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You Don’t Know

NilavroNill ShoovroMarch 26, 2020

You Don't Know written by: Nilavro Nill With those two eyes Breathing new horizons You don’t know Need not have to know As if just like the wings ...

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Enduring Love

Rubab AbdullahMarch 21, 2020

Enduring Love written by: Rubab Abdullah I tremble in romance, But indomitably, courageously Whether under thundering clouds Or in the searing Su...

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When Alarm Clocks Stop Failing

Arimaya RyanMarch 11, 2020

When Alarm Clocks Stop Failing written by: Arimaya Ryan My day will fill out into eons My body slows To meet the spirit, No faster than A speedi...

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Black Swans

Elizabeth BartonFebruary 3, 2020

Black Swans written by: Elizabeth Barton @DestinyAngel25 A crowd of black swans smudges the edge of the sky, Compass point of the liminal place...

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After The Floods

Dr Molly JosephJanuary 22, 2020

After The Floods written by: Dr. MOLLY JOSEPH the street lights have closed their eyes refusing to see... only the pale evening glow fades......

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Nyansuguta

Daniel GekongeJanuary 16, 2020

Nyansuguta written by: Daniel Gekonge @Dan_Gekonge1 I want you, Like the sea Wants the shores I want you to love me, too, Like the glove loves th...

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Nature Symphony

Claude SeguyJanuary 8, 2020

Nature Symphony written by: Claude Seguy It is a good morning when the sun is shining, When fresh scents fill the air, under a clear blue sky When i...

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Desert Song

Godfrey HolyNovember 20, 2019

Desert Song written by: Godfrey Holy and Tanya Rakh when all of these sandstorms are silent and our ghosts have lost all their names I will live a...

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Out From Her Shore

Eli GarciaNovember 18, 2019

Out From Her Shore written by: Eli Garcia She looked out from her shore, and felt what one feels when one feels, by the sea. Pulled roots and heav...

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Sunset

Glen McKenzieSeptember 19, 2019

Sunset written by: Glen McKenzie @justabitfurther shepherds of the day start to move undaunted of what happened before their progress begins now as...

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Bathsheba

Ron KemptonSeptember 17, 2019

Bathsheba written by: Ron Kempton Cinnamon hue on fading earth casting rusty shadow Past shyness she steps gently through Chi horizon Solitude in si...

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UNCERTAIN FIX

Dilip MohapatraSeptember 4, 2019

UNCERTAIN FIX written by: Dilip Mohapatra @dilipmo My ship not under command wobbling on the sea of the world's collective tears ravaged by t...

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tHERst

Rob ClarkAugust 29, 2019

tHERst written by: Rob Clark @oldschoolrob197 A thirst stirs for her words A thirst to be submerged in her verse Surging hurt Poured into work ...

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Haiking Along The Scores

Tim GardinerAugust 3, 2019

Haiking Along The Scores written by: Tim Gardiner @timgardiner3 The Ravine imagination down the Ravine up Cart Score Cart Score Gallow’s Score ...

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“Lock down, lock down. We are now on lock down.” The receptionist’s voice came over the school intercom over the incessant buzzing of the alarm bells located in every hall of every phase of the building. I thanked my lucky stars I wasn’t in my regular classroom with my fourth period of thirty-one freshmen. I was teaching my last class of the day in the computer lab of phase five, one of the more isolated wings of the large oddly-shaped school where I’d been teaching for years. There were only seven students in class that day, it being a Friday afternoon ...