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Desamar Esta Oscuridad De Luces

Romulaizer PardoMarch 25, 2020

Desamar Esta Oscuridad De Luces written by: Romulaizer Pardo @RomulaizerPardo Encendido-apagado. No, la vida no es eso. Despertar a la consciencia...

PoetrySpanish1 min read

City Lights

Deon BuysJanuary 15, 2020

City Lights written by: Deon Buys I have seen more stars in the eyes of the broken than I have between city lights....

EnglishPoetry0 min read

Winter Kissed Dream

Karen E. BradleyDecember 24, 2019

Winter Kissed Dream written by: Karen E. Bradley Walking amidst snow covered trees our breath freezing upon the air hand in hand past Christmas ligh...

ChristmasEnglishPoetry0 min read

Christmas Eve, 1945

Dan WilcoxDecember 24, 2019

Christmas Eve, 1945 written by: Dan Wilcox @Dwclx How I love your round belly, heavy like a fruit cake beneath the tree. You sit tucked in your fla...

ChristmasEnglishPoetry0 min read

Believing

Eamon O'LearyDecember 20, 2019

Believing written by: Eamon O'Leary “Damn it. Damn it. Damn it,” muttered Marjorie. Her second salvo contained a more colourful string of expletives...

ChristmasEnglishLiterature5 min read

Christmas Love

Mir-Yashar SeyedbagheriDecember 14, 2019

Christmas Love written by: Mir-Yashar Seyedbagheri Christmas Eve. Older sister Nancy and I are home alone again. We decide to have our own Christmas...

ChristmasEnglishLiterature0 min read

NYC Lights

Sophia BehalDecember 9, 2019

NYC Lights written by: Sophia Behal The World round? Or flat as Ground? Interlaced everywhere, connected and bound. I see you - a stare, We, You ...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

Neon Sky

Gosha KulisiewiczDecember 8, 2019

Neon Sky written by: Małgorzata Kulisiewicz translated by: Anna Luberda-Kowal Music of the planets, night pubs. Planet Hollywood lights up the...

EnglishInternationalPoetryPolish1 min read

Fremont Street Nevada

Glynn SinclareDecember 6, 2019

Fremont Street Nevada written by: Glynn Sinclare @chitanclare I walked Fremont Street, three days while the world passed me by. A constant barrage,...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

The Windy City

Debra Sasak RossOctober 10, 2019

The Windy City written by: Debra Sasak Ross I love the smell of the earth After a fresh Spring rain on the oily rainbow asphalt. I love the reflecti...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

GAUGES

G.R. MelvinSeptember 12, 2019

GAUGES written by: G.R. MELVIN “Life is short, and Art long; the crisis fleeting; experience perilous, and decision difficult.” - Hippocrates “In th...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

Ancient Lights

Gopal LahiriAugust 27, 2019

Ancient Lights written by: Gopal Lahiri @gopallahiri blood moon giving a morsel of words earth probing the invisible border line smell of wet gra...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

PATHWAYS

Roland JuthmanMay 1, 2019

PATHWAYS written by: Roland Juthman you cannot see my scars Search as much as you want, there’s no tracing them gently, no kissing the folds, no c...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

Positive Lights

John BaverstockFebruary 9, 2019

Positive Lights written by: JOHN BAVERSTOCK We all need that person, Who reassures us, everything is going to be alright, That calming influence, ...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

Bridie is just a wife, mother and grandmother who loves to write. She is a retired teacher and is also a busy photographer. She lives with her husband in the countryside in west Limerick. Her late dad was a popular and successful poet and author. She discovered that she had a flair for writing following retirement when life slowed down a little. She was encouraged by family members to develop this hidden gift. As grandchildren arrived she was inspired to write about experiences with them and has had articles and poems published in local newspapers and journals. She is working towards publishing a book of her writings in the near future.

ALBERT CAMUS’S – 'THE PLAGUE' - ITS RELEVANCE TODAY by GS Subbu

How relevant is the ‘The Plague’ to the present scenario we find ourselves in? It is really astounding that when you go through the book you realize that what is happening now is very similar to what has been described in graphic detail decades ago. Whether it is the fear psychosis, the measures taken to prevent the spread of the epidemic, the dedicated and tireless work of groups of individuals in taking care of the afflicted, the resistance to the imposition of stringent regulations by the authorities and lastly the realization that we have to move on but with a changed perspective and living a new life.
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