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I Am Still Here

Marie Johnson-Ladson·August 12, 2020

I Am Still Here written by: Marie Johnson-Ladson When you remember my smile When you remember my...

English Poetry

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A World Without You

Alta H Mabin·August 11, 2020

A World Without You written by: Alta H Mabin @h_mabin You gave me your love So freely...

English Poetry

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Ten Seconds Before Sunrise

Hamza Chowdhry·August 8, 2020

Ten Seconds Before Sunrise written by: Hamza Chowdhry She tasted like a cold Heineken on a hot,...

English Featured Post Literature

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Monsoon

Kushal Poddar·July 29, 2020

Monsoon written by: Kushal Poddar @Kushalpoe A heavy bottom cloud rides one mystical dildo of some place of...

English Poetry

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The Settings of The Sun

Andrea Myinga·July 29, 2020

The Settings of The Sun written by: Andrea Myinga Time is so gracious not, Those jiffies, it...

English Poetry

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On My Birthday

Elke Margaretta·July 26, 2020

On My Birthday written by: Elke Margaretta October 22 For a while there, I didn’t think she’d...

Literature English

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All About Us

Rubab Abdullah·July 18, 2020

All About Us written by: Rubab Abdullah With every passing year Becoming wrinkled So many memories I...

Poetry English

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Dying A Little

Ximena Escobar·July 17, 2020

Dying A Little (A Poem For Noah) written by: Ximena Escobar @laximenin Dying a little is the...

English Poetry

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Pale Thoughts

Nnane Ntube·July 16, 2020

Pale Thoughts written by: NNANE NTUBE @NnaneNtube O what can man do? Life’s no life, Sitting and...

Poetry English

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Summer Lie

Joni Caggiano·July 11, 2020

Summer Lie written by: Joni Caggiano @theinnerchild1 laughter, like sand sticks to us an opening in my...

English Poetry

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Chip Away

prikcab (Ian Perlman)·June 29, 2020

Chip Away written by: Ian Perlman (prikcab) a life set afire embers burning faster than tears tears...

Poetry English

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POND II

John L. Stanizzi·June 22, 2020

POND II 9.9.2019 written by: John L. Stanizzi 9.9.19 10.13 a.m. 67 degrees 🙦 Rest in Peace,...

Poetry English

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Blue Wolves Move In An Indigo Wood

Eric Robert Nolan·June 7, 2020

Blue Wolves Move In An Indigo Wood written by: Eric Robert Nolan “Show me a sane man...

The Coroner’s Gurney

Freya North·June 7, 2020

The Coroner’s Gurney written by: Freya North @FreyaNorth2 “I did my research” the young man sighed, “hanging...

Literature 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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