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The African Mandate

Joshua Omeke·March 26, 2024

The African Mandate written by: Joshua Omeke Across vast lands, they set their sights, In search of...

English Poetry

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Echoes of Love: A Poetic Journey

Aparna J·March 16, 2024

Echoes of Love A Poetic Journey written by: Aparna J @AparnaJwriter When two hearts are entwined, pure...

Poetry English

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Flowering Maples

Maria Quernel·February 28, 2024

Flowering Maples written by: Maria Quernel @Maria1A_ flowering maples the breeze blows close to our hearts autumnal...

Poetry English

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Blue Moon Medicine

Dusk Butterfly·February 18, 2024

Blue Moon Medicine After Louise Erdrich, “Love Medicine” written by: Dusk Butterfly The ache in my chest...

Poetry English

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W KIELICHU MIŁOŚCI

Thaddeus Hutyra·February 7, 2024

W KIELICHU MIŁOŚCI written by: Thaddeus Hutyra - Beatrycze, serc naszych aniele, żar w tobie, płomienny! Aż po szlaki mgławic...

Poetry English Polish International

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Happy New Year

Michelle Ayon Navajas·December 31, 2023

Happy New Year written by: Michelle Ayon Navajas we drifted apart for years stumbled upon each other...

Poetry English

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What is Christmas

Benedict Hurley·December 24, 2023

What is Christmas written by: Benedict Hurley @musoman11 For all those living in the shadow of war...

Poetry English Christmas

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Christmas in The Air!

Mike Turner·December 18, 2023

Christmas in The Air! written by: Mike Turner @SchoonerSkipper Ribbons, paper, twinkling lights Christmas in the air!...

Poetry Christmas English

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Silence

Beth Purita·December 8, 2023

Silence written by: Beth Purita We knew if we said the word goodbye out loud our wounds...

Poetry English

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Looking Forlornly at Heaven’s Gates

Walid Boureghda·October 7, 2023

Looking Forlornly at Heaven’s Gates written by: Walid Boureghda Once upon a time, in a faraway hometown,...

Poetry English

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The Bell Tolling…

Jeff Flesch·October 4, 2023

The Bell Tolling… written by: Jeff Flesch @FleschJeff there’s blood running in the streets, like a river...

English Poetry

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Lovers in Pain

Pramod Rastogi·September 26, 2023

Lovers in Pain written by: Pramod Rastogi Pastimes in life are countless Paths to each have options...

Poetry English

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A World United

Sidhartha Mishra·July 31, 2023

A World United written by: Sidhartha Mishra @SIDHARTHA1111 In a world that’s vast and wide, Where cultures...

English Poetry

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If Love Exists II

Amrita Valan·July 13, 2023

If Love Exists Part II written by: Amrita Valan @amritavalan I write without self esteem I write...

Poetry English

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After a long career tinkering in telecommunications, Jim Bartlett switched to tinkering with writing fiction, both requiring a stretch of the imagination. In the course of putting his fingers to the keyboard, he's been fortunate to have quite a number of his stories featured both in print and online in several wonderful publications, including a story selected for "The Best of Fiction on the Web, 1996 – 2017" anthology. While mentally he strolls along a warm California beach with his wife and golden retriever (shhh, she doesn't know she's a dog), physically they reside on a special little island in the Pacific Northwest.

Reaper by Sharon Frame Gay

As an orphaned son of an orphan, I always see the glass as half empty. I picture the water murky and lukewarm, a waterline etched below the rim. Maybe with an ash or two floating at the bottom, because that’s what I do for a living. I deal with ashes. The remains of the deceased. No matter how those who pass away see their glass, meager or full, they eventually end up in a satchel carried on my shoulder.
My business card reads “Morton Stark Transport.” I’m called upon to disperse the ashes of the dearly departed and honor their final wishes. People hire me to escort the remains throughout the world ...

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