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Age of Aquarius

Leila ZiariJuly 22, 2020

Age of Aquarius written by: Leila Ziari A global pandemic or apocalyptic blessing? No, I don’t mean to say that the world is ending Only the outda...

EnglishPoetry5 min read

Strawberry Picking at Pokljuška Soteska

IngridJuly 12, 2020

Strawberry Picking at Pokljuška Soteska written by: Ingrid @Experimentsinfc One day After many a heartache We will simply walk Into the wooded con...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

Divine Art

Fay Marmalich-VietmeierJuly 1, 2020

Divine Art written by: Fay Marmalich-Vietmeier If you could see inside your heart Broken places … broken apart Has hope become a drought? When did ...

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My Lucky Penny

Tess M ShepherdMay 20, 2020

My Lucky Penny written by: Tess M Shepherd As soon as we step from my car I see it glitter, copper-bright, amongst the kerbside rubbish. “A bit of go...

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Moments Frozen In Time

Fay Marmalich-VietmeierMay 7, 2020

Moments Frozen In Time written by: Fay Marmalich-Vietmeier "The time will come when temporal shall cease This time revolving wheel shall rest in peac...

EnglishPoetry3 min read

Bones

Ash GallagherMarch 30, 2020

Bones written by: Ash Gallagher @beatnikjourno There is a story I must tell you, Behind the coconuts in the rock. True, you may find it strange or ...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

Loneliness

L.M.GiannoneMarch 24, 2020

Loneliness written by: L.M. Giannone @LISAGNO Counting hours of loneliness sitting in the dark melancholy days meander away aches my slow healing...

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Sleep

Jill Sharon KimmelmanMarch 23, 2020

Sleep written by: Jill Sharon Kimmelman This night i slept beautifully...deeply...oblivious to all no new poems were penned dashed hopes can be fix...

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This Love

Anoucheka GangabissoonFebruary 14, 2020

This Love written by: Anoucheka Gangabissoon If I bloom not in this love of ours, May it be that I die from it, Paining and suffering As one lost...

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Five Years

Amanda N. ButlerFebruary 12, 2020

Five Years written by: Amanda N. Butler @arsamandica Five years and I still have to remember how to heal, five years and I have to remind myself t...

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A 1000 Wounds

Bipul Banerjee ('Dusk')October 21, 2019

A 1000 Wounds written by: Bipul Banerjee A thousand wounds concealed, Behind a thousand masks. A camouflage of skedaddled emotions, Cruising in...

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Apothecary

Ayo GutierrezMay 15, 2019

Apothecary written by: Ayo Gutierrez At sundown each end of Six Harvest Moons When shadows sunder as birds form a toupee for trees He hastens to e...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

Dancing With My Demons

Robyn MacKinnonMarch 31, 2019

Dancing With My Demons written by: Robyn MacKinnon @art_rat healing nicely fun night of carefree dancing with my own demons ...

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Vision

Sharona ReevesNovember 16, 2018

Vision written by: Sharona Reeves I'm glad life's been kind and you've had to make no provisions I'm glad suicide was never a thought and you've ne...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

Bridie is just a wife, mother and grandmother who loves to write. She is a retired teacher and is also a busy photographer. She lives with her husband in the countryside in west Limerick. Her late dad was a popular and successful poet and author. She discovered that she had a flair for writing following retirement when life slowed down a little. She was encouraged by family members to develop this hidden gift. As grandchildren arrived she was inspired to write about experiences with them and has had articles and poems published in local newspapers and journals. She is working towards publishing a book of her writings in the near future.

ALBERT CAMUS’S – 'THE PLAGUE' - ITS RELEVANCE TODAY by GS Subbu

How relevant is the ‘The Plague’ to the present scenario we find ourselves in? It is really astounding that when you go through the book you realize that what is happening now is very similar to what has been described in graphic detail decades ago. Whether it is the fear psychosis, the measures taken to prevent the spread of the epidemic, the dedicated and tireless work of groups of individuals in taking care of the afflicted, the resistance to the imposition of stringent regulations by the authorities and lastly the realization that we have to move on but with a changed perspective and living a new life.
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