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On My Birthday

Elke Margaretta·July 26, 2020

On My Birthday written by: Elke Margaretta October 22 For a while there, I didn’t think she’d...

English Literature

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The Old Man and The Train

Michael McCarthy·July 23, 2020

The Old Man and The Train written by: Michael McCarthy @FlateyeFiction With the latest attack on an...

English Literature

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Obsolete

Thomas R Bates·July 17, 2020

OBSOLETE written by: Thomas R Bates Today I have the itch to make Something important happen, To...

English Poetry

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Old Friends

Ian Fletcher·March 17, 2020

Old Friends written by: Ian Fletcher Companions in our youth how competitive we were what things we...

English Poetry

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An Old Life

Spillwords·January 12, 2020

An Old Life a poem by: Donald Hall Snow fell in the night. At five-fifteen I woke...

English Literary Greats Poetry

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Growing Old

Judge Burdon·December 29, 2019

Growing Old written by: Judge Burdon I’m sitting here thinking about my folks. It feels like years...

English Featured Post Poetry

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Just An Old House

Verona Jones·December 9, 2019

Just An Old House written by: Verona Jones @VeronaJ57 Just an old house falling apart, along a mountain...

English Poetry

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Lost Forever

Sujata Dash·December 9, 2019

Lost Forever written by: Sujata Dash Somewhere far away the dawn of today the morning and the...

English Poetry

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The Mystery House on My Street

Linda S. Williams·October 20, 2019

The Mystery House on My Street written by: Linda S. Williams At the end of my street, Just...

English Halloween Poetry

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Old Words

Brad Osborne·October 10, 2019

Old Words written by: Brad Osborne Daily the grind To find the words To pen the line...

English Poetry

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Stone’s Age

Phillip Knight Scott·September 27, 2019

Stone’s Age written by: Phillip Knight Scott @phillipscott What once was a pebble has gathered no moss,...

English Poetry

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Don’t Ask

Magdalena Podobińska·September 18, 2019

Don’t Ask written by: Magdalena Podobińska Don’t ask about my age I wouldn’t know what to say you...

English Poetry

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Old Tree

Mitch Bensel·September 3, 2019

Old Tree written by: Mitch Bensel @MitchRambling I am an old tree my branches know when the...

English Poetry

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The Shivering Hands and Shaky Voices

Anupama Mishra·July 2, 2019

The Shivering Hands and Shaky Voices written by: Anupama Mishra The shivering hands and shaky voices are...

English Poetry

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Robin McNamara is an Irish poet from Waterford City. He has over 148 poems published worldwide in America, Canada, Ireland and in the UK with Beir Bua Journal, Dreich, Versification, Pink Plastic House, Daily Drunk, Full House Literary Magazine, Dream Journal, Second Chance Lit, Literary Heist, Dwelling Literary & Impspired. A regular contributor to Spillwords since 2018 where he has been nominated a number of times for publication of the month. Robin is also involved in the Poetry Ireland and Black Bough Poetry poetry prompts. Robin’s forthcoming debut chapbook was written during the lockdown in Ireland. Under A Mind’s Staircase, is published by Hedgehog Poetry Press, UK and is available to purchase now.

Generational Fragility by Lynsey Fyfe

Raising children can be a daunting task; it takes skill, determination and a great sense of humour. Raising them properly is a seemingly impossible task. Parenting has evolved so much over the years, it can be hard to keep up with current advice, but have babies changed? It’s hard to imagine babies are different enough now, to warrant such a drastic change in our parenting techniques in the last few decades.

Back in the not so distant past, almost every mother stayed at home, raising the children and keeping the house, while the father went to work. Times were different.
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