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My Life’s Learning

Indrani Chowdhury·January 24, 2024

My Life’s Learning written by: Indrani Chowdhury @indrani19975906 I did mind when the vicious quagmire of illusions,...

Poetry English

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Last Shred

Margaret Karim·January 22, 2024

Last Shred written by: Margaret Karim As the sun rises On a new day The wind shifts...

Poetry English

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Winter Stillness

Grace Hall·January 19, 2024

Winter Stillness written by: Grace Hall Talk is Cheap, Right? Action shouts louder, But what can you...

Poetry English

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Last Conversation with My Daughter

Mayumi Yamamoto·January 19, 2024

Last Conversation with My Daughter written by: Mayumi Yamamoto “What is the greatest benevolence worthy of a...

Poetry English

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Miss She

Gomathi Sridevi·January 19, 2024

Miss She written by: Gomathi Sridevi She was a normal woman But they treated her like a...

English Poetry

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Beggar of Love

Ishita Dutta·January 16, 2024

Beggar of Love written by: Ishita Dutta Now I get to know It’s too hard to lie...

Poetry English

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Crack in The Door

Taylor Dibbert·January 13, 2024

Crack in The Door written by: Taylor Dibbert Even after all That’s happened, There’s still A crack...

English Poetry

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Cloud Outbursts

Juliya Susan Jose·January 10, 2024

Cloud Outbursts written by: Juliya Susan Jose I adore the slanting silver lines Cherishing me with calmness...

Poetry English

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Lucid Dreams

Lindsay Soberano Wilson·January 8, 2024

Lucid Dreams written by: Lindsay Soberano Wilson The time between the first and second lockdown was like...

Poetry English

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How Many Gifts!

Elisa Mascia·January 6, 2024

How Many Gifts! written by: Elisa Mascia @oliomascia The Three Wise Men mounted their camels always on...

Poetry English

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Inevitable

Gayl Wright·January 2, 2024

Inevitable written by: Gayl Wright @GaylWright Inevitable Our bodies go through changes While time keeps moving As energy...

Poetry English

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Pebbles Of Feeling

Henry Ikechukwu·January 2, 2024

Pebbles Of Feeling written by: Henry Ikechukwu @Ikechukwuhenry_ Henry’s cauldron of emotions burst the moment Uchenna stormed...

Literature English

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Season’s Greetings

Nafisa Shabbir·January 1, 2024

Season’s Greetings written by: Nafisa Shabbir This is the season of gaiety and cheer A time to...

English Poetry

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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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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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