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The Veil of Happiness

Ximena Escobar·February 22, 2020

The Veil of Happiness written by: Ximena Escobar @laximenin the water veiling her gaze was home, not...

Hopper’s Dream Book

Gosha Kulisiewicz·February 12, 2020

Polish English International Poetry

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Time For Cake

Tess M Shepherd·January 11, 2020

Time For Cake written by: Tess M Shepherd The key jammed in the frozen lock. Again. A...

Literature English

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Mini Utopia

Giovanni Fruncillo·January 4, 2020

Mini Utopia written by: Giovanni Fruncillo Sex is a miniature utopia we create amidst the loneliness of...

English Poetry

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Christmas

Bozena Helena Mazur-Nowak·December 22, 2019

Christmas written by: Bozena Helena Mazur-Nowak beautiful spruce at neighbor’s window so proud and foster in hundred...

Poetry Christmas English

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Mask Within

Shaira Omar·November 29, 2019

Mask Within written by: Shaira Omar Hiding the hurt, hiding the pain, Hiding the tears that fall...

Poetry English

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Lonely Loneliness

Irena Ewa Idzikowska·November 10, 2019

Polish English International Poetry

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Spectre’s Perspective

Ronald B Conway·October 22, 2019

Spectre’s Perspective written by: Ronald B Conway I waft Just a breath among the granite No flesh –...

Featured Post 13 Days of Halloween English Poetry Halloween

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I Survived

Glynn Sinclare·October 6, 2019

I Survived written by: Glynn Sinclare @chitanclare Dim and Misty, unforgotten days, that swirl in grey luminous...

English Featured Post Poetry

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Hindsight Is A Distant Shore

Wayne Russell·August 31, 2019

Hindsight Is A Distant Shore written by: Wayne Russell @wayne.russell.378 Dusty fan circulates stale memories, around this...

The Measure Of Good

Ximena Escobar·August 21, 2019

The Measure Of Good written by: Ximena Escobar @laximenin My heavy heart dripped down her arms. The...

Poetry English

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Vacuum

Ricky Hawthorne·August 19, 2019

Vacuum written by: Ricky Hawthorne @searsjames I always move the sofa now, To expunge those grey lines...

English Poetry

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Ode To Night

Philip Galfano·July 20, 2019

Ode To Night written by: Philip Galfano You always come down to breathe over my weakened body...

Poetry English

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Withered Whispers

Asceticquill·July 8, 2019

Withered Whispers written by: Asceticquill I separate the backside of your flora sigh bending the jade waterfall...

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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