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Nightingale

Magdalena Podobińska·May 9, 2023

Nightingale written by: Magdalena Podobińska @Madzia33 sometimes I wish I could pretend then the pain would end and...

Poetry English

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Lifeboats / Jackets

Gerry Stefanson·May 5, 2023

Passages Lifeboats / Jackets written by: Gerry Stefanson @gerry_stefanson Two things you must acquire could be the...

English Passages Gerry Stefanson Poetry

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Sweet Child

Jim Bellamy·April 28, 2023

SWEET CHILD written by: Jim Bellamy reap now, sweet child; my rooms are spare, whose scarce horizons...

Poetry English

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Sonder Skin

Qeirnin·April 16, 2023

Sonder Skin written by: Qeirnin I would trace the silhouette of your skin – forever- if you...

Poetry English

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Drowned in The Chesapeake

Wendy Markel·April 12, 2023

Drowned in The Chesapeake written by: Wendy Markel Of my country, and of my family, I have...

Poetry English

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Listening To A Conch

Jyothsna Phanija·April 10, 2023

Listening To A Conch written by: Jyothsna Phanija Five seconds before going to school, I took the...

Poetry English

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Another Lost Year at Best

John Grochalski·April 5, 2023

Another Lost Year at Best written by: John Grochalski @JohnGrochalski another lost year at best passing the...

Poetry English

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All Falls Down

Shaurya Pathania·March 27, 2023

All Falls Down written by: Shaurya Pathania @ShauryaPathani4 Good Morning, Flashing lights blind me, Yet I’m bound...

English Poetry

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And Irish Eyes Are Smiling

Amita Sarjit Ahluwalia·March 17, 2023

And Irish Eyes Are Smiling written by: Amita Sarjit Ahluwalia @AmitaPaulIAS Any moment those clovers of life...

English Poetry

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Lost

Sally Armstrong·March 15, 2023

Lost written by: Sally Armstrong I tried to shape words to make them work in a poem...

English Poetry

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Lost

Ampat Varghese Koshy·February 26, 2023

Lost written by: Ampat Varghese Koshy you were looking for yourself in the midst of a crowd...

Poetry English

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Lost World

Ode Clement Igoni·February 13, 2023

Lost World written by: Ode Clement Igoni @IgoniOde From fire ice springs forth turns cold then heat...

English Poetry

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The Eternal Search

Naga Vydyanathan·February 6, 2023

The Eternal Search written by: Naga Vydyanathan Whoosh….something grazed past the clown’s tomato-nose at supersonic speed. He...

English Literature

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Survival

Hend Hamed Ezzeldin·February 1, 2023

Survival written by: Hend Hamed Ezzeldin @hendhamed84 Lost in between three: Me, I, and she. She wants...

Poetry English

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After a long career tinkering in telecommunications, Jim Bartlett switched to tinkering with writing fiction, both requiring a stretch of the imagination. In the course of putting his fingers to the keyboard, he's been fortunate to have quite a number of his stories featured both in print and online in several wonderful publications, including a story selected for "The Best of Fiction on the Web, 1996 – 2017" anthology. While mentally he strolls along a warm California beach with his wife and golden retriever (shhh, she doesn't know she's a dog), physically they reside on a special little island in the Pacific Northwest.

Reaper by Sharon Frame Gay

As an orphaned son of an orphan, I always see the glass as half empty. I picture the water murky and lukewarm, a waterline etched below the rim. Maybe with an ash or two floating at the bottom, because that’s what I do for a living. I deal with ashes. The remains of the deceased. No matter how those who pass away see their glass, meager or full, they eventually end up in a satchel carried on my shoulder.
My business card reads “Morton Stark Transport.” I’m called upon to disperse the ashes of the dearly departed and honor their final wishes. People hire me to escort the remains throughout the world ...

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