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Call Him

mdtaslim·September 8, 2020

Call Him written by: mdtaslim You call me from any place You will find me there always...

English Poetry

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Last Train

Elizabeth Barton·September 5, 2020

Last Train written by: Elizabeth Barton @DestinyAngel25 Here is your last chance to escape the mundane; billowing smoke...

Poetry English Featured Post

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Sweet Comfort from my friend, Sharon

Joan McNerney·September 4, 2020

Sweet Comfort from my friend, Sharon written by: Joan McNerney After eating three cookies, memories of being...

Poetry English

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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

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Ellipse

Ken Allan Dronsfield·September 3, 2020

Ellipse written by: Ken Allan Dronsfield @KenKadfield At sunrise the heron soars effortlessly upon the breeze as...

Poetry English Featured Post

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Life In Spite of It

Katarzyna Dominik·September 2, 2020

English International Poetry Polish

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It Should Have Been Me

Elizabeth Sams·August 31, 2020

It Should Have Been Me written by: Elizabeth Sams You called today to tell me your good...

Poetry English

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Zanzara

Francesco Abate·August 30, 2020

Zanzara written by: Francesco Abate @FrancescoAbate3 Mille gocce di sangue nel corpo nessuna è tua; voli di...

International Italian Poetry

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Points North

Ingrid Wilson·August 29, 2020

Points North written by: Ingrid Wilson @Experimentsinfc Wheels in motion and the wind Whips around behind my...

Weightless

Gina Gallyot·August 29, 2020

Weightless written by: Gina Gallyot I am Liquid bone Sieved through time Strained against a life Of...

English Poetry

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Painter of Fate

Thaddeus Hutyra·August 28, 2020

Painter of Fate written by: Thaddeus Hutyra @teddy9999 I am painting the air I breathe in fresh...

English Poetry

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After The Tears

Janusz Jarzecki·August 27, 2020

After The Tears written by: Janusz Jarzecki @jjarzecki After The tears, I see, Hear And feel The...

English Poetry

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Dancing In The Dark

Leonard Ifeanyi Ugwu, Jr.·August 27, 2020

Dancing In the Dark written by: Leonard Ifeanyi Ugwu, Jr. Swallowed by the walking rays of darkness Envisioned...

English Poetry

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Midnight Sun

Cristina Munoz·August 26, 2020

Midnight Sun written by: Cristina Munoz @cristinamunoz8 under a midnight sun how calm life must be for...

Poetry English

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I was born and raised in Yorkshire, England. At fifteen I left school without the skills or maturity to appreciate the wider world. At nineteen I packed a bag and wandered through Europe and North Africa, learning from the road. At twenty‑five I earned the qualifications for university, eventually becoming a high school teacher and later an education manager. Now I live with my amazing wife on an island north of Seattle. After retiring and with encouragement from Spillwords and the Clever Park Writers Group, I traded reports for storytelling. And that's where the fiction began...

Cast Off by Niall Crowley

The two computer screens tighten their grip. Tom pivots between them, tracking one while he works on the other. Careful discipline from early morning to close of business. Number crunching, he would have termed it before. Now it’s data management and verification, his task to model and tabulate clients’ financial situations and options. Bookkeeping, he would admit to, in more candid moments. He’s tethered firmly to the task, though, and has been since he started here, nearly two years now. Bound in the rigour the work requires, as if life itself depends on it. Top floor, dormer window ...

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