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SMiles·June 1, 2018

Return written by: SMiles @stephenmiles2 Each second passed a moment lost traded for a new slipping another...

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Tears In Heaven

Laura Hughes·February 3, 2018

Tears In Heaven written by: Laura Hughes @SweetPea_1977 We may never know all the reasons why, someone...

Poetry English

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Reflections of Red & Gold

Jan Smith·December 23, 2017

Reflections of Red & Gold written by: Jan Smith @JanSmithNL Lights begin to twinkle as the fire...

Christmas English Featured Post 12 Days of Christmas Poetry

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All I Want This Year

Laura Hughes·December 17, 2017

All I Want This Year written by: Laura Hughes All I would want this year, is more...

Poetry Christmas English

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Guilty

Donetta Sifford·November 27, 2017

Guilty written by: Donetta Sifford @donettasifford If you hold onto guilt it will become an old friend...

English Poetry

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One More Day

Laura Hughes·August 18, 2017

One More Day written by: Laura Hughes If I could have one more day, to spend with...

English Poetry

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Loved Ones

Brian Wayne Smith·June 2, 2017

Loved Ones written by: Brian Wayne Smith @briansmith3575 Today I would like to give a shout out...

English Poetry

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Keep Them With You, When They Are Gone

Nara Hodge·May 30, 2017

Keep them with you, when they are gone written by: Nara Hodge @Nara_Hodge Write their names on...

English Poetry

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Lifeless Soul Wives

Jecht Fair·March 30, 2017

Lifeless Soul Wives written by: Jecht Fair @jechtfair When we toss and turn at night, they beckon...

Poetry English

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Full Circle

Darrin Reay·January 15, 2017

Full Circle written by: Darrin Reay @ReayDarrin The night times shattered wind blows through the windows gap....

English Poetry

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Stars Sparkle

Dragonsilk·December 25, 2016

Stars Sparkle written by: Dragonsilk @dragons1lk Tiny stars sparkle in the window. Candles lit for those we...

Christmas English Poetry

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My Christmas Present

Josie Dee·December 17, 2016

My Christmas Present written by: Josie Dee @Josi3_dee When the family gathers and the smiles start flowing With...

Poetry Christmas English Featured Post 12 Days of Christmas

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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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