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Death of A Seeker

Ian Fletcher·January 30, 2021

Death of A Seeker written by: Ian Fletcher The homegrown religion of church and chapel mattered not...

English Featured Post Poetry

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Smell of Jehlum

Zakir Malik·January 15, 2021

Smell of Jehlum written by: Zakir Malik Thine rivers chirping from dawn till dusk are my nights...

English Poetry

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ME TOO

Dilip Mohapatra·December 28, 2020

ME TOO written by: Dilip Mohapatra @dilipmo ‘Hey Lata,’ yelled Shabnam, ‘switch off the gas and let the...

English Literature

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Halloween and Humankind

Nazam Riar·October 28, 2020

Halloween and Humankind written by: Nazam Riar Apple bobbing and Soul cakes young and old enjoy homemade...

English Halloween Poetry

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A QUESTION OF CONSCIENCE

GS. Subbu·October 11, 2020

A QUESTION OF CONSCIENCE written by: GS Subbu @gssubbu50 A few days ago, while in a chat...

Editorial English

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Popular With The Billions

Paul Anthony Obey·September 26, 2020

Popular With The Billions written by: Paul Anthony Obey @TheInvisiblePo1 Herald, the Slumdog King of all of...

English Poetry

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Home

Sunil Sharma·September 5, 2020

Home written by: Sunil Sharma @drsunilsharma They often asked Ramesh about the chase and fight. And the...

English Literature

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Ruskin Bond’s Hidden Pool: A Book Report

Ampat Varghese Koshy·August 16, 2020

Ruskin Bond’s Hidden Pool: A Book Report written by: Ampat Varghese Koshy When I was a child...

Article English

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Solidarity In Crisis

Satabdi Saha·May 10, 2020

Solidarity In Crisis written by: Satabdi Saha Before I offer my views on this subject, there is...

Article English

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The Evening

Nishi Pulugurtha·May 8, 2020

The Evening written by: Nishi Pulugurtha @nishipulu It was about forty minutes after five in the evening....

English Literature

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Our African Grandmother

Vineetha Mekkoth·May 6, 2020

Our African Grandmother written by: Vineetha Mekkoth This teacup of mine, I like It’s black with a...

English Poetry

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Nature Is A Great Equalizer

Bipul Banerjee ('Dusk')·April 28, 2020

Nature Is A Great Equalizer written by: Bipul Banerjee The roads are empty. Public places are silent....

Article English

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Life In Times of Corona

Rana Preet Gill·April 5, 2020

Life In Times of Corona written by: Rana Preet Gill @DrRanaPreetGill The air is glum. It reeks...

Article English

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Great Indian Bustard’s Plea

Nishand Venugopal·February 8, 2020

Great Indian Bustard’s Plea written by: Nishand Venugopal @nvgpal79 To be or not to be, That’s the...

English Poetry

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Robin McNamara is an Irish poet from Waterford City. He has over 148 poems published worldwide in America, Canada, Ireland and in the UK with Beir Bua Journal, Dreich, Versification, Pink Plastic House, Daily Drunk, Full House Literary Magazine, Dream Journal, Second Chance Lit, Literary Heist, Dwelling Literary & Impspired. A regular contributor to Spillwords since 2018 where he has been nominated a number of times for publication of the month. Robin is also involved in the Poetry Ireland and Black Bough Poetry poetry prompts. Robin’s forthcoming debut chapbook was written during the lockdown in Ireland. Under A Mind’s Staircase, is published by Hedgehog Poetry Press, UK and is available to purchase now.

Generational Fragility by Lynsey Fyfe

Raising children can be a daunting task; it takes skill, determination and a great sense of humour. Raising them properly is a seemingly impossible task. Parenting has evolved so much over the years, it can be hard to keep up with current advice, but have babies changed? It’s hard to imagine babies are different enough now, to warrant such a drastic change in our parenting techniques in the last few decades.

Back in the not so distant past, almost every mother stayed at home, raising the children and keeping the house, while the father went to work. Times were different.
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