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Alyssa Brocker·September 27, 2017

happy written by: Alyssa Brocker @Atelgy it’s like a constant little headache...

Poetry Alyssa Brocker Without Reason English

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Heaven Isn’t Too Far Away

Mario William Vitale·September 4, 2017

Heaven Isn’t Too Far Away written by: Mario William Vitale We make love. We give love. Yet,...

Poetry English

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Liquid Stars

Evelyn (poeticasymptote)·July 22, 2017

Liquid Stars written by: Evelyn @sanepoet in the misty country morn on the blades of grass the...

Poetry English

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You

Natalia Aeschliman·June 29, 2017

You written by: Natalia Aeschliman @NataliaAeschlim Life is meant to be lived. To love blindly and wildly...

English Poetry

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Surrender: Liberation

Grace Condon·June 24, 2017

Surrender: Liberation written by: Grace Condon places for negative thoughts to be harbored are etched into our...

English Poetry

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Silvery Path

G. Rod Hamilton·June 17, 2017

Silvery Path written by: Rando Mithlo @Rodhnoe If it’s better in these lies Then what will come...

Poetry English

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Living With Myself

Allison Grayhurst·June 16, 2017

Living With Myself written by: Allison Grayhurst @AGrayhurst How many years before I arrive (guided as I...

English Poetry

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CLICK

The Quiet Quill·May 19, 2017

CLICK written by: The Quiet Quill @TheQuietQuill Pose here, with no fear Pose there without a care...

English Poetry

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All Hands Down

Allison Grayhurst·May 4, 2017

All Hands Down written by: Allison Grayhurst @AGrayhurst Into the seams of non-existence the cherished expectations of...

English Poetry

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Urbania

Genie Nakano·March 31, 2017

Urbania written by: Genie Nakano @genieyogini Running through wheat fields and skipping stones across the river are...

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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