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It Should Have Been Me

E BarnesMarch 21, 2020

It Should Have Been Me written by: E Barnes I told him to never open my bureau drawers, but he needed money for his first school dance. He wanted to...

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The Rally

Rana Preet GillMarch 7, 2020

The Rally written by: Rana Preet Gill @DrRanaPreetGill She had been sitting in the sun, along with others, for many hours now, waiting to be ferrie...

EnglishLiterature10 min read

Ghost of A Chance

Richard PrimeJanuary 21, 2020

Ghost of A Chance written by: Richard Prime I've always thought of myself as a bit of an entrepreneur. Not a con man, you understand. Everything I d...

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The Spirit of Giving

Dawn DeBraalDecember 17, 2019

The Spirit of Giving written by: Dawn DeBraal The manger scene in front of the First Methodist Church was a beautiful sight. Life-sized statues and ...

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Making Memories

Dan LeichtNovember 9, 2019

Making Memories written by: Dan Leicht @Deeliopunk For all the money we put into our homes the best memories are always the adventures we take out...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

2212

Bayley KellySeptember 17, 2019

2212 written by: Bayley Kelly World War IV Sergeant Jackson in the war English army Sent to France French are taking over Europe Already they...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

Modern Manners

Brenda GvozdanovicAugust 26, 2019

Modern Manners written by: Brenda Gvozdanovic @BGvozdanovic He’s sitting by the window when Cassie arrives. Early forties she thinks; dri...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

The Rights of People With Learning Disabilities

Hayley BurwoodJuly 26, 2019

The Rights of People With Learning Disabilities written by: Hayley Burwood @Hayleyburwood2 You have a right for your life not to be taken away you...

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Anything

devereaux frazierJuly 19, 2019

Anything written by: Devereaux Frazier @marylandpoet Sunsets always jolt me awake Bus rides to and from work begin to drain Not my body, but my min...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

Meditation On A Tie

Warren AlexanderJune 29, 2019

Meditation On A Tie written by: Warren Alexander What an exquisite tie for a crass moron, a wife A gift, a mistake, a wife? Museum shop, not a Klee ...

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Amazing Bus

Walerian DomanskiJune 25, 2019

Amazing Bus written by: Walerian Domaski On Friday, from the headquarters of my company located in the city of Wroclaw, came the news that on Monday I...

EnglishLiterature5 min read

Edinboro Affair

Luke KuzmishJune 4, 2019

Edinboro Affair written by: Luke Kuzmish "I used to make a living, man / picking the banana" Joey Ramone sings back in the 1970s about living und...

EnglishLiterature2 min read

The World

Arnit DeySeptember 26, 2018

The World written by: Arnit Dey @ArnitDey207 I once sat down on the cold hard grass, And longed for the earth to be clean, Once which was a feast f...

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The Red Sea

Andrew ScobieSeptember 9, 2018

The Red Sea written by: Andrew Scobie An extract from my latest bank statement of June 2028: Dear Sir, It has come to the government’s a...

EnglishLiterature4 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 ...