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Child Labour

Arnab Kumar Roy·April 8, 2018

Child Labour written by: Arnab Kumar Roy @ROCKARNAB Innocence has gone it is a fading sunset childhood...

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Smallest Piece Of Cake

Robyn MacKinnon·April 8, 2018

Smallest Piece of Cake found poetry written by: Robyn MacKinnon @art_rat smallest piece of cake ready for...

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Learner’s License

Robyn MacKinnon·April 1, 2018

Learner’s License found poetry written by: Robyn MacKinnon @art_rat tires squealing I’ve had my learner’s license fuck...

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At Peace

Robert Laird·March 31, 2018

at peace written by: Robert Laird @RobertCLaird on the cusp of dawn, memories resurrected breathe, rise, float,...

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Of the Universe

Robyn MacKinnon·March 25, 2018

Of the Universe found poetry written by: Robyn MacKinnon @art_rat you don’t just give up RIP Mr...

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Calla

L.M.Giannone·March 23, 2018

Calla written by: L.M.Giannone @LISAGNO white spathe calla lily touch my petals and I bloom spreading toward...

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Kiss

Arnab Kumar Roy·March 21, 2018

Kiss written by: Arnab Kumar Roy @ROCKARNAB Two passionate lips touch for a moment stand still an...

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Lived To Tell The Tale

Robyn MacKinnon·March 17, 2018

Lived to Tell the Tale found poetry written by: Robyn MacKinnon @art_rat lived to tell the tale...

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IT’S THE GUN – STUPID!

Charles Robert Lindholm - The Reluctant Poet·March 11, 2018

IT’S THE GUN – STUPID! written by: Charles Robert Lindholm IT’S NOT THE SHOOTER WHO MAY BE...

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Fit Under My Desk

Robyn MacKinnon·March 11, 2018

Fit Under My Desk found poetry written by: Robyn MacKinnon @art_rat fit under my desk considering circus...

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Joy

Genie Nakano·March 9, 2018

joy written by: Genie Nakano @genieyogini warm mists surround all senses beyond beliefs...

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Now I Know

Norbert Gora·March 4, 2018

Now I Know written by: Norbert Gora now I know that life is breaking through the dark...

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Travelling Solo

Robyn MacKinnon·March 4, 2018

Travelling Solo found poetry written by: Robyn MacKinnon @art_rat now my brain is like You never know...

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Always, I Am His

Angel_Face44·February 25, 2018

Always, I Am His written by: AngelFace44 @AngelFace4459 Solace, I seek thee to quiet my mind and...

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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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