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Dessy Tsvetkova·December 31, 2022

December Special written by: Dessy Tsvetkova December is a very special month. It marks the end of...

English Poetry Christmas

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The Music That Remains

Adele Evershed·July 6, 2022

The Music That Remains written by: Adele Evershed @AdLibby1 At the edge of the day, at the...

Literature English

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New Year’s Blessing

Xenia Tran·January 20, 2022

New Year’s Blessing written by: Xenia Tran inside your heart I wish you peace anew those parts...

English Poetry

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Taking Down The Tree

Laurie L Byro·January 2, 2022

Taking Down The Tree written by: Laurie L Byro “Hell is other people.” – Jean-Paul Sartre ...

English Poetry Christmas

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Totally Fine

Robyn MacKinnon·January 2, 2022

Totally Fine written by: Robyn MacKinnon @art_rat annual favourite plans didn’t go through tonight It’s totally fine…...

Robyn Finds Poetry Robyn MacKinnon Poetry English

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Dear 2021, You Should KNow

Khaya Ronkainen·December 31, 2021

Dear 2021, You Should Know written by: Khaya Ronkainen Dear 2021 As you make an exit, I...

Poetry English

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Happy New Year

Bhupinder Kaur Gill·December 31, 2021

Happy New Year written by: Bhupinder Kaur Gill We wait Happily for midnight To wish each other...

Poetry English

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Taken For A Ride

Eamon O'Leary·December 30, 2021

Taken For A Ride written by: Eamon O’Leary “Fill us two pints when ye get a chance,...

Christmas Featured Post English Literature

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Humbug

C.T. Henderson·December 24, 2021

Humbug written by: C.T. Henderson I’ve only been sitting at this desk for a few minutes, but...

Featured Post English 12 Days of Christmas Literature Christmas

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Christmas Card

Joseph Amendolare·November 18, 2021

Christmas Card written by: Joseph Amendolare On work nights, I rode the 14th Street subway to the...

Literature English Featured Post

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Ginger

Michael J. Leach·June 15, 2021

Ginger written by: Michael J Leach @m_jleach dawn of a new year my late, loved mum’s ginger...

Poetry English

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The Fortune Teller

Sheila Henry·January 27, 2021

The Fortune Teller written by: Sheila Henry @sheila_henry17 Every New Year’s Day, the town of Sangre Grande...

Literature English

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The Perfect Time

Robyn MacKinnon·January 3, 2021

The Perfect Time written by: Robyn MacKinnon @art_rat This is what dance is Tonight is the perfect...

English Poetry Robyn Finds Poetry Robyn MacKinnon

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New Year

Alexander Kabishev (K.A.K.)·December 31, 2020

New Year written by: Alexander Kabishev (K.A.K.) Now the arrow is at the timer, Piercing the time’s...

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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