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Millennial Lessons

Joseph AmendolareAugust 2, 2020

Millennial Lessons written by: Joseph Amendolare "America two dollars and twenty-seven cents January 17th, 1956." - Allen Ginsberg 'America'. &nb...

EnglishLiterature3 min read

Gentle Hearts

Lee DunnAugust 1, 2020

Gentle Hearts written by: Lee Dunn bring me no dark. I am of good supply. no painted smiles or bogus bonhomie. in visits past, I have seen, ...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

It’s OK to Almost Not Be OK

Julia R. DeStefanoJuly 29, 2020

It's OK to Almost not be OK Looking through the lens of leaning-in written by: Julia R. DeStefano @J_DeStefano I almost didn’t have a laptop to wr...

EnglishPoetry6 min read

The Sands

Julia R. DeStefanoMay 29, 2020

The Sands written by: Julia R. DeStefano @J_DeStefano My dearest Emily, tucked away in your room from life’s pestilence - how I’ve become something...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

Starry Night

Jim BatesMay 26, 2020

Starry Night written by: Jim Bates I was five when my parents were killed in a car crash. My closest relative was Mom's older sister, Aunt Sally, wh...

EnglishLiterature3 min read

We Live In Fear

Tijan Sanutee Kabbah Jr.May 22, 2020

We Live In Fear written by: Tijan Sanutee Kabbah Jr. A young creature of 19 called - Coronavirus has claimed lives leaving the fewer with dread so ...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

Familiar Tactile World Undone

Angel EdwardsApril 10, 2020

Familiar Tactile World Undone written by: Angel Edwards Tactile world Taboo We can not touch each other Will this teach us love Lonely world new ...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

CERRADO POR FUERA

ayamlearsiApril 8, 2020

CERRADO POR FUERA written by: ayamlearsi @ayamlearsi Cuarto abandonado, habitación suspensa, cerrado por fuera, esperando, deseando, que lo de ...

PoetrySpanish0 min read

Wisp On A Moon Beam

Sandra HenryMarch 28, 2020

Wisp On A Moon Beam written by: Sandra Henry Perhaps a dream is waiting within Winter's lonely chill. Perhaps a song is playing while memories ...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

Broken Poet

Edwin Olu BestmanMarch 27, 2020

Broken Poet written by: Edwin Olu Bestman Silence is golden Mind is traveling and rolling Heart secures with pains and trouble While society wraps ...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

You Don’t Know

NilavroNill ShoovroMarch 26, 2020

You Don't Know written by: Nilavro Nill With those two eyes Breathing new horizons You don’t know Need not have to know As if just like the wings ...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

Quicksand

Julia R. DeStefanoMarch 24, 2020

Quicksand written by: Julia R. DeStefano @J_DeStefano From breakfast to lunch through nightmare, I trudge along - here I sleep, here I cry in a barr...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

Loneliness

L.M.GiannoneMarch 24, 2020

Loneliness written by: L.M. Giannone @LISAGNO Counting hours of loneliness sitting in the dark melancholy days meander away aches my slow healing...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

Regrets

Carl ParsonsMarch 12, 2020

Regrets written by: Carl Parsons He’d been away a long time. Now he was home again—in the same town where he’d been born decades ago. But why had he...

EnglishFeatured PostLiterature8 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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