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Marian Dziwisz·March 9, 2022

I'm Like This written by: Marian Dziwisz - I'm like a street player who plays to himself and the pigeons,..

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I’m Life

Troy Allen Houston·January 5, 2022

I’m Life written by: Troy Allen Houston I wanted to be happy. Then life slapped me! He...

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Permission

Angie Brocker·December 10, 2021

Permission written by: Angie Brocker @angie_brocker Giving myself permission to experience happiness ticks on and off like...

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Nonetheless

Jyoti Nair·December 7, 2021

Nonetheless written by: Jyoti Nair Am I an audacious albatross? Deliberately grimacing the sweat drizzling peony, Who...

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I Remember

Jenny Cundari·November 10, 2021

I Remember written by: Jenny Cundari Approaching the ocean with curiosity and fear. As I dip my...

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I Am Not A Poet

Ron Rowland·August 16, 2021

I Am Not A Poet written by: Ron Rowland @RonRowland I am not a poet Although I...

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I Am The Earth

Alice Doyle·August 12, 2021

I Am The Earth written by: Alice Doyle @alicedoylefrenc Undeterred insightful free I am the earth and...

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Who Am I

Yash Aggarwal·June 10, 2021

Who Am I written by: Yash Aggarwal Who am I, or am not? Who knows? Perhaps in...

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To Hell and Back

Sarah Einelle·June 4, 2021

To Hell and Back written by: Sarah Einelle There was a little girl who loved her family,...

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Phoenix

Ewelina Maria Bugajska-Javorka·April 7, 2021

Phoenix written by: Ewelina Maria Bugajska-Javorka That night when the stars brightened, And the sheen of silvery...

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Heart’s A Half Dead Beat

Donna Dallas·April 2, 2021

Heart’s A Half Dead Beat written by: Donna Dallas @DonnaDallas15 6:50am my heart’s a half dead beat...

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Who Am I

Sheri M. Stewart·February 6, 2021

Who Am I written by: Sheri M. Stewart I am shifting poetic fractures patterns random, chaotic, cracked...

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Sir Robin

Jay Mora-Shihadeh·January 30, 2021

Sir Robin written by: Jay Mora-Shihadeh @painterspalate I get lost in the quantum I retract to the...

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A THINKING REED

Gosha Kulisiewicz·January 12, 2021

A THINKING REED written by: Małgorzata Kulisiewicz translated by: Anna Luberda-Kowal - I write, therefore I am...

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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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