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December Musings

Dr Molly Joseph·December 28, 2020

December Musings written by: Dr. Molly Joseph I Oh, my December ! cool December, teach me meanings…...

English Poetry

·1 min read

Wash and Repeat

Any1mark·November 25, 2020

Wash and Repeat written by: Any1mark @any1mark66 Fresh earth taste wanes Another roundhouse kick Worn leather replaces...

English Poetry

·1 min read

Amends

Daisy King·November 11, 2020

Amends written by: Daisy King @stormsinteacups I want to tell all in my family that I am...

English Poetry

·1 min read

See Things As They Really Are

Vikram Pratap·October 13, 2020

See Things As They Really Are written by: Vikram Pratap @VikramPrnsb For thirty days, a young man...

English Literature

·4 min read

Epitaph For A Father

Mark Kodama·September 4, 2020

Epitaph For A Father written by: Mark Kodama One day, my eight-year-old son Nathan and I were fixing...

English Literature

·5 min read

I Am Still Here

Marie Johnson-Ladson·August 12, 2020

I Am Still Here written by: Marie Johnson-Ladson When you remember my smile When you remember my...

English Poetry

·1 min read

Millennial Lessons

Joseph Amendolare·August 2, 2020

Millennial Lessons written by: Joseph Amendolare “America two dollars and twenty-seven cents January 17th, 1956.” – Allen...

English Literature

·3 min read

Reflections

Tylia Flores·July 1, 2020

Reflections written by: Tylia Flores @stompingoncp1 Looking into the mirror, Reflecting on my appearance, my windswept legs...

English Poetry

·1 min read

I Am What You Want

Magdalena Podobińska·April 18, 2020

I Am What You Want written by: Magdalena Podobińska I am what you want I sing out of...

English Poetry

·1 min read

She and The Beast

Sunita Paul·March 18, 2020

She and The Beast written by: Sunita Paul Seema was doing her homework but was not at...

English Literature

·2 min read

The Big Fish

John H Paterson·March 15, 2020

The Big Fish written by: John H Paterson @j_paterson Have you ever heard of Benin? It’s a...

English Literature

·12 min read

But I Danced

Robyn MacKinnon·January 19, 2020

But I Danced written by: Robyn MacKinnon @art_rat Lessons learned today: it’s officially winter but I danced...

English Poetry Robyn Finds Poetry Robyn MacKinnon

·1 min read

Recycling

Ricky Hawthorne·October 25, 2019

Recycling written by: Ricky Hawthorne @searsjames Expect the unexpected My false lover opined So I punched his...

English Poetry

·1 min read

The Tree

Brad Osborne·September 8, 2019

The Tree written by: Brad Osborne Just outside the city lived a tree in the forest. He...

English Literature

·1 min read

Brad Osborne, a highly decorated Marine combat veteran and poet living in Pennsylvania, is a contributing editor and member of The American Poets Society. His poetry has been published in “The Gettysburg Historical Review”, “NY Naval Quarterly”, “Tempest Poetic Society Journal”, and the anthology “Expressions” by The American Poets Society. His works have been featured online by Spillwords Press NYC, The Navy Times, Reader’s Digest, Healthy Living, Meditations, and many others. He was awarded the Anna Rabinowitz Prize by the Poet Society of America for 2015, the Silver Medal for Poetry by the Pennsylvania Poetry Review for 2009 and was a finalist for the Buckner Award in Poetry for 2017. He is currently editing his first book of poetry “Reticent Ink”, which he hopes to publish soon.

Spotlight On Writers – Suzanne Craig-Whytock

What turns you on creatively?

Because I write in several different genres (YA novels, thrillers, dark and twisty short stories, humorous essays), I find inspiration in a lot of places depending on what I’m working on in the moment. I like to take an idea and think “what if?” That “what if” usually ends up being something spooky and dark if it’s a novel or a short story, or something randomly absurd if it’s my blog.
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