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Destiny

Phlammes·January 28, 2020

Destiny written by: Phlammes Dotted in blunts of its innate ascriptions. the very reason for existence, carved...

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Contradictions

Eoghan Lyng·December 6, 2019

Contradictions written by: Eoghan Lyng @eoghanlyng It’s a contradiction, Loving, holding, You in Winter When the summer...

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A Gift II

Luzviminda G. Rivera·October 16, 2019

A Gift II written by: LUZVIMINDA G. RIVERA It is bright and gay sky Starry night looks...

English Poetry

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Not Okay

Josie Dee·September 17, 2019

Not Okay written by: Josie Dee @Josi3_dee It’s not okay to just grab us, Not okay to...

Poetry English

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Extinction Revolutions

Michael Shea·September 6, 2019

Extinction Revolutions written by: Michael Shea @calmsbehaviour We are a species upon a bridge that burns. We...

English Poetry

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Rocks & Hopes

H.M. Gautsch·August 27, 2019

Rocks & Hopes written by: H.M. Gautsch @GautschHM Healing, recovery, frustrating a broken record repeating haunting, annoying,...

English Poetry

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This Amazing Woman

Laura Hughes·July 5, 2019

This Amazing Woman written by: Laura Hughes @SweetPea_1977 She is a mixture of fire and ice, and...

English Poetry

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Rotten Ladder

Maria Chalastani·June 15, 2019

Rotten Ladder written by: Maria Chalastani Can’t hurt me now I’m a thousand times stronger can’t reach...

Poetry English

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ABANDON SHIP

Dilip Mohapatra·March 29, 2019

ABANDON SHIP written by: Dilip Mohapatra @dilipmo My ship with its holds filled with hopes and aspirations has...

Poetry English

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Dreams

Papia Ray·November 28, 2018

Dreams written by: Papia Ray When alone in a crowd I think of you It is not...

English Poetry

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You Are The Poem

Jack Wolfe Frost·November 2, 2018

You Are The Poem written by: Jack Wolfe Frost @JackWolfeWriter What is a poem, a few lines...

Poetry English

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Beckoning Sea

Ken Allan Dronsfield·August 28, 2018

Beckoning Sea written by: Ken Allan Dronsfield @KenKadfield My hand reaches out to block the suns rays;...

English Poetry

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The Hottest British Summer For 42 Years

Ian Fletcher·August 25, 2018

The Hottest British Summer for 42 Years written by: Ian Fletcher Ah, that glorious summer of ’76....

English Literature

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In Your Cups

Rochelle Foles·March 18, 2018

In Your Cups written by: Rochelle Foles @shellilouwho i come to meet you where you are...

English Poetry

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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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