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Nabao

Stanley Wilkin·March 4, 2021

Nabao written by: Stanley Wilkin @catalhuyuk The Nabao river travels fast through Tomar Leaping over concrete weirs...

English Featured Post Poetry

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The Boy Who Never Wanted To Shovel Snow

David C Russell·February 1, 2021

The Boy Who Never Wanted To Shovel Snow written by: David C Russell Andy is an eleven-year-old...

English Literature

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My Promised Meridian

Rosa Jamali·January 27, 2021

My Promised Meridian written by: Rosa Jamali @JamaliRosa Could you possibly find the name of the City...

English Poetry

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Don’t Rain Tears Mama Liberia

William Tubman·January 22, 2021

Don’t Rain Tears Mama Liberia written by: William Tubman Although we are being strangulated by our leader...

English Poetry

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The Heaven I Crave

Ogu Chukwuebuka Kizito·October 5, 2020

The Heaven I Crave written by: Ogu Chukwuebuka Kizito If only this picture is a reflection of...

English Poetry

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Arid Land

Maria Dulce Leitao Reis·August 5, 2020

Arid Land written by: Maria Dulce Leitão Reis Life is screwed Things are done with love And...

English Poetry

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I Write To You With Sadness

Anwer Ghani·July 16, 2020

I Write To You With Sadness written by: Anwer Ghani I am just a sad rock on...

English Poetry

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The Indigenous Stranger

Mounia Mnouer·April 21, 2020

The Indigenous Stranger written by: Mounia Mnouer When you want to breathe, but can’t find your breath...

English Poetry

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Campania Felix

Francesco Abate·March 15, 2020

Campania Felix written by: Francesco Abate @FrancescoAbate3 C’era una volta la terra del Sole che timido la...

International Italian Poetry

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Under This Puzzling Land

Jayanta Bhaumik·January 14, 2020

Under This Puzzling Land written by: Jayanta Bhaumik @BhaumikJayanta I sit upon this redolent land A secret...

English Poetry

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Are We Good Enough?

John Lane·November 11, 2019

Are We Good Enough? written by: John Lane We crawl on our knees to access our white...

English Poetry

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I Ask The Sun

Dinka Bednjacic·November 8, 2019

I Ask The Sun written by: Dinka Bednjacic And I ask the spring sun to linger on...

English Poetry

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I Heard A Voice

Paul H. Yarbrough·October 9, 2019

I Heard A Voice written by: Paul H. Yarbrough @PaulHYarbrough They were standing at the ledge. Their...

English Literature

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Man’s Greed

hedgehog·September 14, 2019

Man’s Greed written by: hedgehog Clouds shield the stars As fire casts its darkened wing Over 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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