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Raining

Simona PriloganMarch 25, 2020

Raining written by: Simona Prilogan @SCotidian It’s raining again cats and dogs Yet longing is flooding my vein And flaming intensely my thoughts ...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

Black Swans

Elizabeth BartonFebruary 3, 2020

Black Swans written by: Elizabeth Barton @DestinyAngel25 A crowd of black swans smudges the edge of the sky, Compass point of the liminal place...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

Sugar Plum Dreams

Christina CiufoDecember 21, 2019

Sugar Plum Dreams written by: Christina Ciufo @ChristinaCiufo Sugar Plums sparkle winter dreams and yule magic, like diamonds on a necklace, with...

ChristmasEnglishPoetry1 min read

Gift Wrapped Kisses

KL MerchantDecember 18, 2019

Gift Wrapped Kisses written by: Kayleigh Merchant Gift Wrapped Kisses. Beautiful snowflakes sprinkled throughout the icy frosted air, Bright lig...

ChristmasEnglishPoetry1 min read

Night Witches

Robyn MacKinnonNovember 24, 2019

Night Witches written by: Robyn MacKinnon @art_rat Young child looks up Magical and witchy friends Sisters of Mercy ...

EnglishPoetryRobyn Finds PoetryRobyn MacKinnon0 min read

Dagger Quest

Glenn BrescianiNovember 5, 2019

Dagger Quest written by: Glenn Bresciani I lead a Magic-maker and a Stealth-stabber along a forest trail, in a forest the nearby commoners refuse to...

EnglishLiterature27 min read

The Power of Love

Allen BaswellAugust 24, 2019

The Power of Love written by: Allen Baswell It’s so elusive yet it has a special power it can bring joy yet it can make one feel much pain this my...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

Stir-Crazy

Robyn MacKinnonJuly 7, 2019

Stir-Crazy written by: Robyn MacKinnon @art_rat Big day tomorrow going a bit stir-crazy... And magically ...

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Chester and the Hummingbird Fair

M.F. HardingJune 3, 2019

Chester and the Hummingbird Fair written by: M.F. Harding Chester was white. I know what you’re thinking. That is an awful way to start a story. Most ...

EnglishLiterature24 min read

Santa’s Rubbish

PJ StephensonDecember 24, 2018

Santa's Rubbish written by: PJ Stephenson @tweeting_writer “This isn’t how I planned to spend Christmas Eve,” I said, my head emerging from a bin b...

12 Days of ChristmasChristmasEnglishFeatured PostLiterature5 min read

LET US LIBERATE THE SOUL FROM CLOSETS

K. RadhakrishnanMarch 31, 2018

LET US LIBERATE THE SOUL FROM CLOSETS written by: K. RADHAKRISHNAN Blinkered outlook and myopic perceptions, Averting eyes from inner self's manifest...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

Reflections of Red & Gold

Jan SmithDecember 23, 2017

Reflections of Red & Gold written by: Jan Smith @JanSmithNL Lights begin to twinkle as the fire is lit, evening falls Reflections of red & ...

12 Days of ChristmasChristmasEnglishFeatured PostPoetry0 min read

Snow Memorial

Don KnowlesDecember 13, 2017

Snow Memorial written by: Don Knowles @DonKnowles3 Great palisades of frigid snow Piles of paper white barricades Stacked up beyond a child’s tip t...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

TRUCE

Cristina MunozJuly 27, 2017

TRUCE written by: Cristina Munoz @cristinamunoz8 we swam together racing one another like cheeky alpha children way back to the bay shore l...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

“Lock down, lock down. We are now on lock down.” The receptionist’s voice came over the school intercom over the incessant buzzing of the alarm bells located in every hall of every phase of the building. I thanked my lucky stars I wasn’t in my regular classroom with my fourth period of thirty-one freshmen. I was teaching my last class of the day in the computer lab of phase five, one of the more isolated wings of the large oddly-shaped school where I’d been teaching for years. There were only seven students in class that day, it being a Friday afternoon ...