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Renee’s Melancholy and Melody

Nivedita Das·December 15, 2018

Renee’s Melancholy and Melody written by: Nivedita Das Five year old Renee reached home pensive. Her mother observed...

English Literature

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The Bubble (‘Freedom at any Cost’)

Doug Donnan·December 14, 2018

The Bubble (‘Freedom at any Cost’) written by: Doug Donnan A single bubble trapped at the very...

English Poetry

·1 min read

Distant Star

L.M.Giannone·December 6, 2018

Distant Star written by: L.M.Giannone @LISAGNO Distant star twinkling in the sky can you see me way...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Missing Someone

Helen Mcmullen·November 26, 2018

Missing Someone written by: Helen Mcmullen There are no words to describe what it feels like to...

English Poetry

·1 min read

The Harbor

George Gad Economou·November 21, 2018

The Harbor written by: George Gad Economou There was once a very beautiful harbor lonesome standing amid...

Literature English

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Love Faraway

TM Arko·November 12, 2018

Love Faraway written by: TM Arko Einstein’s theory of relativity Can’t bring me closer to you The...

English Poetry

·1 min read

Epic Lost Longings

SMiles·November 8, 2018

Epic Lost Longings written by: SMiles @stephenmiles2 Her legs stretched as provocation shimmering the haze of desire...

Poetry English

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New Diagnosis

Daedalus Chaos·November 7, 2018

New Diagnosis written by: Daedalus Chaos @DaedalusChaos I woke up gasping. I look at you – soundly...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Song Of The Daughter Of A Mortuary Worker

Archana Bahadur Zutshi·October 19, 2018

Song of the Daughter of a Mortuary Worker written by: Archana Bahadur Zutshi I am married, now...

Poetry English

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Something

Tejaswini Patil·October 18, 2018

Something written by: Tejaswini Patil You leave…again. And Something Stirs the words Breaking the boundaries Of silence....

Poetry English

·1 min read

Let’s Go Back

Sadhana Subramanian·October 17, 2018

Let’s Go Back written by: Sadhana Subramanian Let’s go back To your favorite supermarket That smells of...

English Poetry

·1 min read

EINSAMKEIT

Satis Shroff·October 16, 2018

EINSAMKEIT written by: Satis Shroff @SatisShroff1 Die Dame mit den silbernen Haaren sitzt vor ihrem Wohnungseingang Und...

Poetry German International

·1 min read

Smile

Eliza Segiet·October 7, 2018

Polish English International Poetry

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She Bleeds For Brooklyn

Judge Burdon·October 6, 2018

She Bleeds For Brooklyn written by: Judge Burdon She lives with low rent day dreams, on no...

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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