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The Maple Leaf

Jim Bates·February 10, 2021

The Maple Leaf written by: Jim Bates If you like being part of a crowd, try being...

English Literature

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A Sign of Nature’s Balance

Linda Marie Hilton·September 21, 2020

A Sign of Nature’s Balance written by: Linda Marie Hilton Fragrant potpourri Of rose envelopes a leaf...

Poetry English

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Oh, Maple Leaf… Oh, Lives to Leave

Tamar Gvelesiani·June 4, 2020

Oh, Maple Leaf… Oh, Lives to Leave written by: Tamar Gvelesiani @Tako165 Dedicated to our dearest lecturer,...

English Poetry

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Life Is Brief

Nancy Lou Henderson·April 16, 2020

Life Is Brief written by: Nancy Lou Henderson @nlhende49 Budding and growing in early Spring, shaping, then...

Poetry English

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A Single Raindrop

Henry Bladon·March 25, 2020

A Single Raindrop written by: Henry Bladon A single raindrop lands on the crow who flaps his wings in...

English Poetry

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Power

Aurora Kastanias·February 26, 2020

Power written by: Aurora Kastanias A stranded auburn brittle leaf before me surrenders to the deftly sweep...

English Poetry

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Hear The Leaf’s Whisper

Agnieszka K·February 16, 2020

English International Poetry Polish

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Farewell

Ian Richardson·November 26, 2019

Farewell written by: Ian Richardson Then there was the day when I saw the leaf fall and...

English Featured Post Poetry

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La Foglia Rossa

Antonio Blunda·August 28, 2019

English International Italian Poetry

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Gabriella Balcom writes fantasy, horror, romance, sci-fi, and more, and has had 551 works accepted for publication. She was nominated for the Washington Science Fiction Association's Small Press Award, and Clarendon House Publications awarded her a publishing contract after one of her stories was voted best in a novel; her multi-genre anthology, On the Wings of Ideas, was then released. Gabriella won second place in JayZoMon/Dark Myth Company's 2020 Open Contract Challenge, and they published her romance, Worth Waiting For. Black Hare Press put out her sci-fi novella, The Return, and Dark Myth Publicating released her horror anthology, Down with the Sickness and Other Chilling Tales. She also self-published a novelette.

A Christmas Heckler by John Christopher

“With your vote tomorrow—” The Governor raised his hands to quell thunderous applause. “With your vote, we can end this foreign invasion once and for all. America for Americans!”

This wasn’t just a slogan for Governor Bishop DeCulpat. It was a life’s crusade. In his border state, it was his family, his neighbors who’d borne the brunt of the social costs of the flow of migrants across the border. They’d been pushed to a boiling point. Now, it was time for action.

Hearing the signature catchphrase of the campaign, the audience erupted once again, the ovation magnified by the white marble column of the Statehouse rising at the Governor’s back, drowning out The Vince Guaraldi Trio’s Christmas is Coming blaring from the speakers...

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The Maple Leaf

A Sign of Nature’s Balance

Oh, Maple Leaf… Oh, Lives to Leave

Life Is Brief

A Single Raindrop

Power

Hear The Leaf’s Whisper

Farewell

La Foglia Rossa

Great Scott!

Truth or Bones

Welcome, Comrade

Thin is The New Thin

The Ghost of Madrigal Hall

Vermillion

Think Me Not A Fool

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