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Double Trouble

Cordilala·August 11, 2022

Double Trouble written by: Cordilala Trouble One and Trouble Two Sit in the kitchen with nothing to...

English Poetry

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I Once Met a Porcupine Mate

Solomon Ayomide·August 5, 2022

I Once Met a Porcupine Mate written by: Solomon Ayomide Frail and cold, he perched by my...

English Poetry

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Home is Where The Heart is…

Brenda Arledge·August 2, 2022

Home is Where the Heart is… written by: Brenda Arledge @aug10cj They say home is where your heart...

Poetry English

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One More Poem

R. K. Singh·July 28, 2022

One More Poem written by: R. K. Singh @profrksingh I don’t long for the past that swings...

English Poetry

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Shoemaker

Patrick McAteer·July 27, 2022

Shoemaker written by: Patrick McAteer The shoe shop also served as a place to cut keys. The...

Literature English

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White Collar Job

Nancy Richy·July 25, 2022

White Collar Job written by: Nancy Richy @shewrites51 Monastic Gregorian chant serenely filled the empty church. Candles...

English Literature

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Little Bird

Nina Taylor·July 24, 2022

Little Bird written by: Nina Taylor A little bird sits in the evening light Sings a beautiful...

Poetry English

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Fever Dream

Robyn MacKinnon·July 24, 2022

Fever Dream written by: Robyn MacKinnon @art_rat …what a fever dream champagne from the trapeze with Twelfth...

Robyn MacKinnon Poetry English Robyn Finds Poetry

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The Devil’s Kiss

C H Elton·July 21, 2022

The Devil’s Kiss written by: C H Elton @sdc130764 I awoke deep into the nighttime darkness The...

Poetry English Featured Post

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City Lights and Insomniac Nights

Samrudhi Dash·July 17, 2022

City Lights and Insomniac Nights written by: Samrudhi Dash @samrudhi.dash Silent chaos within A tornado of emotions...

English Poetry

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Waiting

Pratik Mitra·July 14, 2022

Waiting written by: Pratik Mitra Suburb waits for rain and something simple on a read-out night....

English Poetry

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Rocking Chair Wisdom

Mark Tulin·July 9, 2022

Rocking Chair Wisdom written by: Mark Tulin @Crow_writer On a quiet night with crickets chirping, the older...

Poetry English Featured Post

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Chilly Night

Trans_Jen_Da·July 9, 2022

Chilly Night written by: Jennifer Goddard @trans_jen_da The cold bite of the night Heightened by the perfume...

English Poetry

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I Can’t Sleep

Devonne Brown·July 4, 2022

I Can’t Sleep written by: Devonne Brown @athesaurus1 I think. I thought. I have thoughts and prayers...

Poetry English

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After a long career tinkering in telecommunications, Jim Bartlett switched to tinkering with writing fiction, both requiring a stretch of the imagination. In the course of putting his fingers to the keyboard, he's been fortunate to have quite a number of his stories featured both in print and online in several wonderful publications, including a story selected for "The Best of Fiction on the Web, 1996 – 2017" anthology. While mentally he strolls along a warm California beach with his wife and golden retriever (shhh, she doesn't know she's a dog), physically they reside on a special little island in the Pacific Northwest.

Reaper by Sharon Frame Gay

As an orphaned son of an orphan, I always see the glass as half empty. I picture the water murky and lukewarm, a waterline etched below the rim. Maybe with an ash or two floating at the bottom, because that’s what I do for a living. I deal with ashes. The remains of the deceased. No matter how those who pass away see their glass, meager or full, they eventually end up in a satchel carried on my shoulder.
My business card reads “Morton Stark Transport.” I’m called upon to disperse the ashes of the dearly departed and honor their final wishes. People hire me to escort the remains throughout the world ...

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