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Lost

Andrew Ndambuki·October 3, 2020

Lost written by: Andrew Ndambuki @ndambuki_andrew You were here just yesterday, I remember you wished to stay...

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Let’s Pretend

Richard Prime·October 1, 2020

Let’s Pretend written by: Richard Prime Let’s pretend we’re in love again, Make believe we feel as...

English Poetry

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Scarred Fingers

Alexandria Johnson·September 18, 2020

Scarred Fingers written by: Alexandria Johnson @lexwritesnsings five fingers make up a hand, hold them up, raise...

Poetry English

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Heart

Martina Rimbaldo·September 15, 2020

Heart written by: Martina Rimbaldo @MartinaRimbaldo Underneath the shell made of bones In the bed made of...

English Poetry

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Philly

Massimiliano (Max) Bianchi·September 11, 2020

Philly written by: Massimiliano (Max) Bianchi @mb470102 Philly with her hands Around my neck I see the...

Poetry English

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Violin Tears

Joni Caggiano·September 4, 2020

Violin Tears written by: Joni Caggiano @theinnerchild1 tears crystalize on my small face like water on frozen...

English Poetry

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Rain

Raj Reader·September 4, 2020

Rain written by: Raj Reader It was written on the drops of rain. Sadness had gone; remained...

English Poetry

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Let Him In

Florian Achile·September 4, 2020

Let Him In written by: Florian Achile @Florianachile My son! I heard you have been doing some...

Poetry English

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Life In Spite of It

Katarzyna Dominik·September 2, 2020

English International Poetry Polish

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Forever More

Gary EDward Allen·September 2, 2020

Forever More written by: Gary EDward Allen I will love you now and for all of eternity...

English Poetry

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Phantasmagoria

Broken Montague·September 2, 2020

Phantasmagoria written by: Broken Montague It’s 2:07, and just got home Spent night hours, drinking alone. From...

Poetry English

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Sympathy to Spare

Mark Tulin·August 27, 2020

Sympathy to Spare written by: Mark Tulin @Crow_writer We were random strangers whose paths crossed in a...

English Poetry

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A Bird Landed On My Window

Eric Danhoff·August 25, 2020

A Bird Landed On My Window written by: Eric Danhoff @troubled_sleep a bird landed on my window...

This Life

Izabella T. Kostka·August 21, 2020

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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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