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Why I Can Never Be a Sonnet?

SmithaV·July 29, 2025

Why I Can Never Be a Sonnet? written by: SmithaV To be a sonnet written by Shakespeare...

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Around

Cocopops·July 9, 2025

Around written by: Cocopops Into the wilderness of life Circling emotions unknown I quiver, float and scream...

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Becoming Whole

Michelle McCarthy·July 1, 2025

Becoming Whole written by: Michelle McCarthy There is a part of me that is soft, fragile as...

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Viewless Wings Cruising Home

Vidya Venkataramanan·June 22, 2025

Viewless Wings Cruising Home written by: Vidya Venkataramanan Come fly with me, Zigzagging off the ground, Climbing...

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I Am From

Lauren Scott·June 4, 2025

I Am From written by: Lauren Scott I am from my mom’s emotions that had a mind...

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Stranger to My Own Self

Sidrah Kazi·May 23, 2025

Stranger to My Own Self written by: Sidrah Kazi You know i have tried multiple times to...

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I Am, a poem by Lynn White at Spillwords.com

I Am

Lynn White·March 8, 2025

I Am written by: Lynn White Among so many creatures, and with so much choice I became...

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I Am Enough

Linda Moon·March 3, 2025

I Am Enough written by: Linda Moon I am allowed to be a work of art a...

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Windows

Jackie Chou·February 18, 2025

Windows written by: Jackie Chou I am a face reflected on graffitied panes of buses and balconies...

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I Am Enough!

Dawn Minott·February 12, 2025

I Am Enough! written by: Dawn Minott Before-word: At the start of Black History Month, a declaration...

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I Am a Poet!

Waide Riddle·January 25, 2025

I Am a Poet! written by: Waide Riddle I am a poet that demands to be heard!...

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Who Am I Today?

Duane L Herrmann·January 3, 2025

Who Am I Today? written by: Duane L Herrmann Who is the me that people see? For...

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I Am Santa Claus

Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris·December 24, 2024

I Am Santa Claus written by: Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris It is the night before Christmas, I lay quiet...

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I See Myself

Nick Allison·December 6, 2024

I See Myself written by: Nick Allison I see myself in the old woman at the next...

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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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