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A Calm Night

Joe Woodhouse·April 13, 2016

by London Haiku Project #Haiku #Micropoetry #Walthamstow...

English London Haiku Project Joe Woodhouse Poetry

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Life’s Verse #1-5

Adam Wessel·April 11, 2016

Life’s Verse #1 5 written by: Adam Wessel @killaluck713 Shepard walks quiet Breaks the straying lambs leg Carries...

English Adam Wessel Life's Verse Poetry

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Life’s Verse #1-4

Adam Wessel·April 11, 2016

Life’s Verse #1 4 written by: Adam Wessel @killaluck713 Her fire did expire Turning smoke and ashes now...

Adam Wessel Life's Verse Poetry English

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Life’s Verse #1-3

Adam Wessel·April 10, 2016

Life’s Verse #1 3 written by: Adam Wessel @killaluck713 His willing to love Broke against her empty love...

English Adam Wessel Life's Verse Poetry

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Life’s Verse #1-2

Adam Wessel·April 9, 2016

Life’s Verse #1 2 written by: Adam Wessel @killaluck713 Waterfall cascade Mirror of a life’s parade Falling crashing...

Poetry English Adam Wessel Life's Verse

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Life’s Verse #1-1

Adam Wessel·April 8, 2016

Life’s Verse #1 1 written by: Adam Wessel @killaluck713 The morning risen sun Brightest shining golden one Warm...

Adam Wessel Life's Verse Poetry English

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When Night Comes

Yee Sue Ki·April 6, 2016

When night comes written by: Yee Sue Ki @SueKism Missing someone is A fact in daylight but a...

English

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A Single Flower

Joe Woodhouse·April 6, 2016

by London Haiku Project #Haiku #Micropoetry...

English London Haiku Project Joe Woodhouse Poetry

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Silence

Kashyapi·April 4, 2016

Silence a haiku written by: Kashyapi @kashyapi_life silence the only language I am fluent in...

English

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In Between Two Stars

Joe Woodhouse·March 30, 2016

by London Haiku Project #Haiku #Micropoetry...

Joe Woodhouse Poetry English London Haiku Project

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High Arabesque

Jim Hyde·March 27, 2016

High Arabesque written by: Jim Hyde @jimhydepoet The dark’d round glance of your eyes in night flame...

English

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Spring

Marta Compagnone·March 24, 2016

Spring a seasonal haiku written by: Marta Compagnone @martacompagnone I am ready to/ live my personal spring/ with the...

English

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Stick Men

Joe Woodhouse·March 23, 2016

by London Haiku Project #Haiku #Micropoetry...

Poetry English London Haiku Project Joe Woodhouse

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Ode To We The People

Leo Lavallee·March 22, 2016

Ode To We The People written by: Leo Lavallee @LavalleeLeo ~ how can I stand by ~...

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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