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Spirals

Tinashe Muza·August 30, 2021

Spirals written by: Tinashe Muza Stuck in a cycle My ego eats me up My past haunts...

Poetry English

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Broken Pieces

Skylar Peck·August 13, 2021

Broken Pieces written by: Skylar Peck heart of glass in shards pick them up, swallow the wince...

English Poetry

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Epitaph

James Dean Collins·August 7, 2021

Epitaph written by: James Dean Collins @TheGigconomist Dead end street, Joint in my mouth, I came here...

English Poetry

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Homeless

Jharna Sanyal·August 3, 2021

Homeless written by: Jharna Sanyal It’s you all over the place. Wherever i step, whatever i touch...

English Poetry

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Jazz

Sean O'Leary·July 13, 2021

Jazz written by: Sean O’Leary @SeanOl777 When I was nineteen I met this girl and her birthday...

Ode to A Diamond

Christopher Baker·June 26, 2021

Ode to A Diamond written by: Christopher Baker @YouRangForMe As I sit here close to tears How...

Poetry English

·1 min read

The Only Asylum

Mohamed El Houssaini·June 18, 2021

The Only Asylum written by: Mohamed El Houssaini Oh! god I got no asylum to save thee...

Poetry English

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To Get Over You

Kaylee·May 27, 2021

To Get Over You written by: Kaylee i look at you and laugh, you look at me...

English Poetry

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Given You

My Quill Doth Bleed·May 10, 2021

Given You written by: My Quill Doth Bleed Given you everything… I’ve given you… Everything that I...

English Poetry

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Train of Thought

Meg Dunn·February 27, 2021

Train of Thought written by: Meg Dunn Ernest and I board the train back to London after...

She Won’t Follow Anymore

Alissa Marcelo·January 6, 2021

She Won’t Follow Anymore written by: Alissa Marcelo Shirley finds him at their usual spot, the last...

Literature English

·7 mins read

A Morning

Doug Stanfield (Hemmingplay)·April 10, 2020

Saying Goodbye Part XIX A Morning written by: Doug Stanfield (Hemmingplay) @hemmingplay I do remember certain things,...

Saying Goodbye Doug Stanfield Poetry English

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Fire Away

Kelli J Gavin·March 26, 2020

Fire Away written by: Kelli J Gavin @KelliJGavin Those words Every Last One Hurt and scarred Left...

English Poetry

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Giving Back, Reluctantly

Doug Stanfield (Hemmingplay)·March 20, 2020

Saying Goodbye Part XVIII Giving Back, Reluctantly written by: Doug Stanfield (Hemmingplay) @hemmingplay 50 years we had...

Saying Goodbye Doug Stanfield 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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