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Tear Shards

Don Knowles·January 20, 2021

Tear Shards written by: Don Knowles @DonKnowles3 There’s a tear’s shard twisting in the foundation of my...

Poetry English

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Vegetating

Bruce Levine·October 8, 2020

Vegetating written by: Bruce Levine @brucelevine19 Vegetating A specialty of mine Not asleep Not awake A semi-comatose...

English Poetry

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Solitary Crowd

Angel Edwards·August 22, 2020

Solitary Crowd written by: Angel Edwards Walking slowly through a crowd It’s like standing still in time...

English Poetry

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To Work

John Grey·July 1, 2020

To Work written by: John Grey Morning is a time bomb set in motion by knuckles rubbing...

Poetry English

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The Magic of The Dragonfly: Poetry in Motion

M J Mallon·June 5, 2020

The Magic of The Dragonfly: Poetry in Motion written by: Marjorie Mallon @Marjorie_Mallon Red, Devil’s needle, Or...

Poetry English

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Dancing In The Air

Any1mark·May 5, 2020

Dancing In The Air written by: Any1mark @any1mark66 She dances through air Like she’s unaware Beauty and...

Poetry English

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Motion

Bogpan·February 27, 2020

Motion written by: Bogpan @panbog2 and autumn will reincarnate at the end of summer when tip of...

Poetry English

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Power

Aurora Kastanias·February 26, 2020

Power written by: Aurora Kastanias A stranded auburn brittle leaf before me surrenders to the deftly sweep...

English Poetry

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Life In Lieu

FM Tate·January 3, 2020

Life In Lieu written by: FM Tate There’s something missing. Something nebulous… I can’t put my fingers...

English Poetry

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Rattlesnake

Cindy Medina·September 20, 2019

Rattlesnake written by: Cindy Medina @Cindy_M65 Swift rippling motion like a tickle of laughter: silver rattlesnake....

Poetry English

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At The Speed Of Contact

Scott Thomas Outlar·August 1, 2019

At The Speed Of Contact written by: Scott Thomas Outlar @17Numa It will come like a god...

English Featured Post Poetry

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The World Doesn’t Wait

Jacob Damstra·February 21, 2018

The World Doesn’t Wait written by: Jacob Damstra @jacobdamstra The world doesn’t wait. Nor does it slow...

English Poetry

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This Rock That We Live On

Anne G·August 18, 2015

This Rock That We Live On A Poem by Anne G This rock that we live on the...

Anne G 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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