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Delicate Cravings

Madhumita Sinha·October 14, 2019

Delicate Cravings written by: Madhumita Sinha @madhu_723 I crave for you For you I Yearn So deeply...

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Seeing Red

Christine E. Ray·October 7, 2019

Seeing Red written by: Christine E. Ray @Christabelle666 blue and white capsules ingested daily devour my melancholy...

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Poem In My Shirt Pocket

Mark Tulin·June 28, 2019

Poem In My Shirt Pocket written by: Mark Tulin @Crow_writer Thank you, Sara for the poem that...

English Poetry

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Blue

Frazier·November 2, 2017

Blue written by: Frazier I can’t make my heart beat on its own It has always needed...

English Poetry

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Heartbeat

Azelyn Klein·September 23, 2017

Heartbeat written by: Azelyn Klein @AzelynKlein she’s the reminder that I need fresh air— kiss of sharp...

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Beautiful Heartbeat

Leanne Howard Kenney·April 30, 2017

Beautiful Heartbeat written by: Leanne Howard Kenney @neeneebucket Father lying spent Daughter’s ear waiting to hear His...

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My Little Heart Beats

Charlie Bottle·February 16, 2017

My little heart beats written by: Charlie Bottle @CharlieBottle Below your beating heart, My little heart beats,...

English Poetry

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Heartbeat

Natalia Aeschliman·February 5, 2017

Heartbeat written by: Natalia Aeschliman @NataliaAeschlim As the sun went down, I let you go, As the...

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John Anthony Fingleton: Was born in Cork City, in the Republic of Ireland. Now living in Paraguay. Poems published in journals and anthologies in Ireland, UK, USA, India and France as well as three produced plays. Poems read on Irish and American radio as well in Spanish on South American broadcasts. Has poems published in Spillwords, Alien Bhudda, The Red Door, Piker Press, Super Poetry Highway, The Writers Magazine, Ariel Chart, and numerous national and international journals, blogs, reviews, and anthologies. Published collections 'Poems from the Shadowlands' was published in 2017, 'Words That Found Me' 2019, 'Poems From The Banks' 2020, 'Poems from a Restricted Place' April 2020, 'Secret Fjords' May 2020 and 'A Gathering Of Words' June 2020. All which are available on Amazon.

A Song for Christmas by Steve Carr

I was sixteen. Ma’s upright piano stood against the wall in the dining room where it had been since Ma and Pa were married. It was Grandma’s piano, but she gave it to my Ma as a wedding present. It was made of mahogany and Ma polished it almost every day. I was sitting at it just plucking randomly on the black keys when Ma placed a bright red runner across the top of the piano and, a few minutes later, placed the crèche on the runner. She arranged the figures of Mary and Joseph around the baby Jesus lying in a manger.
“You’re late puttin’ that out this year, Ma,” I said.
“Each year there are more and more boxes of Christmas decorations to sort through,” she said.
I strummed several keys with an unmelodic result and heaved a loud sigh.
“Have you decided yet which song you’re going to do for the Christmas service?” she asked ...

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THE BUSHMAN

The Year of The Sickle

Interviews

Spotlight On Writers – Francisco Bravo Cabrera

Interview Q&A With John Anthony Fingleton

Spotlight On Writers – Ingrid

When The Poem Arrives

An Unanswered Letter

Reaching For The Stars

A Date With Fate

Heartbeat

Demons of The Night

My Favour

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Delicate Cravings

Seeing Red

Poem In My Shirt Pocket

Blue

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Beautiful Heartbeat

My Little Heart Beats

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Solving The Sandman Series

The Year of The Sickle

Tú, Belleza Del Mundo

Tangled Love Affairs

When The Poem Arrives

The Warriors

An Unanswered Letter

Contagion is A Despot Poet

Celestial Celebration

Only Now

Madness

When The Poem Arrives