka·March 4, 2020

English International Italian Poetry Polish

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Caged

Lynn White·January 23, 2020

Caged written by: Lynn White It’s pleasant enough wandering these pathways flanked by the tall rectangular cages,...

Poetry English

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FOR ALEC W JAMES COAL MINER WITH THE ANGELS

Grendad·January 19, 2020

FOR ALEC W JAMES COAL MINER WITH THE ANGELS written by: Grendad Bowed down and coughing in...

English Featured Post Poetry

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Gloria Ogo is an American-based Nigerian writer with several published novels and poetry collections. Her work has appeared in Eye to the Telescope, Brittle Paper, Spillwords Press, Metastellar, Gypsophila Magazine, Harpy Hybrid Review, Allegro Poetry Magazine, among others. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and serves as a reader for Reckoning Magazine. She is the winner of the 2024 Brigitte Poirson Literature Prize and a finalist for the 2024 Jerri Dickseski Fiction Prize, the 2025 ODU Poetry Prize, and the 2025 Rhonda Gail Williford Poetry Prize, earning honorable mentions. She is also a finalist for Lucky Jefferson's 2025 Poetry Contest. Her work was longlisted for the 2025 American Short(er) Fiction Prize.

The Rightsizing Ruse by Mary Heeran White

The boxes were packed and stacked, taped firmly, with an indelible ink scrawl chronicling a lifetime of cherished possessions. Every taped bundle spoke of moments, memories – each a carefully curated piece in the vivid mosaic of our lives. In those hectic days, as the nesting instinct kicked in, our home expanded, one choreographed and colour-graded piece of content at a time. Packing each thought-out and integrated part of our shared story, I found myself overwhelmed with gratitude for this space – a love so profound for the life we built together. ...

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