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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...

English Poetry

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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...

English Poetry

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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...

English Poetry

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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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My Part In The Game

John Patrick Robbins·January 8, 2018

My Part In The Game written by: John Patrick Robbins Men do not give birth to children....

Poetry English

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Impossible To Possible

Divya Rajgarhia·December 12, 2017

Impossible to Possible written by: DIVYA RAJGARHIA Impossible was not an option. To make it possible was...

Poetry English

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The Dandelion

hedgehog·October 11, 2017

The Dandelion written by: hedgehog Hopes and dreams Hopes and dreams Dry pale and windswept My place...

English Poetry

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Humble Beginnings

Krystal Adams Pezzulo·April 22, 2017

Humble Beginnings written by: Krystal Adams Pezzulo @KrystalPezzulo To begin with nothing But a pen and a...

English Poetry

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Gabriella Balcom writes fantasy, horror, romance, sci-fi, and more, and has had 551 works accepted for publication. She was nominated for the Washington Science Fiction Association's Small Press Award, and Clarendon House Publications awarded her a publishing contract after one of her stories was voted best in a novel; her multi-genre anthology, On the Wings of Ideas, was then released. Gabriella won second place in JayZoMon/Dark Myth Company's 2020 Open Contract Challenge, and they published her romance, Worth Waiting For. Black Hare Press put out her sci-fi novella, The Return, and Dark Myth Publicating released her horror anthology, Down with the Sickness and Other Chilling Tales. She also self-published a novelette.

A Christmas Heckler by John Christopher

“With your vote tomorrow—” The Governor raised his hands to quell thunderous applause. “With your vote, we can end this foreign invasion once and for all. America for Americans!”

This wasn’t just a slogan for Governor Bishop DeCulpat. It was a life’s crusade. In his border state, it was his family, his neighbors who’d borne the brunt of the social costs of the flow of migrants across the border. They’d been pushed to a boiling point. Now, it was time for action.

Hearing the signature catchphrase of the campaign, the audience erupted once again, the ovation magnified by the white marble column of the Statehouse rising at the Governor’s back, drowning out The Vince Guaraldi Trio’s Christmas is Coming blaring from the speakers...

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