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Spotted Lanternfly

River Joy·May 16, 2025

Spotted Lanternfly written by: River Joy i did my duty today squished a spotted lanternfly under my...

Poetry English

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Pushing Daisies

Debbie Tunstall·April 12, 2025

Pushing Daisies written by: Debbie Tunstall Bark, snarl, moan DON’T howl at the moon, howl into charcoal...

Poetry English

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Filet Mignon

Verity Mason·February 17, 2025

Filet Mignon written by: Verity Mason - Margot stepped into Filet Mignon, the tang of blood and iron...

Literature English

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Dirty Martini

Lindsay Soberano Wilson·November 6, 2024

Dirty Martini written by: Lindsay Soberano Wilson She walks into the bar single and alone: no one...

Poetry English

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Hourglass

Abagail Summers·May 4, 2024

Hourglass written by: Abagail Summers Time was running out, she knew. The sun beamed through the thick...

Hospice

Jim Bellamy·March 19, 2024

Hospice written by: Jim Bellamy I do not think I was switched at the hospice As an...

Poetry English

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I Was Never Brave

Brad Osborne·August 15, 2023

I Was Never Brave written by: Brad Osborne I did not set out to be brave My...

Tortured

Destiny·May 21, 2023

Tortured written by: Destiny I try, I do, but cannot flee The broken tortured anguished me For...

Poetry English

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Haunted Houses

Spillwords·October 30, 2022

Haunted Houses a poem by: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow All houses wherein men have lived and died Are...

English Literary Greats Poetry

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The Five Second Rule

Ginny M. Jones·May 1, 2022

The Five Second Rule written by: Ginny M. Jones The Five Second Rule . . . did...

Article English

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Black Gown

Paul Bamidele Olayioye·December 3, 2021

Black Gown written by: Paul Bamidele Olayioye I saw him – effigy eyesore figure Standing like a...

English Haunted Holidays Poetry

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Embrace From 2000 Miles

Don Knowles·July 29, 2021

Embrace From 2000 Miles written by: Don Knowles @DonKnowles3 Within your grace And upon your will I...

English Poetry

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Battle Within

Ginny M. Jones·April 19, 2021

Battle Within written by: Ginny M. Jones You crept in bearing gifts; offerings left at the door...

Poetry English

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Serendipity

Arwenium·September 22, 2020

Serendipity written by: Arwenium “Inside of me lives a civil war between me and me. It...

English Poetry Featured Post

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Born in southern California, P.A. O'Neil experienced what might be considered culture shock when her family moved to a small town in Washington State. The year was 1970, and the community at the time was not culturally diverse. Proud of her Mexican and Irish heritage, or "Smoked Irish" according to her father, she learned what it meant to be simultaneously in the minority and the majority. P.A. O'Neil's stories have been featured in over sixty anthologies, journals, and magazines. She and her husband reside in Western Washington. Her books, Witness Testimony and Other Tales, as well as Sherlock Holmes's Two Sides of the Same Coin, and In For A Penny, are available on Amazon.

Dusty by Darryl B

I guess there’s a million reasons why I’m sitting on the porch of this cabin with a bottle in my lap. I took enough friggin pain pills to kill a horse, and things are beginning to get hazy around the edges.

I better get this out while I still can....
I was 16 when the Beatles were on Ed Sullivan, that was right after Kennedy got shot, and the whole damn country was crying. I remember I was down the street at Kenny Statler’s house because we were trying to start a band, and we wanted to be like them, plus I liked his sister Dusty, that was her nickname, she was 15. Their parents weren’t home, and we knew they kept their booze behind the records in the Hi-Fi, how stupid did they think we were? ...

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