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Closer

Violet Tudor·September 10, 2016

Closer written by: Violet Tudor @SweetViolettes I need you. Closer. I come back haunted by your words....

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Anhelos

Jose A Gomez·September 2, 2016

Anhelos A Poem by José A Gómez Es el anhelo de mover y dirigir los momentos de...

Jose A Gomez Spanish Poetry

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The Elevator

Aswin·July 13, 2016

The Elevator written by: Aswin @aswin_av My fingers play a tasteless rhapsody as I slowly rise to my...

English

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I Waited All Summer for Autumn Leaves to Bring Winter

Kirstin Maguire·March 9, 2016

I waited all Summer for Autumn leaves to bring Winter written by: Kirstin Maguire I waited all...

Kirstin Maguire Poetry English

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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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