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Yemen’s Given Sentence

Geovanni Villafañe·February 25, 2017

Yemen’s Given Sentence written by: Geovanni Villafañe @RezZureKtedPoeT Bombarded by bombings on the daily. Resorting to cease...

Poetry Spilled History English

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Starved For More Than Attention

Geovanni Villafañe·January 15, 2017

Starved For More Than Attention written by: Geovanni Villafañe @RezZureKtedPoeT Skin and bones holding every bit so...

Spilled History English Poetry

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Rise From Devastation

Geovanni Villafañe·December 5, 2016

Rise From Devastation written by: Geovanni Villafañe @RezZureKtedPoeT Is It Going To Take Us Being The Disastrous...

Poetry English

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IDC Nation

Deborah Jane·April 22, 2016

IDC Nation a poem by Deborah Jane Shame that not enough people seek the truth, for they...

English

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A Great Patriot

Anne G·August 21, 2015

A Great Patriot A Poem by Anne G A great patriot lies in wait, to face the storm...

Anne G English

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A Presidential Patriot

Anne G·July 30, 2015

A Presidential Patriot An Anne G Original U-Blog As the 2016 Presidential elections inch ever closer, we are...

Anne G Article

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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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