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Take Me Down to The Ball Game

TM Arko·November 13, 2017

Take Me Down to The Ball Game written by: TM Arko Take me down to the ball...

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Oppression’s Face Resides In The Mirror

Ciofki·June 8, 2017

Oppression’s face resides in the mirror written by: Ciofki @ciofki Looking around, one can see signs of...

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Memorial Day History

Spillwords·May 29, 2017

Memorial Day History Three years after the Civil War ended, on May 5, 1868, the head of...

A day like today Article English Spilled History

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April

Kirstin Maguire·February 27, 2017

April written by: Kirstin Maguire @KMaguirePoetry By this point, we were reeling at how many celebrities we...

English Kirstin Maguire Poetry Poetry Press: This Was 2016

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Hollyword

Alan Mitnick·July 19, 2016

Hollyword written by: Alan Mitnick @alan.mitnick Scorcese would direct my next poem, the epic hero, De Niro,...

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The Charge of the Light Brigade

Spillwords·February 21, 2016

The Charge of the Light Brigade a poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson 1809–1892 I Half a league,...

English Literary Greats Poetry

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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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