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Diminuendo

Sean D. Layton·July 21, 2019

Diminuendo written by: Sean D. Layton @seandonislayton Quiet was never part of our repertoire. Now we master...

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A Special Friendship

Luzviminda G. Rivera·May 24, 2019

A Special Friendship written by: LUZVIMINDA G. RIVERA It doesn’t matter how long we’ve known Or we’ve...

English Poetry

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A Gift

Luzviminda G. Rivera·May 1, 2019

A Gift written by: LUZVIMINDA G. RIVERA You inspired me more than anybody else To strive for...

Poetry English

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Return To Sender

Ricky Hawthorne·March 5, 2019

Return To Sender written by: Ricky Hawthorne @searsjames It arrived unexpectedly The packaging torn, frayed at the...

English Poetry

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Rays Of Love

CB Prasanna Venkatesh·January 13, 2019

Rays Of Love written by: CB Prasanna Venkatesh She was five years old Life was sprouting at...

Poetry English

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Christmas As A Kid

Grendad·December 14, 2018

Christmas As A Kid written by: Grendad I hated Christmas as a kid And Santa Clause for...

Poetry Christmas English

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The Hottest British Summer For 42 Years

Ian Fletcher·August 25, 2018

The Hottest British Summer for 42 Years written by: Ian Fletcher Ah, that glorious summer of ’76....

English Literature

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Reflection

Laura M. Baird·August 22, 2018

Reflection written by: Laura M. Baird @LauraMBaird What do you see when you look in the mirror Tired...

Poetry English

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Scars

Ishita Srivastava·July 27, 2018

Scars written by: Ishita Srivastava When the dirt is rubbed against your skin, and the world is feeding...

English Poetry

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LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Dariusz Pacak·July 15, 2018

Poetry Polish English International

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Worlds

LadyLily·June 1, 2018

Worlds written by: LadyLily @AFairymary On this surface our stories tend to perform a nomadic function, freedom...

English Poetry

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The Treehouse

Danielle Pegg·February 7, 2018

The Treehouse written by: Danielle Pegg @scrambledpegg He travelled past the workmen and down the West road...

English Poetry

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The Shadow Of Mine

Monika Ajay Kaul·January 26, 2018

The Shadow of Mine written by: Monika Ajay Kaul @MKaul4 Everything that we see is a shadow...

English Poetry

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CRUSHED LEAVES

Stanley Wilkin·December 21, 2017

CRUSHED LEAVES written by: Stanley Wilkin @catalhuyuk Crushed leaves in an old book Squandered memories; In the...

English Poetry

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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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