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Tasos Kyrtasoglou·May 6, 2019

Shock written by: Tasos Kyrtasoglou Unknown writer, a wasted figure in a cold white nursing home cell. Red...

Poetry English

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HERE THERE BE DRAGONS

RayFed·April 9, 2019

HERE THERE BE DRAGONS written by: RayFed @MrRayFed There be dragons here. Upon the hill and the...

English Featured Post 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...

Poetry English

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Catena Rossa

Giorgia Spurio·September 10, 2017

Catena Rossa written by: Giorgia Spurio @SpurioGiorgia La luna come catena rossa si rivela corona tra le...

International Italian Poetry

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Up And Down

Aaron McMillan·October 17, 2016

Up and Down written by: Aaron McMillan Sinking away out of sight, I’m not in control, Every...

English Poetry

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I was born and raised in Yorkshire, England. At fifteen I left school without the skills or maturity to appreciate the wider world. At nineteen I packed a bag and wandered through Europe and North Africa, learning from the road. At twenty‑five I earned the qualifications for university, eventually becoming a high school teacher and later an education manager. Now I live with my amazing wife on an island north of Seattle. After retiring and with encouragement from Spillwords and the Clever Park Writers Group, I traded reports for storytelling. And that's where the fiction began...

Cast Off by Niall Crowley

The two computer screens tighten their grip. Tom pivots between them, tracking one while he works on the other. Careful discipline from early morning to close of business. Number crunching, he would have termed it before. Now it’s data management and verification, his task to model and tabulate clients’ financial situations and options. Bookkeeping, he would admit to, in more candid moments. He’s tethered firmly to the task, though, and has been since he started here, nearly two years now. Bound in the rigour the work requires, as if life itself depends on it. Top floor, dormer window ...

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