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I Write My Life on a Chalkboard

Joseph L.M. Sturm·September 13, 2023

I Write My Life on a Chalkboard written & performed by: Joseph L.M. Sturm @jlmsturm I write...

Poetry English

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To Live a Thousand Lives

S.Rowan.B·August 13, 2023

To Live a Thousand Lives written by: S.Rowan.B I am not a book. I am a hundred...

English Poetry

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Secrets

Bala·July 8, 2023

Secrets written by: Bala The secrets we hide Blotches to our pride From the past we try...

Poetry English

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Night of Sorrow

Atul Shagird·March 28, 2023

I Am Scared written by: Atul Shagird @shagird6 - Afraid of questions Scared of your thoughts of going...

English Poetry

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Farewell, My Angel

Sincerelydaniela·February 18, 2023

Farewell, My Angel written by: Daniela Marie “I’m sorry” What more can I say? Your forgiveness is...

English Poetry

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Sketches at The End of an Era

G. Rod Hamilton·November 6, 2022

Sketches at The End of an Era written by: Rando Mithlo Chasing a ghost Are you chasing...

English Poetry Featured Post

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Reflecting Glass

Tessa Weitemeier·August 29, 2022

Reflecting Glass written by: Tessa Weitemeier @TessaWeitemeier You’re a broken piece of glass Reflecting mistakes from the...

English Poetry

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Spark of Life

Sharon Frame Gay·June 19, 2022

Spark of Life written by: Sharon Frame Gay @sharonframegay I’m the kid who did dumb-ass things growing...

Corner Window

Víctor Monsiváis·February 7, 2022

Corner Window written by: Victor Monsivais a small corner second floor flat where I used to catch...

Poetry English

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It’s Somewhere

JJ Moonchild·November 24, 2021

It’s Somewhere written by: JJ Moonchild It’s somewhere between half-past missing you, and it all never having...

Poetry English

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Now They’re Just Voids

Linda M. Crate·August 14, 2021

Now They’re Just Voids written by: Linda M. Crate @thysilverdoe someone told you that i should tell...

Poetry English

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Plea To My Son

Rosella Dacquel·April 29, 2021

Plea To My Son written by: Rosella Dacquel You have so much in the world to see,...

Poetry English

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Aphrodisiac

Broken Montague·April 7, 2021

Aphrodisiac written by: Broken Montague It’s 3 o’clock in the morn and I’m on the bed alone....

English Poetry

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Many Regrets

Laura Hughes·February 16, 2021

Many Regrets written by: Laura Hughes @SweetPea_1977 I happen to have many regrets that have stayed with...

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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